Acting for a wide array of debtors, investors, shareholders and creditors, CMS Francis Lefebvre is able to cover all aspects of restructuring and insolvency proceedings, including cross-border cases. In addition, the team has continued to expand its expertise in distressed M&A. Alexandre Bastos leads the team, and has a strong all-round practice that ranges from preventive procedures to restructurings through safeguard and receivership plans and insolvency-related litigation.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Experienced and available.'
- 'Guillaume Bouté: calm, thoughtful, experienced and provides good advice.'
Key clients
- ALLIANCE GREEN SERVICES
- ALGONQUIN FRANCE HÔTEL SERVICES
- SODIAAL and its affiliates
- UCPA
- ATRADIUS
- NAGRAVISION
- ATOS
- BPCE GROUP (NATIXIS – CEGC)
- POLARIS
- VIVALTO
- HILTON
- MUTARES SE & Co. KGaA
Work highlights
- Advised Alliance Green Services, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal group, within the framework of the takeover of the activity of Phoenix Services France, a key services provider for the ironmaking industry market, and the subsequent appeal against the judgment adopting the transfer plan.
- Advised Atradius, a credit-insurer, within the framework of the successive conciliation proceedings and the subsequent insolvency proceedings of CNIM, a worldwide renowned industrial equipment supplier and assembler, under the aegis of the Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring (CIRI).
- Advised Nagravision (Kudelski Group) within the framework of the difficulties faced by SmarDTV Global and SmarDTV Technology under French insolvency proceedings and during the disposal of their activities within the framework of disposal plans adopted by the Commercial Court of Marseille.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alexandre Bastos