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    Beware French Employees’ Remedy for Damage to their “Individual Interests”
    2016-12-15

    It is not always easy to prioritize between the various goals pursued in every insolvency legislation, namely; the continuation of the company, preservation of the jobs, the general economic/public interest and the payment of dividends to creditors.

    There is no clear hierarchy in French law amongst these major targets and French case law appears fairly pragmatic. However compared to Insolvency regulations in other countries, French legislation and French case law appear very protective of the interests of the employees.

    This seems obvious when one considers, for example,

    Filed under:
    France, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Antoine Adeline
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Parliament clarifies security agents' status and their role in restructurings
    2016-12-23

    Introduction

    On November 8 2016 Parliament adopted the Sapin II Act to promote:

    • transparency;
    • the fight against corruption; and
    • the modernisation of the economy.

    The act authorises the government to make decisions regarding legislative matters, including with regard to clarifying and modernising the status of security agents and their role in restructurings.

    Filed under:
    France, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Bird & Bird LLP
    Authors:
    Nicolas Morelli , Celine Nezet
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Bird & Bird LLP
    Procédure collective : le PV de carence doit être contesté dans les 2 jours de son dépôt au greffe
    2017-02-06

    Le procès-verbal de carence établi lorsqu’aucun représentant des salariés ne peut être désigné ou élu est immédiatement déposé au greffe du tribunal saisi de la procédure collective. La contestation de ce procès-verbal doit intervenir, à peine de forclusion, dans les deux jours de celui-ci. Ce délai ne court qu’à compter de l’accomplissement de la formalité de dépôt du procès-verbal au greffe.

    Filed under:
    France, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Flichy Grangé Avocats
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Flichy Grangé Avocats
    Chronique de droit des procédures collectives : bilan du second semestre 2016
    2017-02-10

    Apport de la loi de modernisation de la justice du XXIe siècle

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Véronique Collin
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Restructurations : sécuriser le motif du licenciement et préserver l’emploi
    2017-02-10

    Une nouvelle définition du motif économique de licenciement

    La Loi Travail a intégré, à compter du 1er décembre 2016, deux nouveaux motifs de licenciement économique consacrés par la jurisprudence : la réorganisation de l’entreprise nécessaire à la sauvegarde de sa compétitivité et la cessation d’activité. La Loi Travail a également précisé la notion de difficultés économiques à l’aide d’indicateurs tels que la baisse significative des commandes ou du chiffre d’affaires ou encore l’augmentation des pertes d’exploitation (article L.1233- 3 du Code du travail).

    Filed under:
    France, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Cohen & Gresser LLP
    Authors:
    Anna Milleret-Godet , Angéline Duffour
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Cohen & Gresser LLP
    An update on French insolvency law
    2017-04-05

    Insolvency Proceedings

    The French legislator has published the Law on the Modernisation of 21st Century Justice (n°2016-1547) on 18 November 2016, in order to complete the regulation of the four ordonnances issued over the two years before that date modifying insolvency law. Key changes applying to insolvency proceedings opened after 19 November 2016 are as follows:

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Taylor Wessing
    Authors:
    Alfred Fink
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Increased threshold to trigger directors' liability in insolvency scenario?
    2017-04-14

    Introduction

    The Sapin II Act of November 8 2016 amended the regime governing directors' liability in an insolvency scenario in order to encourage the recovery of honest directors of failed businesses.

    Filed under:
    France, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Bird & Bird LLP, Liability (financial accounting), Liquidation, Liquidator (law)
    Authors:
    Nicolas Morelli , Celine Nezet
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Bird & Bird LLP
    Overview of French conciliation procedure
    2017-04-20

    The French conciliation procedure, introduced in 2005, has become such a key procedure in France that it cannot be ignored. For any restructuring involving France (whether partially or wholly), the possibility of a conciliation procedure has to be seriously considered.

    Concept of conciliation procedure

    Filed under:
    France, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Authors:
    Eugénie Amri
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Restructuring Alert - April 2017
    2017-04-24

    Introduction

    The Sapin II Act of November 8 2016 amended the regime governing directors' liability in an insolvency scenario in order to encourage the recovery of honest directors of failed businesses.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Bird & Bird LLP, Debtor, Liability (financial accounting), Negligence, Liquidation, Liquidator (law)
    Authors:
    Nicolas Morelli , Celine Nezet
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Bird & Bird LLP
    Déclaration du débiteur pour le compte du créancier, la vigilance reste de mise !
    2017-07-07

    Il y a trois ans déjà, l’ordonnance du 12 mars 2014, conçue dans le but de « simplifier » la gestion des procédures collectives, est venue modifier la procédure de déclaration des créances.

    Avant cette réforme, les créanciers (hors salariés) devaient adresser leur déclaration de créances au mandataire judiciaire dans un délai de deux mois (quatre mois pour ceux résidant hors de France Métropolitaine) à partir de la publication au BODACC du jugement ouvrant la procédure de sauvegarde, de redressement ou de liquidation judiciaire, sous peine de forclusion.

    Filed under:
    France, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Alexandre Le Ninivin
    Location:
    France
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs

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