Carole is a partner in the Finance and Restructuring team in Paris, where she leads the Restructuring practice.

She specialises in complex domestic and cross-border restructurings, both in out-of-court and formal insolvency proceedings.
Her expertise covers both financial and operational restructuring, including debt refinancing and equity funding, insolvency-related litigation, distressed disposals and turnaround situations.

She advises all parties including management of the debtor, shareholders, creditors and purchasers across corporates, financial institutions, private equity and debt funds.

Carole acts for clients across a wide range of sectors, including energy, chemicals,  real estate, retail, pharmaceuticals, automotive and  hydrogen.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

  • Bank of America, Triton and JP Morgan, in connection with the financial restructuring of  Bourbon (shipping and maritime transport services group) through coordinated accelerated safeguard and conciliation proceedings*
  • BNP Paribas, as securitisation lender, in connection with the insolvency proceedings of Virtuo Technology (on-line car rental group)*
  • Condat, a subsidiary of the Lecta paper group, in connection with its restructuring and the subsequent sale of its business during judicial reorganisation proceedings*
  • John Cockerill (international mechanical engineering group) as the purchaser of McPhy Energy as part of its insolvency proceedings in France, Germany and Italy*
  • Casa (home furniture retailer) as part of its restructuring and insolvency proceedings*
  • The French State (Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle), in connection with the financing of the take-over of, and subsequent insolvency proceedings of, Ascometal (a steel industrial group)*
  • The RCF lenders (group composed of French and international banks), as part of the amicable financial restructuring of EuroApi (a pharmaceutical company)*
  • Engie, in connection with the distressed divestment of its EV charging infrastructure business unit*
  • Montagu Private Equity, as part of the amicable restructuring of Aqualung (diving equipment provider)*
  • KKR, in connection with the restructuring of Comexposium (leading professional events organiser) and a pharmaceutical group*

* Includes matters handled prior to joining the firm
 

Background

Carole was previously a Restructuring and Insolvency partner of a major global law firm in Paris. 

She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007.

Carole is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris (2002) and HEC (2005), as well as the University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and University of California, Santa Barbara.