Hogan Lovells Publications
Info Finance Express n° 5 - Avril 2011
1 Avril 2011
Sophie Lok
Senior Associate, Paris
Email sophie.lok@hoganlovells.com
Phone +33 1 53 67 22 77
LanguagesEnglish, French
Practice groupFinance
Sophie is a senior associate in the banking & finance practice of our Paris office.
She mainly acts for banking and non-banking lenders on acquisition and corporate finance transactions and is also regularly involved in financings on the sponsor and borrower side. She advises on other finance transactions including real estate transactions, project finance transactions and receivables based financings.
Sophie is admitted to the Paris Bar since 2009. Before joining Hogan Lovells, she spent two years in major law firms in Paris and Shanghai and has been working in the structured finance department of a French leading bank.
Education and admissions
Education
E.F.B. Paris, 2009
Master 2 Droit des Affaires, Paris V University, 2006
Master 2, DESS Management international franco-chinois, Nantes and Shanghai University, 2005
Maîtrise en droit privé, Paris I University, La Sorbonne, 2003
Representative experience
Advising BNP Paribas and banks for a €108m loan facility in relation to the LBO acquisition of EA Pharma.
Advising Swissport as borrower in relation to (US style) TLB loan of €460m and incremental loan of €225m.
Advising Crédit Agricole and banks in relation to a refinancing of €305m for Sermeta.
Advising IDI/ORCA as borrower in relation to a financing of €67.6m for the acquisition of Fait Plast in Italy.
Advising ID Logistics as borrower for a €132m term loan facility in relation to the acquisition of Logisters in Spain.
Advising Société Général and banks for a €100m term loan facility in relation to the LBO acquisition of Isabel Marant.
Advising BNP Paribas and banks in relation to a financing of €94m for the OBO of Delpharm.
Advising Qatari fund as borrower for a €138m real estate term loan facility and a €166m bridge loan facility for the acquisition of Grand Hotel Intercontinental in Paris.
Advising banks and non-banks lenders in relation to a €40m Euro PP credit facility in favor of La Maison Bleue.
Advising seven banks for a €200m facility in relation to the acquisition of S+B in Germany by 999 billion euros.
Advising Powerhouse and SAFRAN in €250m term loan financing and €588.5m real estate term loan facility agreement in relation to refinancing of real estate portfolio.
Advising Crédit Lyonnais and Natixis in relation to a financing of €265m for the OPA of Soluni on CNIM.
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