Member Profiles

Yann is a banking and finance partner, based in the Paris office, with a focus on acquisition, leverage, real estate and structured finance. Yann has developed extensive experience in funds finance, including equity bridge and NAV financing. His previous experiences working as an in-house lawyer at CCF (now HSBC France) and in a magic circle law firm has given Yann a particular insight on the issues his banking and institutional clients are facing and also extensive experience in a wide range of national and cross-border secured financing transactions. Yann is recognised for his negotiation skills, combining commercial and pragmatic approach, as well as his technical skills and his commitment to his clients. He advises on general banking transactions, including acquisition, corporate and fund finance, and has also developed a strong expertise in alternative financings such as private placement (EURO PP, unitranche and mezzanine), factoring, leasing and cash-management transactions. Yann has experience of both the negotiation of these transactions and their restructuring. He also advises on their transfer and related French regulatory issues. His clients include international banks and financial institutions, private debt lenders, corporates, sponsors, private equity and investment funds. Yann speaks French, English and German and is a member of the Paris bar since 1997.

Anne-Sophie Nardon is a Paris based lawyer and managing partner of Borghese Associés, which she co-founded in 2009. She has a broad experience in Business and Criminal law. She specializes in litigation concerning art related disputes and represents collectors and art dealers in high profile criminal cases of theft and illicit trafficking. Her work also includes representing and advising heirs, dealers, galleries and collectors in national or international cultural and heritage property matters. She has participated in a comparative study commissioned in 2011 by the European Union on the prevention of illegal trafficking of works of art within the European community and on the international market. In 2014, she founded the ACE art law commission and is part of the teaching team of the Masters in Art Market and Heritage Law at Paris II University. She regularly speaks at symposiums and training events. She is a member of the Art & Droit association and several international associations such as the IBA, the FDA in Switzerland, the ABA in the United States and PAIAM in the UK. As an expert in patronage at CNB [National Council of the Bars] since 2016, she has been coordinating the implementation of the National Protocol for the Development of Cultural Patronage signed on 19 November 2015 between the CNB and the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Anne-Sophie Nardon is also a mediator, trained at the Center of Mediation and Arbitration in Paris, and the School of Mediation of the Paris Bar. She holds a Masters in private law from Paris II Assas University and a Masters in Anglo-American Civilization from Paris X Nanterre University and began her career at Henri Leclerc & Associés.

Nabarro Béraud Avocats is a boutique entirely dedicated to business financing. The firm opts for an ultra-specialist approach to financing. We support our clients in their challenges of growth or debt restructuring. The firm works alongside companies as well as financial institutions, in particular credit institutions or debt funds. While our team is very active in acquisition financing, it also supports its clients in all their other financing needs (inventory financing, asset financing, financing of general needs, etc.). Our perfect mastery of the various legal and financial techniques (bank and bond financing, unitranche, mezzanine, factoring, securitization, trust, etc.) allows us to provide innovative and pragmatic solutions to our clients.

Liliana Bakayoko is an Attorney at Law at the Paris Bar, a Doctor of Law and a former Professor of Law. She has 20 years of experience as a lawyer and ten years of experience teaching law. She has been chosen as the International Business Lawyer of the Year in France — 2024 under the Global Law Experts Annual Awards. She has been named Leading International Business Lawyer of the Year — Paris under Acquisition International's Leading Adviser Awards 2023. Advisory Excellence has endorsed her as France's exclusively recommended International Business Law expert for 2024.    She has valuable know-how in cross-border transactions and business-government relations. She is a Consultant in International Investment, Government Relations, and Business Development for a major U.S. company that provides corporate and government clients with expert-led, technology-driven risk management solutions. She has also built solid experience in information technology law (cyberlaw). She has significantly increased her knowledge in this field while advising one of the world’s leading information technology companies. Liliana Bakayoko’s law firm provides legal services mainly in business law, IT law, intellectual property law, corporate law and international private law. As entrepreneurship is a multifaceted activity, the law firm addresses your concerns related to the following areas:          *  the conclusion and execution of contracts relating to your business; the protection of your digital activities; the protection of your intellectual property rights (trademark and patent registrations, literary and artistic property); the internationalization of your business; the choice and reorganization of your professional entities (sole trader or companies); amicable dispute resolution; representation before courts and arbitral tribunals. The law firm provides services that are well-suited to the needs of its clients by offering optimal and efficient legal solutions.

Managing partner of the Paris Office, Nicolas is a litigation expert, specialised in general commercial and insurance litigation, arbitration, and private international law. Nicolas's competence covers the various fields of civil and commercial law, including construction,project, aviation and corporate disputes, product liability and contracts for large French and international companies.