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75008 PARIS
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Henri Cazala
Work Department
Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Partner advising distressed companies, their boards, their shareholders, their creditors and industrial or financial investors on debt restructurings, distressed M&A, out-of-court negotiations and insolvency proceedings.
Recent work includes advising: Crédit Agricole Assurance on the restructuring, through a safeguard plan, of €600 million of debt held by Comexposium, a company co-controlled by Predica and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and on the adoption by Clariane of a plan to strengthen its financial structure amounting to €1.5 billion with the support of Predica as a reference shareholder; and Groupe Canal+ on the acquisition from Orange of the OCS pay-TV package and its film and series co-production subsidiary, Orange Studio.
Career
Henri joined BDGS Associés as partner in 2020. He began his career in a French law firm, and he spent six years at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and one year at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Languages
French and English
Memberships
Member of the “Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises” (ARE) (French business turnaround association). Member of Insol Europe.
Education
Paris Bar (2011)
Master’s Degree in Private International Law and International Trade Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2009)
Master’s Degree in Private Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2008)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insolvency
(Next Generation Partners)BDGS Associés‘ insolvency and restructuring team takes on high-profile, cross-border cases, showcasing a particular prowess in international matters involving strategic or politically sensitive assets. Guided by the seasoned Henri Cazala, who is praised for his ‘inventiveness and determination to find solutions in complex situations‘, the team provides counsel to major shareholders, leading corporations, as well as debtors and bondholders. They have recently been instrumental in debt restructuring cases within the public events and healthcare sectors. Noteworthy figures in the practice also include Laurène Boyer and Antoine Gosset-Grainville.