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Paul Péporté

Partner

Email

paul.peporte@aoshearman.com

Phone

+352 44 44 5 5711

Offices

Luxembourg

V-CARD
Paul specialises in securities law and capital markets regulation. He advises clients on the full spectrum of debt and equity transactions, including securitisation, structured products, covered bonds, IPOs, placements and buy backs of securities, exchange offers, listing applications and ongoing obligations deriving from such listings.

Paul further covers capital market related regulatory aspects, such as derivatives regulation. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the credit and rate markets department at J.P. Morgan in London. Paul also advises Luxembourg insurers and intermediaries on insurance regulatory matters.

He regularly holds conferences on various capital market and regulatory topics in Luxembourg and abroad. Paul is a member of the Sustainability Committee of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL). He is also a member of a number of working groups of the ABBL and a member of the group of experts of the association of Luxembourg insurers and reinsurers (the ACA), focusing on the application of EMIR to Luxembourg life insurance companies.

“Paul Péporté represents clients in a wide range of capital market transactions across both equity and debt mandates, with experience handling IPOs, bond issues and securitisation matters. ‘What I like about working with Paul Péporté is the clarity of the advice he provides,’ enthuses one client, adding that ‘you always get very clear answers with a clear path to follow’.”
Chambers and Partners

 

 

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Banque Internationale à Luxembourg on the issuance of EUR300,000,000 1.500 per cent. Senior Non Preferred Notes due 2023, which is the first Luxembourg senior non preferred bond issuance.
  • Three leading specialist insurance companies on the establishment of their respective new European subsidiaries in Luxembourg following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, and on follow-up labour law and regulatory matters with respect to their respective intra-group reorganisations, including. on outsourcing and insurance secrecy considerations (at the level of the Luxembourg entities and their branches).
  • CrossLend (a German fintech) on the issuance by CrossLend Securities, a Luxembourg regulated securitization vehicle, of notes backed by loan receivables originated through the German Creditshelf platform.
  • A group of financial institutions on the IPO of Shurgard Self Storage, the Luxembourg holding company of the Shurgard Self Storage group.

Published Work

  • "Derivatives trading under EMIR REFIT: focus on Luxembourg AIFs and UCITSs", AGEFI Luxembourg, October 2019 (co-author)
  • Co-author (2021) "The Initial Public Offerings Law Review" (Luxembourg Chapter), Law Business Research.
  • Co-author (2021) "The International Capital Markets Review" (Luxembourg Chapter), Law Business Research.
  • Co-author (2021) "The Securitisation Litigation Law Review" (Luxembourg Chapter), Law Business Research.
  • Co-author (2021) "The Securitisation Law Review" (Luxembourg Chapter), Law Business Research.
  • "Changes in reporting obligations for investment funds under EMIR", AGEFI Luxembourg, September 2018 (co-author)
  • Author, (2016) IFLR: “Pan-European loan origination 2.0”
  • Author (2015) “L’émission d’instruments perpétuels au regard du droit luxembourgeois : une assimilation nécessaire à la rente perpétuelle ?”, ALJB, "Challenges under the Transparency Directive for issuers of debt securities", Capital Markets Law Journal, Oxford University Press, Vol. 6, No. 4, October 2011 (co-author)
  • "Debt buy-backs and liability management revisited!", Bulletin Droit et Banque, No. 46, November 2010 (co-author)
  • "Regulated covered bonds: a comparative review", Capital Markets Law Journal, Oxford University Press, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2009 (co-author)

Speaking Engagements

  • Paul Péporté was a speaker at the ACA Insurance Day 22 November 2018
  • Paul Péporté was a speaker at the SCI Marketplace, Direct Lending & Securitization Seminar in London (“Overview of direct lending structures”) February 2016
  • Paul Péporté was moderating a panel (“Was kann Deutschland vom Luxemburger Verbriefungsrecht lernen?”) at the TSI Kongress in Berlin, September 2015
  • Paul Péporté was a speaker at our AIF Roundtable conference (topic: “Debt Funds”) July 2015
  • For the fifth consecutive year, our capital markets team co-hosted an exhibition stand with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and PriceWaterhouseCoopers at the Global ABS conference in Barcelona. Paul Péporté was a speaker at the conference (topic: “The Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive”), June 2015
  • Guest Speaker, SCI Marketplace, Direct Lending & Securitization Seminar in London (“Overview of direct lending structures”) February, 2018
  • Guest Speaker, at a client seminar in Luxembourg (“Private Banking in Luxembourg – What’s next?”) October, 2015
  • Guest Speaker, at the TSI Kongress in Berlin (“Was kann Deutschland vom Luxemburger Verbriefungsrecht lernen?”), in September 2015
  • Guest Speaker, at the AIF Roundtable conference in Luxembourg (“Debt Funds”), July 2015
  • Guest Speaker, at the ABS conference in Barcelona (“The Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive”), in June 2015

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

Member, Luxembourg Banking Lawyers Association (ALJB),

Recognition

“Paul Péporté represents clients in a wide range of capital market transactions across both equity and debt mandates, with experience handling IPOs, bond issues and securitization matters. 'What I like about working with Paul Péporté is the clarity of the advice he provides,' enthuses one client, adding that 'you always get very clear answers with a clear path to follow'.”
Chambers and Partners, 2022
“Paul Péporté advances through the rankings due to favourable client feedback, with one highlighting his 'talent for problem solving'.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as avocat à la Cour, Luxembourg, 2008

Admitted as avocat, Luxembourg, 2006

Academic

Master, Management, ESCP Europe Business School, 2004

Maîtrise, Business Law, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), 2004

Maîtrise, Management Sciences, Université Paris IX Dauphine, 2002

Languages

English, French, German, Luxembourgish
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.