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Mr Lionel Spizzichino
Work Department
Business Reorganization and Restructuring
Position
Lionel Spizzichino is a partner in the Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris and co-Chair of the European Restructuring Group.
He has extensive experience in Lender-led and complex cross-border restructurings as well as French pre-insolvency and insolvency matters, including amicable restructuring, insolvency proceedings, restructuring litigation and distressed mergers and acquisitions.
Lionel also advises regularly on mergers and acquisitions with a particular focus on cross border acquisitions and complex carve-outs.
His clients include companies, creditors or investors in a wide range of sectors such as airlines, aircraft, media, chemical, financial services and automotive. He also advises investment funds, recovery funds and hedge funds.
Lionel has been involved in some of the most significant pre-insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings and high-profile M&A and distressed M&A cases in France.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insolvency
(Hall of Fame)Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
has an impressive record of acting for ad hoc bondholders groups and steering committees on some of the most significant recent restructuring transactions in the French market, and also has notable expertise in advising debtors and investors. Among the team’s core areas of strength are distressed LBO workouts, cross-border debt restructurings, and debt for equity swaps, as well as pre-insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings and distressed M&A. Paris managing partner and European restructuring co-chair Lionel Spizzichino
leads the team, bringing to bear extensive experience in complex lender-led and cross-border restructurings. Other key names include Batiste Saint-Guily, whose skill set includes in and out-of-court restructurings, insolvency proceedings and distressed transactions, and Audrey Nelson.