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51 RUE FRANCOIS 1ER
75008 PARIS
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Laurène Boyer
Work Department
Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Senior associate advising debtors, shareholders, investors and creditors on all aspects of company restructuring both as part of out-of-court processes or more formal insolvency proceedings (financial, operational or industrial restructurings, LBO restructurings, distressed M&A transactions, asset deals in insolvency, including prepackaged sale plans, related issues and litigation).
Recent work on public matters includes advising: Crédit Agricole Assurances in its capacity as shareholder of Clariane as part of the €1.5 billion plan to strengthen its financial structure; Peugeot Motocyles for the take-over of a manufacturer of electric motorbikes as part of a prepack sale plan; Canal + on the acquisition of OCS and Orange Studios; and Crédit Agricole Assurances in its capacity as shareholder of Comexposium as part of the execution of its safeguard plan having restructured its financial indebtedness amounting to €600m. Laurène has also been involved in a number of confidential strategic matters.
Career
Laurène joined BDGS in 2021 after having spent three years at Weil Gotshal & Manges and two years at Linklaters.
Languages
French and English
Memberships
Member of Women In Restructuring (WiR) and the Association des Jeunes du Restructuring (AJR).
She is also a coach in the ESSEC business turnaround course, co-organised by the Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises (ARE) and she regularly takes part in free consultations for directors of companies in difficulty organised by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Education
Admitted to the Paris Bar (2017)
Master’s Degree in Restructuring, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2015)
Master’s Degree in Business Law, Université de Nantes (2014)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insolvency
BDGS Associés‘ insolvency and restructuring team takes on high-profile, cross-border cases, showcasing a particular prowess in international matters involving strategic or politically sensitive assets. Guided by the seasoned Henri Cazala, who is praised for his ‘inventiveness and determination to find solutions in complex situations‘, the team provides counsel to major shareholders, leading corporations, as well as debtors and bondholders. They have recently been instrumental in debt restructuring cases within the public events and healthcare sectors. Noteworthy figures in the practice also include Laurène Boyer and Antoine Gosset-Grainville.