Clifford Chance
Sophie Guilhem-Ducléon specialises in international and domestic securitisations, in structured finance transactions and derivates.
Sophie advises both financial institutions and borrowers.
- Advising Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation (CDC), FRR and more than 20 French insurance companies on the creation of the first two "Real Economy Funds" (FPEs), the NOVO 1 and 2 funds for EUR1 billion. This was following the reform of the French insurance code for the financing of the real economy in France; one of the strategic operations in France.
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Paris
- +33 1 4405 2442
- Email me
- Speaks English, French and Spanish
- Practice area Global Financial Markets
- Sector Real estate, Banks, Funds & investment management
Career and qualifications
- University of Paris X Nanterre (Master's degree in Private Law) 2000
- Golden Gate University (LLM) 2001
- Admitted as an Attorney in New York 2001
- University of Paris I Sorbonne (Postgraduate degree DEA in Business Law) 2002
- Admitted as an Avocat in Paris 2003
- Joined Clifford Chance in 2003
- Seconded Deutsche Bank in London 2004 - 2005
- Counsel since 2012
Awards and citations
- Sophie Guilhem-Ducléon is ranked as "Notable Practitioner".
IFLR 2023, Banking, Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitisation, Private Equity - France
- Sophie Guilhem-Ducléon is ranked as "Notable Practicioner".
IFLR 2022 - France - Sophie Guilhem-Ducléon is ranked as "Notable practitioner".
IFLR EMEA 2021, Banking, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, Private equity - France - Sophie Guilhem-Ducléon is ranked as "Notable Practicioner".
IFLR 2020 - France