Racine‘s broad practice covers all forms of financial and social restructurings, insolvency proceedings, and related litigation, with a strong emphasis on large-scale industrial restructurings, cross-border cases, and debt restructurings for distressed LBOs. The team is equipped to represent all stakeholders, acting for clients from across the banking and finance, real estate, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Laurent Jourdan, an expert in LBO restructurings and the turnaround of distressed companies, leads the team alongside Antoine Diesbecq and Emmanuel Laverrière.
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Testimonials
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'There's always a willingness to find solutions, to challenge them until the best one is found'.
'Emmanuel Laverrière stands out for his experience, his knowledge of companies in difficulty and his ability to think ahead.'
'Great availability combined with indisputable competence.'
'Emmanuel Laverrière is a great professional and very competent. He always has the customer's interests in mind'.
'Emmanuel Laverrière is the partner with whom I had regular discussions and who managed our problem perfectly, sometimes in a hurry or at late hours.'
‘Great team, very engaged with their clients.’
‘Antoine Diesbecq is very enthusiastic, well organized, always finds time to meet with you. ’
'Very good team under Laurent Jourdan's leadership, Laurent is very committed to following up his projects good strategic vision when opening projects. Important experience, good knowledge of the players.'
Key clients
- Barbara Bui
- Elsie Santé
- NCT
- Hélio Print
- Château du Breuil
- Gaussin
- Groupe Casino
Work highlights
- Assisted the ad hoc committee of Groupe Casino, made up of its independent directors, in its financial restructuring, including the lock-up agreement until the safeguarding plan was adopted and implemented.
- Advising Hélio Print on initiating a conciliation procedure to negotiate its multimillion-euro debt and the applied tariff.
- Advising Elsie Groupe Pharmacies on interdependent contracts executed with Pharmaflix, which is now subject to insolvency proceedings, and a lessor.
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Leading partners
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Practice head
Antoine Diesbecq; Laurent Jourdan; Emmanuel Laverrière
Other key lawyers
Lisa Ducani; Benjamin Gallo