Me Dimitri IAFAEV
Me Dimitri IAFAEV works in various fields, including international arbitration, civil and commercial litigation, economic criminal law, and immigration law. He also practices commercial law and contract law.
Rappard, Romanetti, Iafaev & Avocats represents and advises companies and individuals in bankruptcy proc
Rappard, Romanetti, Iafaev & Avocats represents and advises companies and individuals in bankruptcy proceedings in Switzerland and in France.
SWITZERLAND
Creditor
French transport company
Advising a French transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a subsidiary of a major Swiss shipping company.
Various foreign creditors
Representing various foreign creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of a major holding company in Fribourg, which belonged to a wealthy individual from an Eastern country
FRANCE
INSOLVENCY (REDRESSEMENT JUDICIAIRE)
Purchaser
American chemicals company
Representing an American chemicals company in the purchase of an insolvent French chemicals company.
French Investment Fund
Representing an investment fund which made an offer to take over part of the business of a bankrupt company manufacturing luxury furniture.
American Investment Fund
Representing an American investment fund which was contemplating making an offer to take over an insolvent French hotel group in the French Caribbean.
Debtor
Dutch packaging group
Representing a Dutch packaging Group which was seeking to close down an industrial site in France and lay off 50 employees as smoothly as possible.
Creditor
Chilean fruit company
Representing a Chilean food company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a French distribution fruit company before the Avignon Commercial Court.
Drafting and filing of a statement of claim and other written submissions;
Liaised with the Chilean co-counsel; hearing.
French leading manufacturer of telecom equipment
Involved in a complex deal in which we acted on behalf of a major French manufacturer whose subsidiary had outsourced a portion of its business to a smaller telecom company, which went bankrupt. The bankrupt company’s employees were claiming that the outsourcing transaction was null and void and were threatening to go on strike and make a public outcry if our client would not re-employ them. At the same time, our client was negotiating to sell its subsidiary to an American company.
French transport company
Representing a transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of its counter-party, a French printing group.
Banks
Drafting and filing of various statements of claim.
VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS (Mandat Ad Hoc, Réglements Amiables)
French real estate and hotel group
Restructuring of a Hotel Group in financial difficulties.
Company was forced to sell the shares in a subsidiary, which owned the buildings of a luxury four stars hotel in Paris, to an English Hotel Group.
Involved in the drafting and negotiations of the Share Purchase Agreement and Guarantee Agreement; liaised with the Mediators (conciliators), the client and the various counsel; attended the meetings organised under the aegis of the President of the Commercial Court of Nanterre.
Distribution sector
Solving of a conflict between two families which each owned 50% of the capital of a medium sized group specialising in the referencing of furniture that led the group to a standstill.
Drafted a request to appoint an expert (mandataire ad hoc) and a request to appoint a provisional administrator (administrateur provisoire); assisted Gabriel Sonier in the negotiations; drafted the legal documentation (protocol) whereby our client acquired a controlling interest in the Group.
eedings in Switzerland and in France.
SWITZERLAND
Creditor
French transport company
Advising a French transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a subsidiary of a major Swiss shipping company.
Various foreign creditors
Representing various foreign creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of a major holding company in Fribourg, which belonged to a wealthy individual from an Eastern country
FRANCE
INSOLVENCY (REDRESSEMENT JUDICIAIRE)
Purchaser
American chemicals company
Representing an American chemicals company in the purchase of an insolvent French chemicals company.
French Investment Fund
Representing an investment fund which made an offer to take over part of the business of a bankrupt company manufacturing luxury furniture.
American Investment Fund
Representing an American investment fund which was contemplating making an offer to take over an insolvent French hotel group in the French Caribbean.
Debtor
Dutch packaging group
Representing a Dutch packaging Group which was seeking to close down an industrial site in France and lay off 50 employees as smoothly as possible.
Creditor
Chilean fruit company
Representing a Chilean food company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a French distribution fruit company before the Avignon Commercial Court.
Drafting and filing of a statement of claim and other written submissions;
Liaised with the Chilean co-counsel; hearing.
French leading manufacturer of telecom equipment
Involved in a complex deal in which we acted on behalf of a major French manufacturer whose subsidiary had outsourced a portion of its business to a smaller telecom company, which went bankrupt. The bankrupt company’s employees were claiming that the outsourcing transaction was null and void and were threatening to go on strike and make a public outcry if our client would not re-employ them. At the same time, our client was negotiating to sell its subsidiary to an American company.
French transport company
Representing a transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of its counter-party, a French printing group.
Banks
Drafting and filing of various statements of claim.
VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS (Mandat Ad Hoc, Réglements Amiables)
French real estate and hotel group
Restructuring of a Hotel Group in financial difficulties.
Company was forced to sell the shares in a subsidiary, which owned the buildings of a luxury four stars hotel in Paris, to an English Hotel Group.
Involved in the drafting and negotiations of the Share Purchase Agreement and Guarantee Agreement; liaised with the Mediators (conciliators), the client and the various counsel; attended the meetings organised under the aegis of the President of the Commercial Court of Nanterre.
Distribution sector
Solving of a conflict between two families which each owned 50% of the capital of a medium sized group specialising in the referencing of furniture that led the group to a standstill.
Drafted a request to appoint an expert (mandataire ad hoc) and a request to appoint a provisional administrator (administrateur provisoire); assisted Gabriel Sonier in the negotiations; drafted the legal documentation (protocol) whereby our client acquired a controlling interest in the Group.
Rappard, Romanetti, Iafaev & Avocats represents and advises companies and individuals in bankruptcy proc
Rappard, Romanetti, Iafaev & Avocats represents and advises companies and individuals in bankruptcy proceedings in Switzerland and in France.
SWITZERLAND
Creditor
French transport company
Advising a French transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a subsidiary of a major Swiss shipping company.
Various foreign creditors
Representing various foreign creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of a major holding company in Fribourg, which belonged to a wealthy individual from an Eastern country
FRANCE
INSOLVENCY (REDRESSEMENT JUDICIAIRE)
Purchaser
American chemicals company
Representing an American chemicals company in the purchase of an insolvent French chemicals company.
French Investment Fund
Representing an investment fund which made an offer to take over part of the business of a bankrupt company manufacturing luxury furniture.
American Investment Fund
Representing an American investment fund which was contemplating making an offer to take over an insolvent French hotel group in the French Caribbean.
Debtor
Dutch packaging group
Representing a Dutch packaging Group which was seeking to close down an industrial site in France and lay off 50 employees as smoothly as possible.
Creditor
Chilean fruit company
Representing a Chilean food company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a French distribution fruit company before the Avignon Commercial Court.
Drafting and filing of a statement of claim and other written submissions;
Liaised with the Chilean co-counsel; hearing.
French leading manufacturer of telecom equipment
Involved in a complex deal in which we acted on behalf of a major French manufacturer whose subsidiary had outsourced a portion of its business to a smaller telecom company, which went bankrupt. The bankrupt company’s employees were claiming that the outsourcing transaction was null and void and were threatening to go on strike and make a public outcry if our client would not re-employ them. At the same time, our client was negotiating to sell its subsidiary to an American company.
French transport company
Representing a transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of its counter-party, a French printing group.
Banks
Drafting and filing of various statements of claim.
VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS (Mandat Ad Hoc, Réglements Amiables)
French real estate and hotel group
Restructuring of a Hotel Group in financial difficulties.
Company was forced to sell the shares in a subsidiary, which owned the buildings of a luxury four stars hotel in Paris, to an English Hotel Group.
Involved in the drafting and negotiations of the Share Purchase Agreement and Guarantee Agreement; liaised with the Mediators (conciliators), the client and the various counsel; attended the meetings organised under the aegis of the President of the Commercial Court of Nanterre.
Distribution sector
Solving of a conflict between two families which each owned 50% of the capital of a medium sized group specialising in the referencing of furniture that led the group to a standstill.
Drafted a request to appoint an expert (mandataire ad hoc) and a request to appoint a provisional administrator (administrateur provisoire); assisted Gabriel Sonier in the negotiations; drafted the legal documentation (protocol) whereby our client acquired a controlling interest in the Group.
eedings in Switzerland and in France.
SWITZERLAND
Creditor
French transport company
Advising a French transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a subsidiary of a major Swiss shipping company.
Various foreign creditors
Representing various foreign creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of a major holding company in Fribourg, which belonged to a wealthy individual from an Eastern country
FRANCE
INSOLVENCY (REDRESSEMENT JUDICIAIRE)
Purchaser
American chemicals company
Representing an American chemicals company in the purchase of an insolvent French chemicals company.
French Investment Fund
Representing an investment fund which made an offer to take over part of the business of a bankrupt company manufacturing luxury furniture.
American Investment Fund
Representing an American investment fund which was contemplating making an offer to take over an insolvent French hotel group in the French Caribbean.
Debtor
Dutch packaging group
Representing a Dutch packaging Group which was seeking to close down an industrial site in France and lay off 50 employees as smoothly as possible.
Creditor
Chilean fruit company
Representing a Chilean food company in the bankruptcy proceedings of a French distribution fruit company before the Avignon Commercial Court.
Drafting and filing of a statement of claim and other written submissions;
Liaised with the Chilean co-counsel; hearing.
French leading manufacturer of telecom equipment
Involved in a complex deal in which we acted on behalf of a major French manufacturer whose subsidiary had outsourced a portion of its business to a smaller telecom company, which went bankrupt. The bankrupt company’s employees were claiming that the outsourcing transaction was null and void and were threatening to go on strike and make a public outcry if our client would not re-employ them. At the same time, our client was negotiating to sell its subsidiary to an American company.
French transport company
Representing a transport company in the bankruptcy proceedings of its counter-party, a French printing group.
Banks
Drafting and filing of various statements of claim.
VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS (Mandat Ad Hoc, Réglements Amiables)
French real estate and hotel group
Restructuring of a Hotel Group in financial difficulties.
Company was forced to sell the shares in a subsidiary, which owned the buildings of a luxury four stars hotel in Paris, to an English Hotel Group.
Involved in the drafting and negotiations of the Share Purchase Agreement and Guarantee Agreement; liaised with the Mediators (conciliators), the client and the various counsel; attended the meetings organised under the aegis of the President of the Commercial Court of Nanterre.
Distribution sector
Solving of a conflict between two families which each owned 50% of the capital of a medium sized group specialising in the referencing of furniture that led the group to a standstill.
Drafted a request to appoint an expert (mandataire ad hoc) and a request to appoint a provisional administrator (administrateur provisoire); assisted Gabriel Sonier in the negotiations; drafted the legal documentation (protocol) whereby our client acquired a controlling interest in the Group.
Me Dimitri IAFAEV works in various fields, including international arbitration, civil and commercial litigation, economic criminal law, and immigration law. He also practices commercial law and contract law.
Antoine ROMANETTI mainly works in the fields of international arbitration, commercial and civil litigation, criminal law, bankruptcy law, construction and shipping law.
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