Arnaud Fromion

Arnaud Fromion is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group and leads the Debt Finance practice in Paris.

He focuses his expertise on leveraged acquisition finance and corporate finance.

He represents banks, debt funds, financial sponsors and corporate borrowers on different types of bank and bond financings.

Prior to joining Goodwin in 2016, Arnaud was a partner at Shearman & Sterling. Previously, he practiced at Linklaters and Ashurst.

Arnaud is fluent in French and English.

Arnaud's recent transactions include advising:

• A pool of French Banks in the granting, with certain bondholders, of a new financing of a total maximum amount of 300 million euros to the listed group Pierre & Vacances, a European resort group that develops and manages tourist residences
• Access Capital Partners in the unitranche refinancing of the 3Disc group, a privately-owned company that designs and manufactures intra-oral scanners producing 3D images
• Bank of Ireland and private debt funds managed by Alcentra in the financing of the acquisition of Troy Lee Designs, Inc. by the Shark group
• BNP Paribas:
  • in the refinancing and recapitalization of Voodoo, a Paris-based mobile games publisher
  • in the refinancing of the ID Logistics group, a French logistics group, providing delivery, storage, and supply chain management services for businesses
• Hayfin:
  • in the financing of the acquisition of the Vivalto Santé group, the third leading group of private hospitals in France, by Vivalto Partners
  in the financing of the acquisition of Interflora, a flower delivery e-commerce company, by PAI Partners
• BNP Paribas, Natixis, BFCM in the financial restructuring of the Vallourec group (€3.5 billion of debt), a world leader in premium tubular solutions, in the framework of safeguard proceedings
• Tikehau Investment Management and Tikehau Ace Capital in the unitranche financing of the acquisition of the Deveryware Group, a French expert in investigation technologies and services for global security by Flandrin Technologies, the cyber division of Chapsvision

Arnaud is recognized for his expertise by International and French preeminent, peer-reviewed publications.

• Ranked in Band 2 in Banking & Finance by Chambers and Partners Europe 2022 and Band 2 in Banking & Finance – France by Chamber and Partners Global 2022
• Top ranked as Leading individual in Banking and finance by Legal 500 EMEA 2021
• Recommended in Asset Finance Law, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Investment, Leveraged Buyouts, Private Equity Law, and Structured Finance Law by Best Lawyers - France 2023
• Ranked Highly Regarded in Banking, Investment funds, and Private equity by the 2022 edition of IFLR 1000

Viewpoints

Co-Author, ”Dette privée : un instrument spécifique à l’épreuve du restructuring,” Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine, September 2019