Philippe Dubois > De Pardieu Brocas Maffei > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

The restructuring and insolvency team at De Pardieu Brocas Maffei provides a comprehensive range of services to distressed companies and their shareholders. Strengthened through collaboration with other departments, the team offers multidisciplinary skill, leveraging the expertise of restructuring and insolvency specialists in conjunction with partners from corporate M&A, finance, employment law, and competition practices. Heading the team are Philippe Dubois and Joanna Gumpelson, both of whom possess extensive experience in representing a diverse client base, including French and foreign investment funds, banks, lease-finance institutions, and debtors. Other key individuals include Ségolène Coiffet, and Clément Maillot-Bouvier, both experienced in advising distressed companies, creditors, and investors in debt restructurings and insolvency proceedings.

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei is able to take on a large array of disputes, regularly combining its litigation expertise with the firm’s corporate, antitrust, banking and insolvency strengths. The team notably handles a steady stream of commercial disputes on behalf of major French corporations, dealing with contract and distribution issues. It is also involved in high-stakes civil liability cases including in the insolvency and antitrust follow-on fields, while the firm’s top real estate practice also generates contentious work managed on behalf of leading asset managers and investors. The practice is co-headed by Barbara Levy, Alexandre Vermynck and real estate expert Paul Talbourdet. Insolvency specialist Philippe Duboisis another regular contributor.