About
Avocat à la cour, Thomas is a finance counsel in the Global M&A and Capital practice in Paris.
His practice focuses on general lending, syndicated loans, acquisition finance and restructuring. He acts for both financial institutions and borrowers on French and cross border transactions.
Thomas has also acquired a broad expertise on general lending, syndicated loans and structured finance transactions, advising financial institutions, sponsors and multinational corporates.
Thomas is fluent in French and English.
Additional Information
- Advising Astorg Partners on the financing of the acquisition of Steliau Technology, a pan-European player in the value-added distribution of electronic solutions;
- Advising the Netceed Telecoms global group on its successful recapitalisation;
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on its strategic investment in Winback, a leading French medtech company specialising in non-invasive medical, rehabilitation, sports recovery, and aesthetic technologies:
- Advising Diot-Siaci on the refinancing of its leveraged debt in the context of the merger between Siaci Saint Honoré and Diot;
- Advising Cinven on its exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of Artefact, a global provider of data and artificial intelligence consulting services to large, blue-chip enterprises, from Ardian;
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on its partnership with leading French fire safety and security systems provider ESTYA;
- Advising Cinven on the financing of the acquisition of Finaxy Group, a leading French multi-specialist insurance broker;
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on the financing of the acquisition of the Labelium group;
- Advising Labelium on the financing of its acquisition of 1000heads;
- Advising the members of the enlarged working group of creditors (the EWG) on the restructuring of the €2.7 billion indebtedness of the Bourbon group, a market leader in offshore marine services;
- Advising Phoenix Tower International, a Blackstone portfolio company, on the financing of its definitive agreement with Cellnex Telecom to purchase over 3,200 telecommunications sites in very dense areas in France, among which 1,226 sites with SFR as main client and 2,000 sites acquired by Phoenix and its joint venture partner Bouygues Telecom;
- Advising Phoenix Tower International on the financing of its definitive agreement with Monaco Telecom to purchase over 815 wireless towers and acquire newly constructed wireless towers over 6 years across Malta and Cyprus through a build-to-suit program;
- Advising Phoenix Tower International on the financing of its agreement with eir to own and operate wireless towers across Ireland to deploy 4,000 towers in France;
- Advising Cooper-Vemedia on the refinancing of its leveraged debt;
- Advising Apax and its portfolio company Europesnacks on the financing of the acquisition of Ibersnacks and the refinancing of its indebtedness;
- Advising the funds managed by Avenue Capital, Pemberton and Permira on the restructuring of Delsey;
- Advising a pool of lenders on the refinancing by the Fintrax Group of its existing indebtedness and the acquisition of the Planet Payment group; and
- Advising Acticall Group on the refinancing of its existing indebtedness and the acquisition of the Sitel group.
Counsel, Thomas Jeannin is a key practitioner. (Band 2)
— Legal 500 - Banking and Finance | 2026
Thomas Jeannin
Counsel
Paris Office
9 avenue de Messine
Paris 75008