Recent restructuring/ banckruptcy cases
Bredin Prat has recently advised on the following Restructuring/Bankruptcy matters:
- sale by CNP (Albert Frère Group) of the Entremont Group to Sodiaal, the French dairy-farming cooperative
- safeguard proceedings and reorganization under court supervision of SeaFrance, a subsidiary of the French railway SNCF
- sale of the DHL Group's to the French turnaround specialist Caravelle
- representation of investors in connection with the restructuring of the CMA-CGM Group
- the take-over of Autodistribution Group by TowerBrook under a pre-pack arrangement in safeguard (first "pre-pack" in France)
- the French banks bailout program
- the restructuring of Akery's high-yield bonds with debt to equity swap
- the defense of the international bond holders of Belvedere SA (the spirits company) placed under safeguard
- the safeguard of the textile group DMC
- the restructuring of Eurotunnel's debt prior to and during its safeguard
- the planned acquisition of the audiovisual production company the Carrere Group by a media group
- the FSI investment in Daher, first investment of the French sovereign fund
- the restructuring and safeguard of Metaleurop SA and the bankruptcy of Metaleurop Nord
- the European restructuring of a German group hold on LBO, specialised on automobile spare parts
- the restructuring of the debt of Richelieu Finance and the acquisition of the former by KBL European Private Bankers
- the closure and liquidation of LG Philips Displays, the manufacturer of television with cathode ray tubes in France
- the bankruptcy of the automotive spare parts manufacturer Cadence France (ex. Peguform)
- the restructuring of the debt of the automotive spare parts manufacturer Groupe Teksid and the sale of certain of its subsidiaries in Europe
- the bankruptcy of Péronne Industrie (Flodor) and Geladour
- the bankruptcy of the French daily newspaper France Soir
- the restructuring of Vivendi Universal's debt, together with our Best Friend, Slaughter and May
- the civil and criminal actions against various former managers of Moulinex, following the bankruptcy of Moulinex-Brandt
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