Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Business Restructuring and Insolvency

Partner

Cécile Dupoux has 20 years' experience concentrating on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency matters. As a lawyer used to facing all sorts of crises, she is responsive and provides strategic and practical advice to fix the problem. On top of her business-oriented approach searching for innovative solutions, she knows the key players in the French restructuring world and anticipates their views. This notably includes the Courts and Court appointed trustees, Public Authorities, the financial and legal advisors.

She advises on financial and corporate restructurings and insolvency to a wide variety of stakeholders, including distressed borrowers, creditors, shareholders (mainly international groups), directors, suppliers and customers, as well as investors looking to buy into a distressed situation at either debt or equity level. To address the most complex issues, she collaborates closely with partners from other practices or sector groups depending on the nature of the problem. Cécile has a specific experience in the automotive sector, advising suppliers and car manufacturers with respect to the distressed suppliers' issues or their own reorganisation or restructuring in France. She won 'the Best in Insolvency and Restructuring' award from the Euromoney European Women in Business Law Awards 2015.

Cécile joined Hogan Lovells in 2012. Prior to that, she was a partner in a Top 10 international law firm and before that she spent more than 10 years at one of the most respected French 'boutique' firms focusing on Business Restructuring and Insolvency matters. Due to her experience with niche firms and global firms, she brings deep local knowledge to international clients. Cécile is dual qualified as a French avocat and a lawyer in England and Wales.

French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (good level)

Master of Business and Tax Law with honours, 1998; B.A., University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1994; Admitted to the Role of Solicitors of England and Wales