Tristan Jambu-Merlin
Counsel
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.
Expertise
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 recognised 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.