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Benoit Duhil de Benaze

Managing Director
Hedging and Capital Markets

Private Equity | London

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London W1F 9QZ
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About Benoit

Benoit Duhil de Benaze is a Managing Director on Chatham’s European Private Equity Hedging and Capital Markets team. Benoit helps new and existing clients with their risk management, including several high-profile transactions, from FX deal-contingent hedges in multibillion, cross-border M&A to large interest rate financing/refinancing situations. He focuses primarily on FX, interest rate, and deal-contingent hedging.

Prior to joining Chatham, he spent three years at Nomura as part of the FX structuring team, serving private equity and corporate clients. He also spent nine years at Societe Generale, where he built and led the London FX structuring team for corporate and institutional clients. The experience he has acquired as a top deal-contingent provider helps his clients achieve the best financial and legal terms for their hedging solutions.

Publications

Article

Preparing for an uptick in M&A: Strategies for a changing market

Merger and acquisition activity slowed in the first half of 2024, mainly due to the higher interest rate environment. As the market anticipates further rate cuts into 2025, a record amount of dry powder that has been waiting on the sidelines is primed for deployment over the next six to 12...
Guide

6 steps for implementing a deal-contingent hedge

With continued market volatility and an evolving geopolitical landscape, mitigating financial risks associated with cross-border M&A transactions reduces the risks to closing for all parties involved and ensures the success of a deal. A deal-contingent hedge is an instrument that protects against...
White Paper

Deal-contingent Hedging

With market volatility hitting the headlines and the geopolitical landscape seemingly changing every week, risk management is once more at the forefront of every CFO’s mind. One instrument that has become an established part of any financial risk management toolbox is the deal-contingent hedge.

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Expertise

  • Private Equity
  • Interest Rate Risk Management
  • Foreign Currency Risk Management

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