Yannick Le Gall is a partner of the firm and member of the Debt Finance group.

His practice focuses primarily on leveraged finance (senior and junior) and real estate finance and he advises both MLAs and sponsors as well as private equity/debt funds and other institutional investors.

In addition, he assists clients on debt purchase transactions (performing or non-performing portfolios) and ‘loan to own’ transactions and, along with the Restructuring Group, on financing aspects of restructuring transactions. He has developed an extensive experience in major French pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings cases, and several other distressed real estate financings.

Yannick Le Gall joined De Pardieu in 2004 and became partner in 2012.

Education
  • Associate in an international law firm, 2000 – 2004
  • DJCE-DESS in Business and Tax Law – University Jean Moulin Lyon-III, 1999
  • Lawyer since: 2000
  • Bar admissions: Paris

Contact

Languages: French, English

Awards

LEGAL 500 EMEA 2024

France > Real estate (Tier 1) -Leading individual: Real estate finance

“A very skilled team with very experienced partners.”

LEGAL 500 EMEA – 2024

France > Real estate (Tier 1) – Other key lawyer

LEGAL 500 EMEA 2024

France > Banking and Finance: Transactional work (Tier 2), Other key lawyers

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS EUROPE 2024

Real Estate: Finance – France (Band 1)

Yannick Le Gall ” is a strong and very knowledgeable real estate finance expert. Yannick’s listening skills and commercial judgement are second to none.”

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS EUROPE 2023

Banking & Finance – France (Band 5)

Yannick Le Gall has experience assisting with a range of finance mandates, including real estate and green loan financing.”

IFLR 1000

Highly regarded

Practice areas:

  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets

BEST LAWYERS

Recommended since 2016 in:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Structured Finance Law

LEADER LEAGUE

Leading

  • Promotion & construction – Real estate development (2024)
  • Real estate – Real estate transactions – financing (2024)​
  • Banking & finance (2023)
  • Private Equity – Acquisition financing (2023)

LEADER LEAGUE

Highly recommended​

  • Capital Markets – Large-cap share and convertible capital markets (2023)

 

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