ADVANT Altana‘s practice runs the gamut of restructuring and special situations, including financial and operational restructurings, distressed M&A, related litigation and the restructuring of regulated entities. Supported by the firm’s offices in Italy and Germany, the Paris team is also adept at handling cross-border cases. Pierre-Gilles Wogue, an expert in advising distressed companies with an international dimension, Michel Jockey and Mana Rassouli, who has wide-ranging expertise in advising debtors, shareholders and investors on restructurings, jointly lead the experienced team.
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‘The ADVANT ALTANA team is remarkable for its skills and its ability to build a winning strategy. Their advice is extremely relevant. It is a very reassuring presence in the negotiations and throughout the procedure. Its dynamism enables us to achieve results very quickly.'
‘Mana Rassouli is an expert in her field.’
‘Mana Rassouli has shown a wide expertise & in-depth knowledge in French insolvency provisions & proceedings which was of utmost importance to define our strategy / tactics in our continuous discussion with our most relevant French CMO.'
- 'Mana was able to provide sound & competent advice which was well understandable to the non-lawyer audience as well.’
'It's a big team, both in terms of numbers and experience.'
‘Mana Rassouli is an outstanding technician in the field, combining her excellent technical expertise with a perfect knowledge of the ‘network’ and a very sure grasp of litigation and other related and peripheral matters. She has an enormous capacity for work, and is quick to master operational and technical issues. Mana is deeply committed to her clients' interests and systematically goes the extra mile to meet their expectations.’
Key clients
- Aldi
- Altarea
- Apogee (HP) Group
- Bastide
- Blive Group
- Bloom Equity Partners
- Covea
- Defta
- Eurobail Group
- Groupama
Work highlights
- Advising Science Corporation Inc on the acquisition of the activities and assets of Pixium Vision SA, through a competitive open bid under a judicial liquidation process.
- Advising Bloom Equity Partners, a major American investment fund, in the context of the takeover of the Black Tiger Group, publisher of a master data platform, which includes the financial restructuring of the French subsidiary of the group.
- Advising Covea Group in the restructuring and sale process of CGI Batiment, which encountered severe difficulties in late 2023 due to the failure of Geoxia/Maison Phoenix Group, which led it to present in 2024 a preventive restructuring plan to the regulatory authority, with the support of the shareholders.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Pierre-Gilles Wogue; Michel Jockey; Mana Rassouli
Other key lawyers
Julien Balensi