Jad Nader

Jad's core practice is in handling cross-border lending transactions, advising on project finance, fund finance, acquisition finance, debt capital markets and debt restructuring.

He has particular expertise in sophisticated international financing techniques and regularly acts for major US and European major banks, as well as sovereign lenders including the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), World Bank (IFC) and Proparco.

Background and experience

Jad has more than 20 years' experience working on Luxembourg matters. He also worked for several years in New York as head of the Luxembourg desk of a European law firm.

Jad is a member of the Fund Finance Association’s EMEA Advisory Committee. He is a regular speaker at industry events including at the Annual Fund Finance Symposium in the US and London.

In addition to his role in the firm, Jad teaches international credit and secured lending at the University of Strasbourg. He frequently publishes on subjects such as fund finance, cross-border lending, financial collateral, BRRD and banking regulations, securities law and restructuring and corporate recovery law. He sits on the editorial board of the Revue de Droit du Financement de l'Economie, published by Legitech.

He is an active member of numerous Luxembourg and international professional associations, including the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg (Amcham), the Luxembourg Association of Banking Lawyers (ALJB), the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the New York Bar Association. 

Jad holds postgraduate degrees in private international law (DEA) and IT law (DESS) as well as a doctor of laws (PhD) in financial law. 

Admitted in:
Luxembourg (Liste IV)
Paris