Regional news: France
Another Brown Rudnick partner joins Squire Patton Boggs
Squire Patton Boggs has recruited another partner from Brown Rudnick in Paris, weeks after it added a five-strong team from the firm in London.
26 September 2022
EY restructuring head joins AlixPartners in Paris
AlixPartners has recruited seasoned turnaround partner Olivier Sibenaler from EY in Paris, where he led the Big Four firm’s operational transformation and restructuring group for Western Europe.
22 September 2022
Mayer Brown announces tie-up with French boutique, adds partner in Brazil
Expanding its restructuring offering across Europe and Latin America, Mayer Brown has announced a collaboration with French boutique Santoni & Associés in Paris and hired a restructuring partner to its associated firm in São Paulo.
08 July 2022
French-Bermudian JV's creditors agree to Chinese restructuring
Creditors of a joint venture between Bermuda-registered car manufacture Brilliance Auto and France’s Renault have approved the formation of a committee to oversee a restructuring in China.
25 May 2022
FTI Consulting appoints new Paris head
FTI Consulting has hired a new head for its corporate finance and restructuring segment in Paris, who has left behind his own interim CEO and executive management firm after 14 years.
13 May 2022
McDermott Will & Emery, Goodwin advise as French aerospace manufacturer restructures
French aerospace manufacturer Figeac Aéro Group has reached an agreement with creditors for a restructuring that will extend its bond and loan maturities and also see French asset management group Tikehau Capital become a shareholder.
19 April 2022
Global tech firm Sungard secures Canadian recognition
Tech software and services firm Sungard has received Canadian recognition of its second Chapter 11 restructuring in three years, days after a Texas court granted it access to debtor-in-possession financing.
19 April 2022
Lenders seek receiver as Lycra parent stretched
Hong Kong and Korea-based lenders to Chinese fashion giant Shandong Ruyi have moved to appoint Alvarez & Marsal as receiver over some of its assets, in a bid to take control of its Lycra subsidiary.
24 February 2022
Addleshaw launches insolvency practice in Paris
Addleshaw Goddard has added insolvency and restructuring capabilities to its new Paris office, with a partner hire from French law firm Hoche Avocats.
14 February 2022
Cassini fails in UK appeal over information during French safeguard
French events organiser Cassini has failed to persuade an appeal court that it was absolved from having to pass on information to its lenders under English-law governed covenants while in safeguard proceedings in its native France.
07 February 2022