De Pardieu Brocas Maffei acts for a diverse client base of distressed companies, their shareholders and creditors, but is particularly recognised for its prowess on the bank side of large-scale financial restructurings, representing pools of major French financial institutions on numerous prominent recent mandates. The team's expertise further extends to insolvency proceedings, corporate reorganisations and distressed transactions. Practice heads Philippe Dubois, who is highly skilled in litigation, and Joanna Gumpelson are well versed in the full range of insolvency proceedings and debt restructurings. The sizeable team also includes Ségolène Coiffet, whose practice spans debt restructuring, insolvency proceedings and transactions involving distressed companies, and Clément Maillot-Bouvier, whose areas of expertise include LBOs.
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Distinctions
La satisfaction du client
Clients clés
- PIERRE & VACANCES – CENTER PARCS
- TDR CAPITAL
- DAMARTEX
- METABOLIC EXPLORER
- MARIE BRIZARD WINE & SPIRITS
- RENAULT
- GROUPE SEA INVEST
- OAKTREE
- FARALLON
- KARTESIA
Points forts
- Advising a pool of banks comprising 57 institutions belonging to the French banking groups BNP Paribas, BPCE, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, La Banque Postale and Société Générale in the context of the €9.7bn debt restructuring of the Orpea Group.
- Advising a pool of 4 banks in the context of the €125m debt restructuring of Jennyfer, implemented in the context of court-monitored rehabilitation proceedings (with classes of affected parties) and the approval of a rehabilitation plan by the Commercial Court of Bobigny in June 2024.
- Advising the companies of the Metabolic Explorer group in connection with the safeguard and rehabilitation proceedings and the approval by the Commercial Court of Paris of sale plans and, notably, the takeover of the activities of the Metex Noovistago biochemicals plant and the Metabolic Explorer R&D business by Avril.
Avocats
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Clément Maillot-Bouvier
Responsable de la pratique
Philippe Dubois; Joanna Gumpelson
Autres avocats clés
Ségolène Coiffet; Clément Maillot-Bouvier; Guillaume Petit