Antoine Gosset-Grainville > BDGS Associés > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

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.

BDGS Associés is entrusted by high-profile companies or shareholders facing high-stakes M&A litigation and other complex proceedings. The litigation team, which works in close collaboration with the corporate, restructuring and antitrust practices, also handles challenging disputes linked to large debt restructuring proceedings and several high-stakes antitrust-related damages follow-on cases. The team is also retained to manage high-profile commercial litigation opposing leading industry champions, such as in retail. Practice head Kyum Lee is highly recognised. Also involved are the highly experienced Antoine Gosset-Grainville, who is a key name for regulatory disputes and senior associate Florian Dessault.

BDGS Associés‘ wide-ranging EU and competition law practice is well regarded for its advice to leading French multinationals across a broad array of sectors, most notably transport, energy, retail and financial services. Merger control cases are a prominent area of expertise for the team, which is well versed in handling notifications to the FCA, the European Commission and to antitrust authorities worldwide, and it is also widely recognised for its strength in state aid, with Antoine Gosset-Grainville and Mathilde Damon representing SNCF and the French State Shareholding Agency in high-profile recent cases. In addition, the firm is highly active in significant antitrust investigations and litigation. Maria Trabucchi and Jérôme Fabre are also noted practitioners across the full range of EU and competition law.