Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has won a mandate as deal counsel to BNP Paribas on its €4.3bn (£3.9bn) rights offering launched today (29 September).

The Wall Street firm's Paris office fielded a team led by capital markets partners Pierre-Yves Chabert and John Brinitzer.

The proceeds of the capital raising will be used to pay back a €5.1bn (£4.7bn) recapitalisation the bank received from the French State during the financial crisis. In addition, the bank will also pay €226m (£206m) worth of interest on the money borrowed.