Restructuring

Restructuring is always a delicate but necessary step for a company’s survival. It disrupts familiar routines, raises questions, and tests teams. However, it is also an opportunity to redefine priorities, strengthen cohesion and adopt a different approach.
During such periods, you require reliable partners to help you find sustainable solutions and overcome difficulties.
With our in-depth knowledge of the legal, financial, and social mechanisms involved in preventing difficulties, as well as the specific features of collective proceedings in France, we can support you with your restructuring, whether it is amicable or judicial.
Our objective is clear: to support you through the restructuring process, helping you to overcome crises effectively while safeguarding your strategic interests.

Every situation is unique. Our teams draw on their expertise to design appropriate legal solutions, whether amicable or judicial.

We use our knowledge of amicable solutions, such as carve-outs, distressed M&A transactions, support for employment protection plans and debt renegotiation, to help our clients navigate sensitive phases with clarity and efficiency.

We take preventive measures before difficulties arise to anticipate financial or operational tensions, such as performance diagnostics, a review of business models, negotiation with financial partners, and the implementation of conciliation or ad hoc mandate procedures. These measures provide a confidential framework for restoring confidence and avoiding escalation to legal proceedings.

If difficulties become too acute, we support our clients in collective proceedings (safeguard, receivership or judicial liquidation), coordinating with the relevant bodies, securing assets, managing labour relations, and seeking buyers. Our approach aims to preserve business continuity, jobs, and the value of the projects involved.

We regularly collaborate with foreign executives who are facing complex challenges in France. Our experience of working in multicultural environments, our knowledge of local procedures, and our ability to balance the expectations of headquarters with operational realities make us a trusted partner. We can translate French specifics into a global strategic logic while ensuring clear and fluid communication with international teams.

Coffra group’s strength lies in its ability to offer integrated legal services combining tax, employment and company law. This structure enables a cross-disciplinary understanding of issues and consistent case management without any duplication of effort.

Our teams work closely together, focusing on responsiveness and complementarity. Each case is approached holistically — strategically, operationally and humanely — to guarantee concrete, locally adapted solutions.