Insolvency and restructuring lawyers
DELCADE, supporting you through financial, economic and social difficulties
DELCADE’s team dedicated to insolvency and restructuring provides assistance to companies during safeguard proceedings, legal redress or official receivership. Our lawyers will assist you at every stage; in the prevention, anticipation, and with handling the difficulties you are facing.
Our 360-degree vision covers all areas and provides you with operational, financial, and legal support. Our experienced, multi-disciplinary legal team also manages the tax and corporate aspects of these types of proceedings. Our personalised approach allows us to advise you on the procedural strategies that are fully adapted to your needs.
We regularly act for French and international companies, both listed and non-listed, as well as institutional bodies, private funds groups, small and medium-sized companies (French ETIs and PMIs) in all sectors of activity. We also have extensive expertise in supporting growing companies that are experiencing difficulties (e.g., lack of financing).
• Regularisation of the cessation of payments declaration (balance sheet),
• Assistance with relations with legal representatives,
• Preparation, negotiation and drafting of the continuation plan,
• Declaration of debts, assistance with disputing debt collection procedures
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• Audit,
• Preparation and drafting of the acquisition contract.
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Our strengths
An ability to help reach consensual agreements with a large number of parties around the negotiating table.
A pragmatic approach to finding appropriate solutions.
We work closely with our clients and are responsive to their needs.
Our restructuring lawyers
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DELCADE featured in the first edition of the Best Law Firms™ – France 2026 rankings
DELCADE appears in the rankings of the first French edition of Best Law Firms™ – France 2026, confirming the firm’s positioning among leading business law firms in France. The firm is ranked at the national level with five recognitions, including four Tier 1 rankings, in the following practice areas: DELCADE also appears in the regional […]
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Business Transfer: A legal guide to anticipating and securing a sale or acquisition
Business transfer and succession is a demanding process: timetable, valuation, warranties and financing must be properly aligned. Without sufficient anticipation, value erodes and transaction timelines tend to extend. 1 – Practical context The market has recovered following the health crisis, but remains uneven depending on the legal structure of transactions. With regard to business transfers […]
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Understanding the French Prepack Cession: A Fast-Track Restructuring Tool for Distressed Businesses
International investors exploring opportunities in France’s distressed M&A market should be familiar with the “prepack cession” – a powerful tool in the French restructuring and insolvency framework. A prepack cession (literally a “pre-packaged sale”) allows a company in financial difficulty to pre-negotiate the sale of its business and then execute that sale swiftly through a court-supervised insolvency proceeding. Introduced […]
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