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Jessim focuses his practise on bank financing, acquisition and leveraged finance transactions, private placements and debt restructuring transactions.
He advises large corporates, sponsors, debt funds and financial institutions. His experience includes both domestic and cross-border transactions in a variety of sectors, including technology, consumer/retail, industrials, sports, media and telecommunications.
Prior to joining the firm in 2025, Jessim was an associate in the finance practice in a leading French law firm based in Paris.
Jessim has been recognized as “Ones to Watch” (2025 and 2026) in Banking and Finance Law in France by Best Lawyers.
Experience
- Fnac/Darty:
- in connection with the financing aspects of its planned acquisition of Unieuro*
- in connection with the offer to buy back its outstanding OCEANEs for a target amount of approximately €190 million, as well as in connection with the renegotiation of its RCF and DDTL credit lines, totaling €600 million*
- Despature family in connection with the financing of the simplified public tender offer for the shares of Somfy*
- EuroAPI in connection with a secured €451 million revolving credit facility and €200 million in a Perpetual Deeply Subordinated Hybrid Bond*
- Lebronze Alloys in connection with its capital reorganisation and a new financing of €255 million*
- Equistone Partners Europe
- in connection with the refinancing of the Groupe Courir*
- in connection with the financing aspects of the JD Sports proposal to buy Courir*
- NJJ Holding in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Lifecell and Datagroup-Volia with a €435 million bridge loan facility*
- Groupe Scutum in connection with the issuance of €55 million bonds with redeemable warrants*
- Viola Crédit
- acting as mezzanine lender alongside Citi as senior lender, in connection with a €167 million securitisation fund for Defacto*
- acting as mezzanine lender alongside Citi as senior lender, in connection with the €300 million increase by Defacto of its securitization fund.*
- Coalition Capital in connection with the financing aspects of the planned acquisition of French football club Stade Malherbe Caen*
- BlueCo in connection with the financing aspects of the entering into an agreement to become the new shareholder of Strasbourg football club Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace*
- Nexans in connection with the financing aspects as it enters exclusive negotiations with private firm Latour Capital for the sale of Lynxeo*
- BNF Capital, adviser to the Perrodo family, in connection with the financing aspects of the sale of the whole of the share capital of Konbini*
- Eutelsat in connection with its contemplated €1.35 billion share capital increase*
- A major French aeronautic services company in connection with the financing of the acquisition of two aircrafts*
- Potel & Chabot in connection with its debt restructuring*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray