Gilles Kolifrath
Gilles Kolifrath joined KPMG Avocats (Tax & Legal) in Paris La Défense in December 2020. Gilles is a leader in the field of international financial transactions and has been an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) member for 25 years.
Gilles focuses primarily on banking and finance, capital markets, insurance and litigation, as well as real estate transactions, investment funds and corporate law.
His experience includes:
- Banking and Finance: Advising banks on regulatory obligations, restructuring and corporate governance matters; drafting financial or hedge transactions, securitization transactions, and credit agreements; advising asset managers, private banks, and SMEs on financing and complex transactions; negotiating M&A transactions for the financial sector.
- Capital Markets: Negotiating complex financial transactions; advising on derivatives (ISDA, FBF), credit derivatives, collateral, employee savings plans and EMTN programs; drafting bond issues.
- Insurance: Advising insurance companies on regulatory compliance and digital transformation issues with respect to, for example, Solvency II (the EU directive on the distribution of insurance products) and PRIIPs (packaged retail investment and insurance products); advising directors on negotiation of their public liability insurance policies.
- Litigation: Litigating banking and insurance commercial matters and disciplinary matters, including AMF, ACP and CNIL; handling alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, mediation and conciliation).