Henri Cazala
Partner advising distressed companies, their boards, their shareholders, their creditors and industrial or financial investors on debt restructurings, distressed M&A, out-of-court negotiations and insolvency proceedings. Recent work includes advising: Crédit Agricole Assurance on the restructuring, through a safeguard plan, of €600 million of debt held by Comexposium, a company co-controlled by Predica and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and on the adoption by Clariane of a plan to strengthen its financial structure amounting to €1.5 billion with the support of Predica as a reference shareholder; and Groupe Canal+ on the acquisition from Orange of the OCS pay-TV package and its film and series co-production subsidiary, Orange Studio. · BDGS Associés
About
Partner at BDGS Associés based in France, advising distressed companies, boards, shareholders, creditors and industrial or financial investors on debt restructurings, distressed M&A, out-of-court negotiations and insolvency proceedings. He joined BDGS Associés as a partner in 2020 and has advised clients including Crédit Agricole Assurance on the restructuring of €600 million of Comexposium debt and Groupe Canal+ on the acquisition of OCS and Orange Studio.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Master’s Degree in Private International Law and International Trade Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2009)
- Master’s Degree in Private Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2008)
Admissions
- Paris Bar (2011)