A decade across London and Paris, in private capital.
From a private equity funds seat at Kirkland & Ellis to in-house counsel at Natixis, and now in independent practice — a career built around the financing, formation and operation of private capital vehicles.
Career history.
Selected roles in chronological reverse. Earlier positions and detailed transaction lists available on request.
Aug 2023 — Present
Remote
Freelance
Legal Consultant · Ontra
Senior contract counsel within Ontra's network of legal specialists, advising private equity, private credit and asset management clients on the full range of fund-related agreements — NDAs, side letters, co-investment documentation and fund-level negotiations — at scale.
Mar 2019 — Mar 2023 · 4 yrs
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
In-house
Legal Counsel · Natixis
In-house legal counsel within the corporate & investment bank, advising on structured finance and capital markets transactions across asset-backed, leasing and portfolio-management mandates. Lead counsel on a series of cross-border bilateral and syndicated financings.
Dec 2015 — Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 3 mos
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Private practice
Associate · Norton Rose Fulbright
Associate in the finance team focusing on asset and project finance — aircraft and rolling-stock leasing, portfolio acquisitions, and structured financings for sponsors and lenders across France and EMEA.
Oct 2018 — Jan 2019 · 4 mos
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Secondment
Legal Counsel (Secondee) · BNP Paribas
Seconded to the Structured Capital Markets, Asset Leasing and Portfolio Management team. Advised on a range of in-house matters including the AFIC/French market initiatives and bespoke financing structures.
Sep 2013 — Aug 2015 · 2 yrs
London, United Kingdom
Training contract
Trainee Solicitor · Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Training contract completed across the firm's market-leading practices. Seats included Private Equity Funds — assisting on large and complex fund formations for global sponsors — together with seats in transactional and finance groups.
Training & qualifications.
Admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 2015. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
2012 — 2013
The University of Law
Legal Practice Course (LPC)
2011 — 2012
BPP Law School
Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
2008 — 2011
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
BSc, Anthropology
Sectors & languages.
— Sectors
- Private equity funds
- Private credit & direct lending
- Structured & asset finance
- Capital markets
- Asset & portfolio management
— Languages
- English — native
- French — full professional
— Memberships
- The Law Society of England & Wales
- Solicitors Regulation Authority