Antoine

Paris

Diesbecq

Paris

Languages : Français, Anglais

Paris Bar (1983)
Partner at Racine law firm since 2003

Contact :

Tel : +33 1 44 82 43 00

Mail : adiesbecq@racine.eu

Add to my interests

Expertise

Distressed companies – restructuring

Litigation and Arbitration

Career

Diesbecq, Chaumette, Tisserand, Sauphar law firm (1998 – 2002)

Lyonnet & Bigot law firm (1983 – 1987)

Education

Master, legal careers distinction (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Specialist in commercial law

Others

– President, Union Nationale des CARPA
– Former member, Paris Bar Council (Ordre des avocats de Paris)
– Director, Droit et Commerce
– President, Distressed Companies Committee, Paris Bar Council
– Co-President, Distressed Company Committee, Corporate Lawyers’ Association (Association des Avocats Conseils d’Entreprises)
– Vice President, Union Nationale des CARPA
– Member, Finance Committee, Paris Bar Council
– Member, Scientific Committee, Association for Prevention and Support for CEOs and Entrepreneurs in Acute Distress (Association pour la Prévention et l’accompagnement des chefs d’entreprise et Entrepreneurs en Souffrance Aigue)
– Member, Information and Prevention Centre (Centre d’Information et de Prévention de Paris, 75)
– Member of specialised associations: Association for Corporate Turnaround (Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises), AFFIC and INSOL

Publications

Contribution to the “Turnaround guide”, 400 Partners, July 2020
“The appropriate sanction in distressed company law”, Cahier de droit de l’entreprises, January/February 2017
“The force of contract in the face of distressed company law”, Gazette du Palais, 18 & 19 December 2015
“The creditor of a distressed company may present a plan that contemplates taking control”, Option Finance, March 2015
“Procedural conditions on liability proceedings based on insufficient assets”, Revue des procédures collectives, No. 4, July/August 2012
“Cupidity in distressed company law”, Gazette du Palais, 29 & 30 December 2013
“Internal transfers: A different method of transferring distressed companies”, Gazette du Palais, 21 & 22 January 2009
“The sale of a company through a share deal”, Journal des Sociétés, December 2008

With Professor Philippe Roussel-Galle:
“Projections and distressed company law”, Gazette du Palais, 29 & 30 December 2010

With Laurent Jourdan, attorney-at-law:
“Can the creditor of a distressed company present a reorganisation plan that contemplates taking control?”, Option Droit des Affaires, Special Restructuring Issue, 4 March 2015

Team's
recongnitions

Rankings

Legal 500 - 2021: Legal 500 EMEA
Le Point - 2021: Corporate litigation and arbitration
Chambers - 2021: Litigation
Chambers - 2021: Restructuring
Option Droit et Affaires - 2021: Restructuring
Décideurs - 2021: Distressed companies / Restructuring
Décideurs - 2021: Litigation and arbitration
Option Droit et Affaires - 2018: Restructuring
Option Droit et Affaires - 2018: Litigation
International Financial Law Review - 2018: Restructuring
Décideurs - 2018: Litigation & Arbitration
Legal 500 - 2018: Insolvency
Legal 500 - 2018: Litigation
Chambers - 2018: Restructuring
International Financial Law Review - 2019: Restructuring
Option Droit et Affaires - 2019: Litigation
Best Lawyers - 2019: Individual rankings
Who's Who Legal - 2019: Individual rankings
Legal 500 - 2019: Insolvency
Legal 500 - 2019: Dispute resolution
Option Droit et Affaires - 2019: Restructuring
Magazine des Affaires - 2019: Restructuring
Chambers - 2019: Restructuring
Décideurs - 2019: Litigation & competition
Décideurs - 2019: Distressed companies / Restructuring

Awards

2015: Palmarès des cabinets d'avocats

Distressed companies: Silver trophy

Litigation: Gold trophy
2015: Trophées du droit et du contentieux

Collective proceedings and corporate restructurings: Silver trophy

Entrepreneurial firm over five years old: Gold trophy
2018: Palmarès des cabinets d'avocats

Restructuring: Silver trophy
2018: Top Legal

Top Legal
2019: Trophées du droit et du contentieux

Collective procedures and restructuring: Gold trophy