Marion Genova

Associate, Dubai

Biography

Overview

Marion Genova is an associate in the Firm's Debt Finance practice based in Dubai. Marion was previously based in the Firm's London office. Marion's experience includes advising financial institutions and corporate borrowers in relation to a wide range of financing transactions, including cross-border acquisition finance, leveraged finance, general bank lending and restructuring.

Marion has been registered with the Paris Bar since 2013. She spent five years in the Finance team of Bredin Prat in Paris, where she completed a 6-month secondment at Slaughter and May London in 2017. She qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2021 and joined the firm in 2022.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
Paris Bar
Education
Master 2
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Master 1
University of Strasbourg
Languages
French
English

Experience

Representative transactions and experience includes:

Representation of Vue Cinema Group in connection with its debt restructuring and recapitalisation, including £75m euro-equivalent of super senior new money to support the recapitalisation of the company and debt-for-equity swap with approximately £470m of existing debt removed from the balance sheet.

Representation of UniCredit, as lender, in connection with a German law EUR 34,500,000 Facilities Agreement (acting as local counsel).

Representation of Inflexion Partners, as Sponsor, in connection with US$301 million financing consisting of a first and second lien debt structure. The proceeds of which was used to acquire K2 Partnering Solutions, a global leader in consultative technology solutions.