Racine‘s broad practice covers all forms of financial and social restructurings, insolvency proceedings, and related litigation, with a strong emphasis on large-scale industrial restructurings, cross-border cases, and debt restructurings for distressed LBOs. The team is equipped to represent all stakeholders, acting for clients from across the banking and finance, real estate, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Laurent Jourdan, an expert in LBO restructurings and the turnaround of distressed companies, leads the team alongside Antoine Diesbecq and Emmanuel Laverrière.
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Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • 'There's always a willingness to find solutions, to challenge them until the best one is found'.

  • 'Emmanuel Laverrière stands out for his experience, his knowledge of companies in difficulty and his ability to think ahead.'

  • 'Great availability combined with indisputable competence.'

  • 'Emmanuel Laverrière is a great professional and very competent. He always has the customer's interests in mind'.

  • 'Emmanuel Laverrière is the partner with whom I had regular discussions and who managed our problem perfectly, sometimes in a hurry or at late hours.'

  • ‘Great team, very engaged with their clients.’

  • ‘Antoine Diesbecq is very enthusiastic, well organized, always finds time to meet with you. ’

  • 'Very good team under Laurent Jourdan's leadership, Laurent is very committed to following up his projects good strategic vision when opening projects. Important experience, good knowledge of the players.'

Clients clés

  • Barbara Bui
  • Elsie Santé
  • NCT
  • Hélio Print
  • Château du Breuil
  • Gaussin
  • Groupe Casino

Points forts

  • Assisted the ad hoc committee of Groupe Casino, made up of its independent directors, in its financial restructuring, including the lock-up agreement until the safeguarding plan was adopted and implemented.
  • Advising Hélio Print on initiating a conciliation procedure to negotiate its multimillion-euro debt and the applied tariff.
  • Advising Elsie Groupe Pharmacies on interdependent contracts executed with Pharmaflix, which is now subject to insolvency proceedings, and a lessor.

Avocats

Les grands avocats du marché

Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.

Responsable de la pratique

Antoine Diesbecq; Laurent Jourdan; Emmanuel Laverrière

Autres avocats clés

Lisa Ducani; Benjamin Gallo