HFW bolsters international practice

Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has significantly strengthened its presence in Geneva and Paris with the appointment of new partners.

Olivier Bazin will be the newest Partner to join the Geneva office, effective January 2017. Bazin is a finance lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in trade, commodities and emerging markets. He specialises in cross-border finance, structuring and negotiating transactions in the agri, oil & gas, and metals & mining sectors, and advising on debt restructuring and work-out situations. He has worked both in a leading law firm and most recently in-house at BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA in Geneva.

The firm continues investment in finance practice with partner hire in Paris. Diane de Moüy is an experienced finance lawyer with a recognised practice and a high-profile track record of working on international finance transactions over 26 years. Qualified in Paris and New York, she has extensive experience in corporate finance, stock exchange regulations, restructurings, banking, export finance, cross-border, multi-jurisdictional leveraged finance, acquisitions finance, infrastructure, energy and telecommunications transactions.