Mr Laurent Jourdan > Racine > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Racine
40 RUE DE COURCELLES
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Prevention and resolution of corporate difficulties (amicable procedures and court proceedings)/LBO restructurings / Takeovers involving distressed companies / Commercial agreement litigation / Post-acquisition litigation / Disputes among shareholders

Position

Partner

Career

Laurent Jourdan has over 20 years’ experience in advising distressed companies and in commercial litigation. He advises companies and creditors in the framework of ad hoc mandates, conciliations, safeguard proceedings, restructurings and court-ordered liquidations.

Laurent is particularly active in LBO restructurings and the turnaround of distressed companies.

He has advised on most of the matters implementing the European Union regulation.

Finally, Laurent is widely recognized as an expert in high-stakes litigation in the areas of liability, post-acquisition disputes, disputes among shareholders and commercial agreements.

He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1994 and joined Racine as Partner in 2013.

Languages

French, English

Memberships

Lecturer at Paris Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Master II, Corporate Restructuring

Former lecturer on distressed company law, Université de Paris-I Panthéon Sorbonne
(CAVEJ)

Education

Doctorate, Law (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Master (DEA), Commercial Law (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Lawyer Rankings

France > Insolvency

(Leading individuals)

Laurent JourdanRacine

The restructuring and insolvency team at Racine has demonstrable expertise in both contentious and non-contentious matters. The practice works in seamless collaboration with various practice teams, addressing all legal aspects concerning distressed companies, including employment law, financing law, M&A issues, and EU competition law matters. Co-led by Antoine Diesbecq, Laurent Jourdan, and Emmanuel Laverrière, the team excels in handling cross-border cases, industrial restructurings, and debt restructuring for distressed LBOs. Its proficiency extends across various areas, including ad hoc mandates, conciliation, safeguard, judicial liquidation, and social restructurings.

France > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Racine‘s team is kept busy acting for several leading companies, notably in the utilities and luxury good sectors, SMEs, investment funds and senior executives and dealing with a wide array of disputes, spanning M&A, financial and commercial litigation and including high-stakes M&A cases. The team also handles some product liability cases and shows strong ability in dealing with civil liability cases linked to insolvency proceedings. Practice head Bruno Cavalié  is highly regarded. Sandra Graslin-Latour, antitrust and distribution expert Valérie Ledoux and insolvency specialist Laurent Jourdan are other key names.