Interest rate swap for an LBO financing: Three benefits of hiring an advisor
The key benefits of engaging an advisor for an interest rate swap in an LBO financing.
Benoit Duhil de Benaze
About Benoit
Benoit Duhil de Benaze is a Managing Director on Chatham’s European Private Equity team. Benoit helps new and existing clients with their risk management, including several high-profile transactions, from FX deal-contingent hedges in multibillion, cross-border M&A to large interest rate financing/refinancing situations. He focuses primarily on FX, interest rate, and deal-contingent hedging.
Prior to joining Chatham, he spent three years at Nomura as part of the FX structuring team, serving private equity and corporate clients. He also spent nine years at Societe Generale, where he built and led the London FX structuring team for corporate and institutional clients. The experience he has acquired as a top deal-contingent provider helps his clients achieve the best financial and legal terms for their hedging solutions. When he is not working Benoit likes to train for endurance races including running, swimming and cycling, as well as spending time with his young family.
Publications
Termination of an existing interest rate hedge
A recent example of how we successfully advised a European financial sponsor on terminating an existing debt hedge at exit.
Hedging a EUR refinancing
A recent example of an optimal hedging strategy for a large European private equity fund looking to refinance one of its assets.
Expertise
- Private Equity
- Interest Rate Risk Management
- Foreign Currency Risk Management
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