Closely collaborating with experts from departments such as employment, corporate or finance, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei is equipped to advise distressed companies, shareholders and creditors, with the team’s varied portfolio encompassing reorganisation plans, support with the acquisition of companies that have filed for bankruptcy, and proceedings with governmental bodies such as CIRI, ACPR or AMF. The team is jointly steered by Philippe Dubois, a port of call for both litigation and arbitration matters, and Joanna Gumpelson, whose specialisms include advising debtors on failing LBOs. Another experienced litigator, Ségolène Coiffet is particularly active in the banking, transportation and retail segments, while Clément Maillot-Bouvier is recommended for the full spectrum of debt restructuring and distressed transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘We appreciated that the team worked closely with the banking and financing teams, enabling a comprehensive service offering.’
- ‘The team's strengths are the concentration of different areas of expertise within a single firm, and their availability.’
- ‘The firm's advantage lies in its ability to mobilise real estate expertise, with a genuine in-depth knowledge of the real estate market, whether in investment, financing, or restructuring.’
- ‘Joanna Gumpelson is the best restructuring lawyer on the market, and particularly in real estate cases.’
- ‘Appropriate interventions, balanced negotiations, support.’
- ‘Excellent availability, outstanding negotiators, excellent legal experts, highly responsive and very efficient.'
Key clients
- ALTICE
- BARCLAYS
- BNP PARIBAS
- CHEYNE CAPITAL
- DAMARTEX
- EIB
- EIFFEL
- FARALLON
- GOLDMAN SACHS
- GROUPE CREDIT AGRICOLE (CA CIB, LCL, CAISSES REGIONALES)
- GROUPE CREDIT MUTUEL ALLIANCE FEDERALE (CIC, BECM)
- GROUPE BPCE (NATIXIS, BRED, PALATINE, CAISSES D’EPARGNE et BANQUE POPULAIRE)
Work highlights
Advised the Altice France group on the negotiation and implementation of the restructuring of its financial debt of around €24bn.
Advising TDR, controlling shareholder of Napaqaro, on the negotiation and the implementation of the financial restructuring of Buffalo Grill as part of a court-approved conciliation agreement, and on the sale of certain Courtepaille restaurants as part of rehabilitation proceedings (procédure de redressement judiciaire), converted into liquidation proceedings (procédure de liquidation judiciaire).
Advised a pool of banks, made up of 5 French institutions, on the receivership of companies in the Le Coq Sportif group.
Lawyers
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Joanna Gumpelson
Leading partners
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Practice head
Philippe Dubois; Joanna Gumpelson
Other key lawyers
Ségolène Coiffet; Clément Maillot-Bouvier; Guillaume Petit