Banking and finance partner Rhéa Christophilopoulos joins Jones Day in Paris
Rhéa Christophilopoulos has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Financial Markets Practice. She is based in the Firm's Paris Office.
Ms. Christophilopoulos focuses her practice on the full range of financing transactions across the credit spectrum, delivering commercial and pragmatic solutions to complex financing issues. She advises lenders, financial sponsors, and borrowers on investment grade and acquisition financings, including leveraged buyouts and debt restructurings. Ms. Christophilopoulos has advised on a number of significant financing matters in the French and European markets.
"Rhéa is an outstanding addition to our Financial Markets Practice," said Alban Caillemer du Ferrage, chair of the EMEA and APAC regions of Jones Day's Financial Markets Practice. "Her deep experience in acquisition finance and investment grade transactions—combined with her strong relationships across the French and European lending markets—will be of tremendous value to our clients. Rhea brings the kind of commercial judgment and technical excellence that enables us to deliver seamless cross-border solutions for the most complex financings our clients face."
At Jones Day, Ms. Christophilopoulos joins a team of nearly 320 lawyers worldwide in the Financial Markets Practice, who advise clients on the full range of complex cross-border financial transactions, regulatory matters, investigations, and litigation. The global practice represents a diverse client base of global financial institutions, issuers, borrowers, funds, asset managers, and fintech companies. Jones Day has helped clients close more than $1 trillion in financing transactions over the last five years, including many precedent-setting financings.
"We are delighted to welcome Rhéa to our Paris Office," said Sophie Hagège, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Paris Office. "Her arrival reinforces our commitment to serving clients in France and across Europe with the highest caliber of legal talent. Rhéa's strong local market knowledge, her established relationships with leading financial institutions, and her dedication to client service make her an exceptional addition to our Paris team and to the Firm's broader European platform."
Ms. Christophilopoulos holds a graduate degree in law, a post-graduate degree in Business law (DEA), and a post-graduate degree in European business law (DESS) from Panthéon-Assas University. She is ranked in Legal 500 as a "Leading Partner" in Banking and Finance: Transactional Work and in Chambers and Partners in Banking and Finance. She is also frequently recognized by Best Lawyers and was twice ranked in the Top 10 Rising Stars category of the CAC 40 TOP 40 Lawyers' ranking published by Forbes France and La Lettre des Juristes d'Affaires.
"I am thrilled to join Jones Day and its Financial Markets Practice," said Ms. Christophilopoulos. "What drew me to the Firm is its genuine culture of teamwork and collaboration—not just within a single office, but seamlessly across offices, practices, and jurisdictions around the world. Jones Day's institutional commitment to working as one integrated team means that I can bring my clients the full depth and breadth of the Firm's resources, whether a transaction requires capabilities in leveraged finance, regulatory matters, capital markets, or restructuring."
