Restructuring

Restructuring counsel, mergers, demergers and reorganisations.

Whitepeak Law assists executives and investors through corporate restructuring transactions: mergers, absorptions, partial asset contributions, demergers, and legal form conversions.

Practices

Areas
of practice.

Mergers and absorptions

Structuring and execution of merger transactions: merger by absorption, merger by creation of a new company. Merger agreement, valuation of contributions, auditor report, and completion formalities.

Partial asset contributions and demergers

Completion of partial asset contributions subject or not to the demerger regime. Identification of business lines, contribution documentation, shareholder approval, and legal formalities.

Legal form conversions

Conversion of an SA into an SAS, an SARL into an SA, or any other form. Analysis of the legal, tax, and employment consequences, drafting of new articles of association, and completion of formalities.

Group reorganisations

Restructuring of corporate groups: interposition of holding companies, dividend upstreaming, structure simplification, management of loss-making subsidiaries, and dissolution of redundant entities.

Clients

The clients we advise.

Executives and groups

Support through internal reorganisation transactions: structure simplification, business combination, governance optimisation, and preparation for a disposal transaction.

Investors and acquirers

Post-acquisition restructuring: integration of the target into the acquirer's group, rationalisation of structures, absorption of subsidiaries, and regulatory compliance.

Companies in strategic transition

Support for companies in strategic transition: change of reference shareholder, opening of capital to new investors, preparation for a stock exchange listing.

Regulated sector players

Restructurings involving licensed companies: coordination with supervisory authorities to preserve authorisations during merger, demerger, or conversion transactions.

Approach

A practice driven by decisions.

Holistic transaction view

Each restructuring commits the company over the long term. Whitepeak Law analyses the legal, tax, regulatory, and employment consequences of each scenario before recommending an approach.

Senior attention on every matter

Every matter is handled by the founding partner. First point of contact, last reviewer. No delegation of judgment on structuring transactions for the group.

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Restructurings require close coordination with tax, employment, and accounting advisors. Whitepeak Law leads this coordination and ensures the consistency of the overall documentation.

Paris Bar·UCLA School of Law·MIT Sloan School of Management·White & Case·Allen & Overy·Former Partner, Beaubourg Avocats

Your restructuring transaction.

Confidential initial consultation to analyse your situation, identify the available restructuring scenarios, and define the best legal approach.

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