Distressed companies – Restructuring

Presentation

The turnaround market has been particularly active since 2008 and Racine is an expert in the domain.

This team has partners, who have been working in this practice area for over 20 years. They are supported by a group of associates and can advise on a wide range of issues arising from the financial, economic and employment difficulties that companies may face.

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The team is one of the most active in France, and has worked on some of the most significant cases in the market. The team stands out due to its unique experience with large-scale industrial restructurings, cross-border cases in particular, and debt restructuring for distressed LBOs.

Combining professionals from various complementary practice areas who can rely on the support of all of Racine’s departments, the team assists companies with resolving their difficulties or their issues with shareholders and potential acquirers of assets. The team also advises financial institutions for the purpose of safeguarding their rights in these circumstances.

The team’s know-how includes financial and social restructuring, ad hoc mandates, conciliation, safeguard, accelerated financial safeguard, pre-pack sales, recovery, judicial liquidation and all litigation relating to these situations.

A GLOBAL SERVICE

Our team advises large French and international groups, investment funds and mid-sized companies in order to support all players: obligors, managers, shareholders, mezzanine and debt funds, successors, creditors.

Handle all legal issues of distressed companies:

Beyond restructuring law – employment law issues specific to these procedures, financing law, M&A issues linked to restructurings, French and EU competition law issues, tax issues, etc.

A 360° APPROACH

Covering all stages of in the prevention and handling of difficulties:

identifying issues and forming a strategy
initiating ad hoc mandates or conciliations
negotiating conciliation agreements
preparing and implementing judicial recovery proceedings
preparing continuation plans or take-over acquisition plans
preventing sanction risks

Dealing with the cross-border aspects of international procedures

Recongnitions

Rankings

Best Lawyers – Ones to watch - 2025: Insolvency and reorganisation law
Best Lawyers - 2025: Insolvency & Reorganisation law
Décideurs - 2024: Restructuring & insolvency – Council of administrators and legal representatives
Décideurs - 2024: Restructuring & insolvency – LBO transactions in difficulty
Décideurs - 2024: Restructuring & Entreprises en difficulté – Conseil des banques et créanciers
Décideurs - 2024: Restructuring & insolvency – Board of companies and shareholders – Upper mid & large-cap
International Financial Law Review - 2024: Individual ranking – Restructuring & Insolvency
Who's Who Legal - 2024: France – Restructuring & Insolvency – National Leader
Décideurs - 2024: Dispute resolution : Banking & Finance Litigation
Décideurs - 2024: Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
Legal 500 - 2024: Leading individuals
Legal 500 - 2024: Leading individuals
Legal 500 - 2024: Insolvency
Chambers - 2024: Restructuring Insolvency
Magazine des Affaires - 2023: Restructuring : Collective proceedings
Magazine des Affaires - 2023: Restructuring : Preventing problems and renegotiating debt