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Olivier Saba, Partner, heads the Capital Markets team.
He advises corporate clients in connection with IPOs, spin-offs, share offerings and bond issues on French and international markets.
His practice also includes mergers and acquisitions work and he advises listed companies on securities law matters.
Prior to joining Bredin Prat, he was with Shearman & Sterling for six years in New York, San Francisco and London.
Admitted to the Paris Bar (2005) and to the New York Bar (1995), Olivier is a graduate of the ESSEC business school, the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (Maîtrise in business law) and Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1994).
“Olivier Saba is ‘an excellent ECM lawyer’, according to clients. He advises leading French corporates on share offerings and IPOs. He is active across the automotive and TMT sectors.”
“Olivier perfectly knows the law and practices. He negotiates very well with banks, and is very nice, approachable and available. He doesn’t get lost in technical explanations, he gives clear and simple ones.”
Chambers Europe / France, 2025
“Olivier Saba is friendly, very good lawyer, pragmatic. He has very good interpersonal skills, he is a specialist in capital markets, efficient and available.”
“Leading Individual” in Capital Markets: Equity
The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
“Highly Regarded” in Capital Markets: Equity and in M&A
IFLR1000, 2024
