Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2008, Laurent Vincent specialises in capital markets and has a recognised expertise in structured products. He regularly advises financial institutions and French and foreign companies on the issue, placement and listing of debt securities, as well as on liability management transactions.

Laurent also handles all transactional and regulatory legal issues relating to the negotiation and conclusion of derivative products and temporary transfers of securities. He notably assists a number of French financial institutions and companies with the structuring and documentation of their transactions, as well as with the regulatory and post-trade aspects of clearing. More generally, Laurent advises on all legal issues relating to financial instruments.

Laurent Vincent is recommended in Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives by the international guides Chambers Global / Europe, Legal 500, Best Lawyers in France and IFLR1000.

Prior to joining Gide's Capital Markets team, Laurent worked for seven years in the International Capital Markets team of a Magic Circle firm. He holds an LL.M. in commercial and financial law (2008) from King's College London, a DESS in banking and financial law (2006) and a DEA in business law (2004) from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He teaches in various specialist masters programmes at Sciences Po Paris, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

« Laurent Vincent assists domestic financial institutions and corporates with bond issuances and EMTN programme updates. He offers additional expertise in derivatives, including advice on hedging transactions. Strengths: “He is an extremely good lawyer, delivers impeccable standards of work with great insight, and anticipates potential problems ahead in a very useful way.” “Laurent will always take the time to ensure that his client fully understands the structuring.” “He has high availability and pedagogy, notably on new instruments such as sustainability-linked bonds.” “His excellent technical skills and very strong knowledge of the market are very appreciated.” “It is always a pleasure to work with Laurent, who has a very strong sense of service and delivers top-quality legal advice.”»
Chambers Global 2024 - Capital Markets : Debt

« Laurent Vincent assists domestic financial institutions and corporates with bond issuances and EMTN programme updates. He offers additional expertise in derivatives, including advice on hedging transactions. Strengths: “He is an extremely good lawyer, delivers impeccable standards of work with a great insight, and anticipates potential problems ahead in a very useful way.” “Laurent will always take the time to ensure that his client fully understands the structuring.” “He has high availability and pedagogy, notably on new instruments such as sustainability linked bonds.” “His excellent technical skills and also his very strong knowledge of the market are very appreciated.” “It's always a pleasure to work with Laurent who has a very strong sense of service and delivers top quality legal advice.” “He is an extremely good lawyer, delivers impeccable standards of work with great insight, and anticipates potential problems ahead in a very useful way.” “He has high availability and pedagogy, notably on new instruments such as sustainability-linked bonds. Laurent will always take the time to ensure that his client fully understands the structuring.” “It is always a pleasure to work with Laurent, who has a very strong sense of service and delivers top-quality legal advice. His excellent technical skills and very strong knowledge of the market are very appreciated.”»
Chambers Europe 2024 - Market : Debt and Capital Market : Derivatives

« Laurent Vincent assists domestic financial institutions and corporates with bond issuances and EMTN programme updates. He offers additional expertise in derivatives, including advice on hedging transactions. Strengths: "Laurent was very knowledgeable and made thoughtful points about the contract and things to look out for." "He is reliable and efficient; I am always happy to work with him." "From a technical skills perspective he is brilliant. He is always available, is friendly, very accessible and helpful. He is one of the more involved partners I have worked with." "Laurent is very responsive and flexible, he is a great practitioner."  »
Chambers Europe & Global 2023 - Capital Market : Debt and Capital Market : Derivatives

« The team is headed by Arnaud Duhamel, who focuses on strategic equity derivatives transactions and equity financings, and structured derivative products specialist Laurent Vincent »
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - Derivatives & Structured Finance

« Headed by market-leading DCM authority Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, major issuance specialist Laurent Vincent, and US securities practice leader Melinda Stege-Arsouze, the group's services extend to MTN programmes, sustainable finance, hybrid transactions, mortgage and covered bonds, liability management and consent solicitation transactions. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - Capital Market : Debt Capital Markets

« L’équipe est constituée de professionnels particulièrement réputés, parmi eux: Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, Melinda Stege-Arsouze (qui est spécialiste en droit américain), Arnaud Duhamel et Laurent Vincent. Ensemble, ils codirigent la pratique et assistent de grandes entreprises, des gouvernements, des investisseurs et de grandes institutions financières. »
Legal 500 Paris 2022 - Marché des capitaux : Obligations

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux et Laurent Vincent sont d’excellents professionnels: experts absolus en droit des marchés financiers, disponibles et très fiables. »
Legal 500 Paris 2022 - Marché des capitaux : Obligations

« [...] Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. compte dans ses rangs l'un des experts français les plus réputés en matière de financements structurés et de financements adossés à des sociétés de crédit foncier et des sociétés de financement [...]. Arnaud Duhamel et Laurent Vincent codirigent la pratique de dérivés du cabinet, qui est particulièrement reconnue pour les opérations de dérivés actions stratégiques et dérivés de crédits structurés. [...]  »
Legal 500 Paris 2022 - Titrisation, Dérivés et Financements structurés

« The derivatives practice rests on the shoulders of Arnaud Duhamel and Laurent Vincent and focuses largely on equity derivatives and financings. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - Derivatives & Structured Finance

« Arnaud Duhamel and Laurent Vincent, the team is adept at advising on vanilla and structured matters. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - Debt

« Laurent Vincent assists domestic financial institutions and corporates with bond issuances and EMTN programme updates. »
Chambers Europe & Global 2022 - Capital Market: Debt

« The French giant houses a strong raft of renowned practitioners, first-and-foremost practice heads: Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, Melinda Stege-Arsouze (a specialist in US securities law), Arnaud Duhamel and Laurent Vincent - all of whom have earned the trust of major corporations, governments, alternative capital providers and leading financial institutions alike. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 | Debt

« Laurent Vincent assists domestic financial institutions and corporates with bonds issuance. One client enthuses: "He is a very competent lawyer," and adds: "He was firm, clear and persuasive in his negotiations with counterparties and their lawyers, he was very responsive. He is clearly going the extra mile. »
Chambers Europe & Global 2021

« Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. remains among the most active debt capital market practices in Paris thanks to a broad range of expertise which includes the most complex deals, such as those involving private placements in the US and in Europe, Rule 144A/Reg S. matters, high-yield offerings and hybrid financings, in addition to more vanilla deals. The group's experience assisting with the issuance of 'Panda', green, social and ESG bonds is a key contributing factor to its continuous success. The French giant houses a strong raft of renowned practitioners, first-and-foremost practice heads: Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, Melinda Stege-Arsouze (a specialist in US securities law), Arnaud Duhamel and Laurent Vincent - all of whom have earned the trust of major corporations, governments, alternative capital providers and leading financial institutions alike. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 | Debt Capital Markets

« Gide counts one of France's most renowned structured finance experts among its ranks. De Kergommeaux is particularly active regarding public-sector loan company mandates and building society-related work. Arnaud Duhamel and Laurent Vincent co-lead the derivatives practice, which has a strong focus on equity derivatives and financing. Overall, the group shoulders an impressive caseload -often including innovative transactions- and is consistently visible among those legal practices shaping the regulatory framework in France - regarding covered bonds, for example. In addition to its strong presence in France, the firm also offers derivatives and structured finance expertise from its London office where Dimitrios Logizidis and Karine Imbrosciano frequently cooperate with their French colleagues to assist with cross-border matters, often pan-European in nature. Counsel Clément Vandevooghel, a former legal counsel at Natixis, specialises in structured finance. Under the name of Gide 255, the firm's innovation team, the practice has assisted several clients in connection with collateral tokens and on applications of these tokens to derivatives structures. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 | Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation

« The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. ‘knows the ins and outs of the industry’, which is evidenced by its ability to land key roles on many of the most high-profile debt capital markets deals to hit the market. In a headline example, Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux (‘a key player in the French bond market’) was selected to advise SNCF Réseau on the takeover of €35bn worth of debt by the French government as part of the reform of France’s railway system. The comprehensive practice handles the full spread of matters, from standard capital markets deals through to heavily structured transactions, including hybrid deals, private placements, high-yield offerings and covered bonds. Merveilleux du Vignaux jointly heads the team together with Arnaud Duhamel and Melinda Stege-Arsouze. Highly rated partner Laurent Vincent is an ‘excellent expert in his area’. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2020 | Debt Capital Markets

« Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.’s structured finance practice forms a key part of one of the largest banking and finance offerings in France. The team is best known for its experience in equity derivatives and risk management transactions, where it routinely represents French and multinational banks, financial sponsors and companies. Among its other strong suits, the firm also houses robust expertise in securitisation and covered bonds. [...] Arnaud Duhamel jointly heads the practice alongside de Kergommeaux and has a focus on equity derivative transactions and equity financings. Laurent  Vincent, who made partner in 2020, is held up for his ‘spectacular expertise on all derivative documentations’. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2020 | Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation

« Laurent Vincent 'is always able to provide technical as well as business-oriented advice on both debt and derivatives matters'. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2019 | Debt Capital Markets

« Gide provides 'a great platform to handle complex cross-border transactions for French clients'and 'delivers a great service'. The 'responsive', 'dedicated' team is noted for its 'very constructive ideas'. Equity derivatives are the group's mainstay, but it also demonstrates strength in advising on securitisation matters and covered bonds. [...] Arnaud Duhamel, who gives 'valuable input when implementing innovative solutions', and Xavier Chassin de Kergommeaux head the practice.Counsel Laurent Vincent 'always goes the extra mile'. Idinvest Partners, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Bouygues Bâtiment International also count among the team's clients. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2019 | Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation