Mr Laurent Jourdan > Racine > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Racine Offices
40 RUE DE COURCELLES
75008 PARIS
France
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Mr Laurent Jourdan
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)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals France > Insolvency
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation France
- Insolvency France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- EU, competition and distribution
- Insolvency
- Media and entertainment: Cinema
- Real estate
- Administrative and public law
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax