Alexandra Szekely

Practice Areas

Alexandra has 20 years of experience as a litigation lawyer. Her practice focuses on international or complex banking, commercial and corporate litigation. She also has extensive experience in bankruptcy matters (acting for debtors, creditors, as well as shareholders and directors) and in compliance matters, representing numerous clients in relation to the EU sanctions imposed on Russia.

Career

2017- now: Le 16 Law – Paris (partner);

2002-2017: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer – Paris (counsel);

1999-2001: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson – New York (associate).

Professional Memberships

Member of the Paris Bar;

Member of the New York Bar;

IBA;

INSOL Europe;

WiR (Women in Restructuring).

Publications

The future of complex restructurings in France, Global Turnaround, April 2024;

Third-party funding of a company in a distressed situation in France, Insolvency and Restructuring International Volume 16 Issue 1. (2022);

France’s new flash insolvency proceedings for SMEs, Global Restructuring Review, November 2021.

Personal

Since 2011: Visiting lecturer at Ecole de droit of Sciences Po Paris – Seminar on International Bankruptcy Law;

Since 2023: Independent board member of NBC (National Bank of Canada), Paris.