Restructuring & Insolvency

The Restructuring and Insolvency team offers a full range of advisory and litigation services in relation to companies facing financial difficulties.

The team regularly advises lending institutions, investment funds, credit insurers, factors and leasing companies, in connection with the drafting and negotiating of all types of agreements, including renegotiating existing loan documentation.

The team also represents listed and non-listed companies faced with financial difficulties and/or their shareholders, with respect to their reorganization or the renegotiation of their debts, with solutions ranging from mandat ad hoc/conciliation to safeguard procedures and continuation plans. In addition, the team is regularly sought out by French and foreign industrial investors to structure and present bids on distressed companies.

Furthermore, the team advises on a broad range of bankruptcy related litigation including providing assistance to the legal entities involved in the proceedings (bankruptcy judges, receivers or representatives of creditors), and represents clients before the competent administrative authorities (such as the CIRI (Interministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring), the Ministry of the Economy and the AMF (French securities commission)).