Barbier Legal

The firm: Jérôme Barbier founded Barbier Legal in 2015 (Paris) and opened the Switzerland office (Neuchâtel) in 2016. He is a member of the Paris Bar, duly authorised to practise permanently legal representation in Switzerland.

Barbier Legal is a boutique law firm in restructuring/insolvency and a facilitator in Franco-Swiss business relations.

Jérôme Barbier is a former partner at Seh Legal and Poulain & Associés, former associate at Poulain & Associés, Latournerie Wolfrom & Associés and at the Paris office of White & Case LLP.

Areas of practice: Expert in crisis management, Barbier Legal is highly skilled in matters of pre insolvency proceedings, financial restructuring, distressed merger and acquisition transactions, industrial restructuring and cross-border insolvencies. Barbier Legal assists clients, distressed companies as well as investors, in the preparation and negotiation of restructuring plans.

The firm also advises and takes part in merger and acquisition transactions, private equity, commercial law and business litigations.

Barbier Legal advises businesses in key areas of the industry. Its clients are active in the following industries and domains: automotive (manufacturers, first and second tier suppliers), pharmaceutical and medical, manufacturing of consumer goods (textile, furniture, luxury), telecommunications, media, infrastructure, construction and public works, aeronautics (manufacturers, engineering, suppliers and services), transportation (land, sea and air), entertainment and distribution.

With offices situated both in France and Switzerland and having the knowledge of both cultures and cross-border networks, Barbier Legal is an actor and a facilitator in Franco-Swiss business relations. The firm advises clients in both France and Switzerland on matters related to investments, development strategies, as well as litigation and crisis management.