Gide Loyrette Nouel has advised the arranger, HSBC France, on the first EUR 255 million mortgage bond listed in France. The issue was made by Foncière des Murs, a subsidiary of Foncière des Régions, which was advised by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, and is secured by a mortgage on a hotel portfolio rented by Accor. The bonds benefit from various other specific security interests, have a seven-year maturity, and were placed with French institutional investors.