Raphael Chekroun focuses his practice on corporate advisory work, acting across a broad spectrum of complex transactions. His practice spans fund-led OBOs, GP-stake transactions for US investors, renewables acquisitions and venture-capital fundraising. Raphael also advises corporates on financing matters, family-offices on minority-capital entries, real-estate funds on VEFA/BEFA-type structures and lenders/refinancing working groups.

• Advising a fund in connection with an OBO*
• Advising a US fund in connection with a GP stake*
• Advising a company in connection with EIB financing/Advising the EIB in connection with financing*
• Advising a UK fund on its first acquisition of a French company*
• Advising a real estate fund on a conciliation relating to a VEFA/BEFA project*
• Advising a company on its EIB financing*
• Advising lenders on the refinancing of a group of companies*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

Education
Paris II Panthéon Assas, Business Law, 2021
Queen Mary University, LLM Corporate & Commercial Law, 2021
Université Paris I, Master II Droit des affaires, 2019
Paris II Panthéon Assas, Master I droit des affaires, 2018
Paris II Panthéon Assas, Law, 2017

Admissions
Paris

Languages
English
French
Russian