Virginie Gasnier

Managing Director
20+ years of experience in LBOs, acquisition finance and corporate advisory
Focuses on debt financing requirements of private equity backed, privately owned or listed businesses
Worked on 300+ LBO or corporate deals as a direct lender or advisor
Paris
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Virginie Gasnier is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Debt Advisory in Paris. She brings over 20 years of experience in leveraged buyouts (LBOs), acquisition finance and corporate advisory. 

Ms. Gasnier’s primary focus is the debt financing requirements of private equity backed, privately owned or listed businesses in the European mid-cap segment across a wide range of industries and services. She has worked on over 300 LBO or corporate deals as a direct lender or advisor, including structuring LBO acquisitions through senior, private or high-yield debt instruments, financing build-up platforms and business model roll out plans, arranging dividend recap to provide liquidity to investors and restructuring balance sheets in distressed situations requiring covenant resets, amend and extends or new money injection.

Recently, Ms. Gasnier has raised debt for several companies, including a €840 million cov-lite TLB for a private equity minority-owned international industrial group, a €150 million dividend recap debt for a private equity owned French industrial company, and a €65 million unitranche debt for a group in the radiology sector.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Gasnier spent six years with Natixis Partners in Paris, serving as Managing Director co-managing the Debt Advisory team practice. Prior to that, she worked for Blackrock’s unitranche debt fund. 

Previously, Ms. Gasnier spent more than fifteen years with the BNP PARIBAS’ LBO and Acquisition finance team. She began her career with Citibank in London. 

Ms. Gasnier earned a master's degree from ICADE University in Spain. She speaks French, Spanish and English


 

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A&M renforce son pôle Debt Advisory EMEA avec la nomination de Virginie Gasnier en tant que Managing Directeur à Paris, stimulant ainsi l'expansion à travers les principaux centres européens. Son expertise multilingue et son parcours expérimenté promettent d'amplifier le réseau financier mondial d'A&M.
A&M elevates its EMEA Debt Advisory with Virginie Gasnier as Managing Director in Paris, fueling expansion across European hubs. Her multilingual expertise and seasoned background promise to amplify A&M's global financial network.
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A survey by Alvarez & Marsal’s Debt Advisory group with approximately 100 private debt funds across the U.K., Europe and the U.S. shows investors are expecting increased dealmaking and fundraising activity in 2024. Responses also suggest that liquidity in the market will improve, but it will not result in lower pricing or higher leverage levels this year.
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