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McDermott Will & Emery AARPI

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The insolvency and restructuring department at McDermott Will & Emery AARPI stands out for its proficiency in handling a diverse range of financial and industrial restructuring cases, providing comprehensive advice to debtors, buyers, creditors, and shareholders through seamless collaboration with other departments and international teams. Under the leadership of Timothée Gagnepain, an expert in LBO transactions, the team’s experience spans various sectors, encompassing financial institutions, marketing services, food retail, real estate, and technology, with a particular emphasis on the private equity domain. Noteworthy professionals at the firm also include both Théophile Jomier, who specialises in corporate transactions, and Lucille Madariaga, recognised for her proficiency in contentious matters during and after restructuring, as well as in commercial litigation.

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Key clients

  • Bio C Bon
  • TriplePoint Capital
  • Weinberg Capital Partners
  • GLAS Agency
  • Andera Partners
  • Batipart
  • ACIAM (Camaieu)

Work highlights

  • Assisted Andera Partners in negotiations with its portfolio company, BIG/Loyalty.
  • Assisted TriplePoint Capital in the negotiations with its debtor, Luko, a French leading insurtech, and Luko’s other shareholders and creditors.
  • Assisted PE fund Weinberg Capital Partners during the financial difficulties faced by its portfolio company BEST Environment.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Timothée Gagnepain

Timothée Gagnepain

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Partner Timothée Gagnepain focuses his practice on complex restructurings and insolvencies, both national and international. Timothée has a broad-based insolvency and restructuring practice, representing mainly debtors, shareholders, private equity funds, some creditors and trustees. He acts as strategic advisor, negotiator and, when necessary, litigation counsel, and has significant experience before the French bankruptcy courts. He has a wealth of experience in LBO transactions, leveraged recapitalizations and bankruptcies as well as debt and corporate restructurings. Timothée handles complex matters for a range of clients across the real estate, retail and financial sectors. For further details of Timothée biography, please view McDermott website here.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Timothée Gagnepain

Other key lawyers

Théophile Jomier, Lucille Madariaga