Trusts and structured finance.
The firm structures and administers security trusts and management trusts supporting international bond issuances, structured real-estate financings and cross-border acquisitions. Coordination across Paris, Luxembourg and Geneva on a single transaction.
Book a consultation →The French fiducie (law of 19 February 2007, art. 2011 et seq. of the French Civil Code) separates an asset from the grantor's estate, places it under a regulated fiduciary and allocates the economic benefit to named beneficiaries. The firm deploys the security trust (fiducie-sûreté) and the management trust (fiducie-gestion) on behalf of issuers, institutional bondholders, sponsors and family offices. The Geneva office coordinates the tax and Swiss-law dimension whenever structuring involves Swiss entities, Swiss-resident beneficiaries or Geneva holding vehicles.
Trusts and structured finance.
Security trust (fiducie-sûreté)
Structuring security trusts on shares, receivables, bank accounts and real-estate assets to secure bond issuances or bilateral financings. Drafting of trust agreements, security package, dedicated escrows, intercreditor arrangements.
Learn moreManagement trust (fiducie-gestion)
Administration of management trusts to isolate cash flows, channel dividends, or orchestrate complex sale or estate operations. Used for art auctions and wealth architecture set-ups.
Learn moreDefaults and negotiated workouts
Representation of bondholders upon default: security enforcement, negotiation of amendments and standstills, orderly restructuring. Most matters resolved out of court, under confidentiality.
Learn moreCross-border coordination
Bridging French, Luxembourg, Swiss, English and US laws on a single transaction. Coordinated drafting of intercreditor agreements, subordination mechanics, dedicated escrows.
Learn moreWhy Geneva for a French-law trust
- The firm is registered with both the Geneva Bar and the Paris Bar — direct representation in both jurisdictions without local-counsel referral.
- Swiss participants (beneficiaries, sponsors, Swiss-resident bondholders) regularly require Swiss tax and civil coordination on top of the French-law trust itself.
- Geneva is the European private-wealth platform: family offices, fund administrators, Swiss banks and fiduciaries are gathered on a few square kilometres.
Let us discuss your cross-border matter.
Our Geneva office welcomes you for an initial confidential meeting. Each matter receives a preliminary assessment, with direct partner involvement.
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