Associé de Gide spécialisé en marchés de capitaux, Hubert du Vignaux intervient aux côtés des arrangeurs et des émetteurs les plus actifs de la place sur une large gamme d'opérations de marché, principalement en matière de titres de dette (obligations, MTN, TCN), avec un accent particulier en matière d'opérations structurées ou innovantes (Euro PP, high yield, tier 1, covered bonds, obligations hypothécaires, restructurations, rachats) mais aussi en matière de titres de capital (IPO, augmentations de capital etc.) ou donnant accès au capital.

Hubert du Vignaux est correspondant de l'ICMA (International Capital Market Association) pour le Cabinet, est régulièrement consulté par les autorités et associations de place, et enseigne à l'Université Paris I et à Sciences Po Paris. Acteur majeur de la place, Hubert fait l'objet des meilleures recommandations par l'ensemble des guides professionnels et a reçu plusieurs trophées et prix au cours des dernières années.

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux est toujours disponible, ce qui est rare pour un partenaire de son calibre. Connaissance encyclopédique du droit des marchés de capitaux. Toujours capable de trouver une solution.
Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux et Laurent Vincent sont d’excellents professionnels: experts absolus en droit des marchés financiers, disponibles et très fiables. »
Legal 500 Paris 2022 - Marché des capitaux : Obligations

« L’équipe est constituée de professionnels particulièrement réputés, parmi eux: Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, Melinda Stege-Arsouze (qui est spécialiste en droit américain), Arnaud Duhamel et Laurent Vincent. Ensemble, ils codirigent la pratique et assistent de grandes entreprises, des gouvernements, des investisseurs et de grandes institutions financières. »
Legal 500 Paris 2022 - Marché des capitaux : Obligations

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux remains a leading authority on DCM matters, with a clear expertise in large-scale bond issuance mandates. He acts for domestic corporates, insurance companies and financial institutions. Clients enthuse: "Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux has absolutely indisputable experience and expertise in debt," and add: "He is available, commercial and a facilitator." »
Chambers Europe & Global 2022 - Capital Market: Dept

« The French giant houses a strong raft of renowned practitioners, first-and-foremost practice heads: Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux, Melinda Stege-Arsouze (a specialist in US securities law), Arnaud Duhamel and Laurent Vincent - all of whom have earned the trust of major corporations, governments, alternative capital providers and leading financial institutions alike. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - Debt

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux remains a leading authority on DCM matters, with a clear expertise in large-scale bond issuance mandates. He acts for domestic corporates, insurance companies and financial institutions. »
Chambers Europe Global 2021

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux is an experienced capital markets lawyer who is principally known for his work on complex DCM transactions. He is described as a 'key player' in the market and clients appreciate his 'great availability and friendliness.' »
Chambers Global 2019

« Gide Loyrette Nouel's team 'has significant expertise in a wide range of debt capital market instruments'. 'The particularly reliable' practice 'provides high-quality advice' and 'is very close to its clients'. Able to assist with the entire gamut of debt capital market transactions, it regularly acts on the most high-profile mandates, including high-yield offerings. Recent stand-out instructions range from advising Europcar on a concurrent dual offering of high-yield bonds under Rule 144A, including an issuance of senior notes and senior secured notes with an aggregate value of €950m, to assisting Crédit Logement with the restructuring of its market debt through a liability management transaction and issuance of new hybrid notes. The 'really client-oriented' Arnaud Duhamel heads the practice alongside the 'pragmatic and open-minded' Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux and Melinda Stege-Arsouze. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2019

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux is highly reputed for his work across the DCM field. He is considerably active in private placement matters both within Europe and abroad, with recent work highlights including advice to Veolia as the first French issuer to issue Panda bonds on the domestic Chinese market. »
Chambers Global 2018

« Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. demonstrates strength across the board of debt capital market financings, with 144A debt transactions by French issuers and Euro private placements areas of particular expertise. The team has a largely domestic workload but also excels in complex, cross-border matters, such as the work undertaken for Groupe FNAC on the issuance of €650m senior notes, which are governed by New York law, listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and admitted to trading on the Irish Stock Exchange’s Global Exchange Market. In another cross-border highlight, the team advised Veolia Environnement on the first issuance of a panda bond by a French issuer. Domestic highlights include advising Europcar Groupe on the issuance of 144A high-yield senior notes. Other clients include Société Générale, Gecina and BNP Paribas. Practice heads Arnaud Duhamel, Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux and US-qualified Melinda Stege Arsouze are the key names. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2018

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux retains a top ranking for debt-focused work, having been endorsed for his impressive knowledge of bond markets. One client remarks: 'He's very experienced and knows about regulatory matters as well'. »
Chambers Global 2017

« The ‘competent and available’ Hubert du Vignaux is a great reference. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2017

« Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux  is clearly a standout practitioner in Debt Capital Markets in Paris. He has been described as 'sharp and always straight to the point.' He is particularly noted for his work drafting documentation for the Euro PP charter. »
Chambers Global 2016

« A leading light in debt transactions, sources say Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux 'knows the ins and outs of the market, the regulations and the practice. He is amongst the very few top lawyers in this field'. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2015