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Guillaume Bouté

Counsel

Contact
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cedex
France
Languages English, French

Guillaume specializes in insolvency law, corporate restructuring, acting both as counsel and litigation lawyer : Insolvency prevention & restructuring (whistleblowing procedures (procédures d'alerte), , negotiating with creditors (debt restructuring, standstill agreements, etc.), implementing refinancing agreements, prevention procedures: mandat ad hoc, conciliation, insolvent business restructuring and acquisitions; Insolvency procedures (sauvegarde, redressement judiciaire and liquidation judiciaire), whether on behalf of the business, creditor, purchaser or shareholders and Litigation, specifically in relation to insolvent businesses, including in the event of conflicting creditors’ rights (e.g., direct legal action), liability actions against managing officers (dirigeants), etc.

He joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2010. 

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Relevant experience

  • Associate/intern at FHB – Judicial receivers (Administrateurs judiciaires) (January-July 2010)
  • Lecturer at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2 and Université Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO)
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Memberships & Roles

  • Bar Admission, Hauts-de-Seine, France (2011)
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Publications

  • Presentation at the C3RD conference, Université catholique de Lille : Presentation and perspectives on the problematics in Senior officers’ compensation  conference, C3RD, Université catholique de Lille)
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Education

  • PhD in private law (“partners’ financial liability, a contribution to the review of the concept of share capital”, under the supervision of Prof. Michel Germain), Université Paris 2 -Panthéon-Assas
  • Master in Business law, Université Paris 2 - Panthéon-Assas 
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13/02/2024
Harmonisation of avoidance rights from a French perspective
On 7 December 2022, the European Commission published a new proposal for a Directive that would make insolvency law uniform across the EU. This proposal, following the enactment of Directive (EU) 2019/1023...
13/07/2023
Pre-pack proceedings in France: Are they the best of two worlds?
Implemented by an order dated 12 March 2014, French pre-pack proceedings were created either to impose the execution of a turnaround plan drafted before any insolvency proceedings can be opened or to...
13/04/2023
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2023
The 2023 edition of the Legal 500 EMEA guide is out. We would particularly like to thank our clients for putting their trust in us! Our law firm’s rankings in France France 2 in Tier 1 : Derivatives...
23/08/2022
Restructuring and insolvency law in France
1. What is the primary legislation governing insolvency and restructuring proceedings in your jurisdiction? The primary legislation governing insolvency and restructuring proceedings in France is:Book...
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13/04/2022
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2022
The 2022 edition of the Legal 500 EMEA guide is out. We would particularly like to thank our clients for putting their trust in us! Our law firm’s rankings in France, Algeria and Morocco France...
25/03/2020
Adaptation of the right of companies in difficulty
Thus, on 23 March emergency law 2020-290 was adopted to confront the Covid-19 epidemic. This law authorises the government to legislate by government orders to reorganise, in particular, the right of...
19/03/2020
Covid-19 and options for companies in difficulty
Faced with an unprecedented crisis and completely exceptional measures (confinement, restriction of economic activities to essential day-to-day needs, etc.), the economic fabric is being severely tested...
17/01/2019
Formation of a trust by société française de fiducie for the anagram wine-merchant...
Société Française de Fiducie (Virginie Verfaillie Tan­guy and Guil­hem Bremond, trust partners, and Marie Cru­mière and Ca­m­ille Moïse, trust associates) have completed the formation of a trust...
15/03/2017
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre represents Renault Vehicle Innovation for the...
PVI, a specialist in the production of electric and alternative-fuel utility vehicles, was placed under judicial receivership last July to allow for a disposal plan to be put in place. In its judgement...
31/10/2016
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advised Le Nappage group in the acquisition...
Le Nappage invests in and expands its activities regularly. After a series of investments in Italy, Spain and most recently at the Granges-Aumontzey site in France (Vosges), the group has just completed...
07/10/2015
Acquisition of Saint Mamet by the Florac partnership | CMS Bureau Francis...
On 30 September 2015, Florac, held by Marie-Jeanne Meyer, a long-standing shareholder in the Louis Dreyfus Group, acquired the "fruits" branch of Conserves France, a subsidiary of the Conserve Italia...
02/06/2014
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises BKW Energy in the Ascometal case
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre recently assisted BKW Energie within the scope of the Ascometal judicial reorganisation, a case that gave rise to the judgement of 22 May in which the Nanterre Commercial Court...