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Restructuring and Insolvency Procedures

The Restructuring and Insolvency Procedures department of the Paris office assists companies and their officers and directors, financial institutions and investment funds, confronted with crisis situations.

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The team assists clients in bankruptcy proceedings, including:


  • investment funds on sensitive issues such as restructurings, turnarounds, crisis management and prevention;
  • debtors and creditors on restructuring operations such as ad hoc mandates, conciliations, safeguards and receiver ships;
  • during the acquisition of companies in difficulty;
  • during litigation, in particular in the field of mergers and acquisitions, warranty of liabilities and liability of managers and shareholders.

Recent Deals


  • We advised a subsidiary of a Spanish group which specialises in the wholesale of office supplies, in an insolvency proceeding before the courts of Madrid and the commercial court of Bobigny for all group companies pursuant to European Regulation 2015/848.
  • We advised an owner and operator of an amusement park in the context of an ad-hoc mandate, and then in a takeover offer.