Edward J. Nalbantian
Partner
London/
Paris
Tel: 44.20.7039.5145 / 33.1.56.59.39.23 (Paris)
Fax: 44.20.7039.5999 / 33.1.56.59.39.38
Email:
enalbantian@jonesday.com
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Ed Nalbantian heads the Firm's Banking & Finance practice in London. Having previously practiced in the Firm's Paris Office from 1998 to 2004 and in New York, Ed has extensive experience in representing financial institutions and corporations in European cross-border structured and leveraged finance transactions particularly in the context of acquisitions and infrastructure projects. Among significant recent matters, Ed led Jones Day's team in representing JPMorgan and the Mandated Lead Arrangers in a €3.5 billion financing of the Abertis–sponsored acquisition of SANEF, the French toll road company and, more recently, Dresdner Bank in a £1.7 billion infrastructure acquisition financing of the Northern Ireland utility company, Viridian Plc. Ed also has substantial experience in over-the-counter derivatives, structured investment vehicles, and cross-border financial instruments and related U.S. and Euromarket debt financings. Notable recent matters in this area include representing Citigroup in the debt capital markets financing of structured investment vehicles and Société Générale in structured derivatives products.
Ed regularly lectures and publishes on structured finance topics in both French and English and has been a lecturer at the University of Paris-Malakoff. Ed is cited yearly in Chambers Global as one of the best banking and finance lawyers.
Admitted
New York, California, and Paris
Education
Georgetown University (A.B. cum laude 1977); London School of Economics (Fulbright Scholar; M.Sc. 1978); Georgetown University (J.D. 1982; Topics Editor, Law & Policy in International Business)
Languages
French