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title: "Restructuring & Insolvency"
url: https://gautelier-avocats.com/en/expertise/restructuring-insolvency
lang: en
description: "GAUTELIER AVOCATS assists businesses, executives, shareholders, creditors and buyers facing economic and financial difficulties: preventive procedures (ad hoc mandate, conciliation), collective insolvency proceedings (safeguard, receivership, liquidation), proofs of claim and court-approved acquisitions of distressed businesses."
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# Restructuring & Insolvency

*Anticipate. Protect. Recover.*

**At a glance** — GAUTELIER AVOCATS assists businesses, executives, shareholders, creditors and buyers facing economic and financial difficulties: preventive procedures (ad hoc mandate, conciliation), collective insolvency proceedings (safeguard, receivership, liquidation), proofs of claim and court-approved acquisitions of distressed businesses.

## Acting before the options narrow

Economic and financial difficulties call for a rapid assessment of the situation and a sound command of the legal mechanisms available.

GAUTELIER AVOCATS assists businesses, executives, shareholders, creditors and buyers through periods of financial strain, preventive procedures and collective insolvency proceedings. Acting early enough often opens up a much wider range of solutions.

## Our services

- Early-warning and prevention
- Ad hoc mandate
- Conciliation
- Safeguard proceedings
- Judicial reorganisation
- Judicial liquidation
- Filing and challenging proofs of claim
- Directors’ liability
- Sale plans
- Court-approved acquisitions of distressed businesses

## Your challenges

**Is your cash flow under pressure?**
We explain the preventive mechanisms available and the obligations incumbent upon the company’s management.

**Are you a creditor of a company in insolvency proceedings?**
We protect your rights: proof of claim, retention of title claims, security interests and challenges.

**Do you wish to acquire a distressed business?**
We advise you on the takeover bid, its scope and the conduct of the proceedings.

## Preparing for your meeting

- Annual accounts
- Recent interim accounts
- Cash position
- Debts and receivables
- Contracts
- Correspondence received

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## Contact details
- **Salon-de-Provence** (Head office) : 109, avenue Gaston Cabrier, 13300 Salon-de-Provence
- **Paris** (Paris office) : 22, rue Bréguet, 75011 Paris — By appointment only
- Phone : +33 (0)4 90 50 41 58
- Email : contact@gautelier-avocat.com
- Hours : Monday to Friday, 9 am – 12 pm / 2 pm – 6 pm
- [Contact form](https://gautelier-avocats.com/en/contact)

*Source : https://gautelier-avocats.com/en/expertise/restructuring-insolvency*