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    Liquidation judiciaire : l’effet rétroactif de l’inscription hypothécaire définitive
    2016-09-19

    Admission de l’inscription définitive d’une hypothèque judiciaire provisoire malgré la liquidation judiciaire

    Cass. Com, 3 mai 2016, n°14-21.556

    Aux termes d’un arrêt de principe, la Cour de cassation entérine et confirme la possibilité pour le créancier disposant d’une hypothèque judiciaire provisoire, inscrite avant le jugement d’ouverture, de l’inscrire définitivement après la liquidation judiciaire du débiteur.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Squire Patton Boggs, Liquidation
    Authors:
    Laure Perrin
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Hanjin Shipping - Current jurisdictional status and options - France
    2016-10-04

    The effect of Hanjin's Korean rehabilitation proceedings in France has been rather limited.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Shipping & Transport, Clyde & Co LLP
    Authors:
    Gildas Rostain , Carole Kalil
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Clyde & Co LLP
    De nouvelles formalités en cas de fermeture ou de vente en France pour tout employeur
    2014-11-17

    Contexte

    En février 2012, la fermeture des hauts fourneaux de Florange divise la classe politique. Le président François Hollande s’engage alors à ce que désormais tout société voulant mettre fin à son activité en France soit soumise à l’obligation de rechercher un repreneur.

    Filed under:
    France, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    Red Tape on closures and sales in France for companies of all sizes
    2014-11-17

    Background

    In February 2012, following the highly political closing of the Florange site, a steel production plant, President François Hollande vowed that going forward any company wanting to close down its operations in France would have an obligation to first look for a purchaser.

    Filed under:
    France, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    Modernisation of the French economy and changes in insolvency law
    2015-02-18

    The continued modernisation of the French economy has been a long and difficult process but, as a former British prime minister was fond of saying, “there is no alternative”.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Antoine Adeline
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Aristophil: French art world rocked by suspected “Ponzi” scheme
    2015-07-23

    A scandal in the world of letters and old manuscripts would not have gone unnoticed and the French case of Aristophil has lead to extensive press coverage; a massive fraud is suspected with thousands of works and hundreds of millions of euros at stake.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Antoine Adeline , Alexandre Le Ninivin
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    French restructuring – court enforced debt-for-equity swaps now possible: The Révolution continues!
    2015-09-11

    Summary

    A new law which came into force on 8 August 2015 now permits a French court to enforce debt-for-equity swaps. Where the debtor company is in judicial reorganisation proceedings (redressement judiciaire) and if certain conditions are met, the court can either:

    Filed under:
    France, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shareholder, Swap (finance)
    Authors:
    Emmanuel Ringeval , Alexandra Szekely , Emma Gateaud
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Macron Law modifies French insolvency law
    2015-09-15

    On August 6, 2015, France adopted legislation named after the French Minister of Economy, Emmanuel Macron (“Macron Law”), that is designed to promote economic growth, activity, and equal opportunity. What follows is a brief summary of the principal reforms to French insolvency law introduced by the Macron Law. As discussed in more detail below, these measures include the creation of specialized insolvency courts for large cases and the introduction of rules and procedures that permit “cramdown” of shareholder interests in French reorganization proceedings.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Jones Day, Shareholder, Debtor
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    France: Macron law adopted
    2015-09-28

    Law n°2015 990 for growth, activity and equality of economic opportunities, the Macron Law, was finally adopted on 6 August 2015. This law covers a wide range of matters from Sunday working, reform of regulated legal professions to driving licences.

    Relaxing of the Regime for Free Shares

    Filed under:
    France, Company & Commercial, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Authors:
    Sophie Brezin , Emma Rohsler
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Legislative update—international edition - September/October 2015
    2015-10-01

    Italian Insolvency Law Reforms

    Filed under:
    France, Italy, Spain, Insolvency & Restructuring, Jones Day
    Authors:
    Mark G. Douglas
    Location:
    France, Italy, Spain
    Firm:
    Jones Day

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