Joanna Gumpelson
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Band 1 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Joanna Gumpelson
Practice Areas
Joanna Gumpelson’s main areas of expertise are insolvency proceedings and debt-restructuring.
She represents French and foreign investment funds, banks, as well as lease-finance and factoring institutions, bondholders or suppliers, etc. She also regularly represents French or foreign issuers, in particular in the context of failing LBOs.
She is also handling – jointly with partners of the litigation group headed by Paul Talbourdet – commercial, banking and finance litigation cases.
Career
She joined De Pardieu Brocas Maffei’s Restructuring & Insolvency team in 2002. She was appointed counsel in 2009, before being co-opted as Partner in 2014.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Paris Bar since 2002. Member of the Society of Turnaround Professionals (Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises - ARE).
Personal
She graduated from HEC Paris (2000) and holds an advanced degree (DESS) in Tax and Business law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2000). Joanna Gumpelson was elected as “Lawyer of the Year 2017” by Best Lawyers in Restructuring and Reorganization Law, "Women Leaders for France" by IFLR1000 since 2018, as well as “Juriste HEC 2014”.
Vice Chair of the Financial Institutions Subcommittee IBA (2017-2018). She is also co-author of several articles in her practice areas.
Chambers Review
Europe
Joanna Gumpelson has an excellent reputation for her work in debt restructuring, safeguard proceedings, and insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. She often advises international lending institutions on complex multi-jurisdictional mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Joanna is great - everyone told me I should work with her and I totally see why. She was my closest adviser and sounding board; she was fantastic throughout. She never let the stress get to her; she is very level-headed."
"Joanna is someone who is very used to international clients so she can understand the specificities of those kinds of clients and explain everything really well. She also has good relationships and contacts in this area, which is a bonus."
"Joanna Gumpelson is truly a star. She is an excellent lawyer."
"Joanna is great - everyone told me I should work with her and I totally see why. She was my closest adviser and sounding board; she was fantastic throughout. She never let the stress get to her; she is very level-headed."
"Joanna is someone who is very used to international clients so she can understand the specificities of those kinds of clients and explain everything really well. She also has good relationships and contacts in this area, which is a bonus."
"Joanna Gumpelson is truly a star. She is an excellent lawyer."
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