Tristan Jambu-Merlin

Tristan Jambu-Merlin

Counsel

Email

tristan.jambu-merlin@aoshearman.com

Phone

+33 (0)1 40 06 5548

Offices

Paris

V-CARD
Tristan advises lenders and borrowers on a wide range of trade and commodities finance and corporate finance transactions, including sustainability-linked loans.
His experience also includes export finance, debt restructuring, asset finance, real estate finance, project finance and leveraged finance.

Experience

Representative matters

  • The coordinating committee of lenders on the restructuring of a $1.3bn oil prepayment in Chad.
  • The lenders on the limited recourse financing of a metals prepayment by Duferco to JSW. This transaction was recognized by TXF’s Perfect 10 awards.
  • The lenders on the €15bn financing for the acquisition by LVMH of Tiffany & Co.
  • The lenders on the financing of Française des Jeux’s public bid over Kindred Group.

Pro bono

  •  Assisting Redress with respect to the research for and drafting of its award-winning report Unequal Justice: Accountability for Torture Against LGBTIQ+ Persons in Africa.

Published Work

 

Awards

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch!, France, 2024

Qualifications

Admissions

France, 2013

England and Wales, 2024

Academic

DU Droit des Entreprises en Difficulté, University Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2021

CAPA, HEDAC, 2013

Master II Business and Economic Law, University Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2012

LLM, European Union Law, University of Reading, 2012

LLB/Master I, Universities of Essex and Nanterre, 2010

Languages

English, French

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.