Delphine Baudouin specializes in banking and finance law, and assists credit institutions, private equity firms, debt funds and borrowers in arranging senior, mezzanine and unitranche debt financing for leveraged and unleveraged domestic and cross-border acquisitions. She also advises her clients in connection with transactions of real estate finance, trade finance, and project finance in Africa. Furthermore, she has recently advised clients on structured finance deals and debt restructuring, notably in the context of pre-solvency proceedings.
Delphine has developed particular expertise in documentary credits, standby letters of credit and international guarantees, including during her secondment to BNP Paribas’ Commodities and International Trade Department.
Her experience also includes regular assistance to her clients in banking and finance law, with a particular focus on fintech’s activities and crypto assets.
Before incorporating Jeantet, she worked in various major international law firms, in Paris and Madrid.
Background
Lawyer since : 1999
Bar. : Paris
Language(s) : French - English - Spanish
Training :
- Master II de Droit privé général – Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
- Master II Droit international privé et du commerce international – Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
- Institut de Droit Comparé de Paris
Member of :
- AEDBF
- AFTE
Jeantet advises CubeCold on acquisition of 24H Frost
Paris, 1 April 2026 – Jeantet has advised CubeCold, a leading pan-European cold storage and logistics provider, on the acquisition of 24H Frost, a specialist cold storage operator and integrated logistics services provider based in the port of Loon-Plage, Dunkirk, in Northern France. This transaction represents a further milestone in CubeCold’s growth strategy, bringing its […]
| CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | FINANCING | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | EMPLOYMENT | REAL ESTATE
Jeantet advises Entreprise Redonnaise d’Électricité on the acquisition of the Ardelec Énergie Group
Paris, November 17, 2025 – Jeantet advised Entreprise Redonnaise d’Électricité (ERE) on the acquisition of Ardelec Energie, an external growth transaction carried out less than a year after LBO France Gestion acquired a majority stake in ERE. Based in Redon, Bretagne, ERE designs and manufactures prefabricated concrete transformer stations, mainly for industrial customers. Ardelec Energie, […]
| CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | EMPLOYMENT | TAX LAW | FINANCING
Legal 500 – Acquisition Finance – Country Comparative Guides 2025
“In 2024, the French private equity market showed signs of recovery after a period of sharp slowdown in 2022/2023, marked by both economic and political challenges: rising interest rates by the European Central Bank, which directly impacted the ability of private equity funds to raise capital and finance the LBO transactions; persistently high inflation, which […]
Paris
Jeantet advises OSMOZIS and its controlling shareholders in the context of the entry into exclusive negotiations with the PASSMAN GROUP for the acquisiton by the PASSMAN GROUP of a majority block, prior to the filing of a simplified tender offer on OSMOZIS shares
Paris, May 24, 2024 – Jeantet has advised Osmozis (a company listed on the Euronext Growth Paris market), specialized in the digital transformation of campsites and holiday homes in Europe, as well as its controlling shareholders, in the context of the acquisition project of a majority block of Osmozis shares by the Passman Group, a […]
| CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW
Jeantet advised “K” Line in connection with the takeover of Airseas start-up’s business as part of a prepack sale
Paris, February 20, 2024 – Jeantet advised the shipping company KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD “K” Line (Tokyo, Japan), on the prepack sale takeover of Airseas’ business activity (Nantes, France), which develops a propulsion technology for freight transportation ships. On February 14, 2024, following negotiations under the conciliation procedure, the Nantes Commercial Court ruled in favor […]
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Jeantet advises Apollo in the context of the signing of a definitive agreement to provide EUR 500 million quasi-equity financing to Air France-KLM’s engineering and maintenance (MRO) activities
Paris, July 17, 2023 – Jeantet has advised Apollo Global Management in the context of the signing of a definitive agreement for a EUR 500 million quasi-equity financing into an operating affiliate entity of Air France owning a pool of components dedicated to Air France’s engineering and maintenance (MRO) activities. Apollo Global Management and Air […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY | TAX
Jeantet advises a banking pool in connection with the financing of the purchase of the Labbe Industrial Group by the Ciclad fund
Paris, June 7, 2023, Jeantet has assisted BRED Banque Populaire, Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel Brie Picardie and Caisse d0Epargne et de Prévoyance Ile-de-France in (i) financing the purchase of shares in the three companies comprising the LABBE group, a family-owned group specializing in the design and manufacture of industrial equipment; and (ii) the […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
PSD2: the new contours of the concepts of “limit network of acceptors” and “limit range of goods and services – Option finance, 10/31/2022
On July 20, 2022, the ACPR declared itself partially compliant with the European Banking Authority (EBA) Guidelines on the exclusion of “limited networks” under PSD2 published on February 24, 2022 (EBA/GL/2022/02). What about in practice? Read the legal analysis and the answers of Delphine Baudouin, Counsel in Jeantet’s Banking and Finance Department, for Option Finance, […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
Jeantet advises Figeac Aéro in connection with its financial restructuring
Paris, April 6, 2022 – Jeantet advises Figeac Aéro (listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris, compartment B), a reference partner of major aeronautical corporations, in its financial restructuring. As part of this financial restructuring conducted under the aegis of the French Government’s Interministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring (CIRI), an agreement was reached between […]
Paris | LISTED COMPANIES AND CAPITAL MARKETS LAW | FINANCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL RESTRUCTURING | BANKING AND FINANCE LAW
Delphine Baudouin joins Jeantet as counsel
Paris, February 9, 2022, Jeantet announces the addition of Delphine Baudouin as Counsel to the team of Christophe Jacomin, partner in the Banking and Finance practice. Delphine Baudouin specializes in banking and finance law, and advises on acquisition financing, corporate financing, real estate financing, trade and international trade finance, and project finance, particularly in the […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY