LAWYER PROFILE

Joanna Gumpelson

France 2026

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Ranked in 1 practice area

Restructuring/Insolvency

France

18 years ranked

Contributions and articles

4 Articles, Press releases, highlights

About

Provided by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

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

Provided by Chambers

Chambers France

Restructuring/Insolvency - France

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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.

Editorial individuel

Joanna Gumpelson a une excellente réputation pour son travail dans les domaines de la restructuration de dettes, des procédures de sauvegarde et des procédures d’insolvabilité et de faillite. Elle conseille souvent des institutions de crédit internationales dans le cadre de mandats transfrontalier complexes.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Joanna Gumpelson has the capacity to take into account diverse positions and work towards a consensual position.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers France
I can't think of a lawyer I would rather work with, I think Joanna is incredibly strong in terms of her knowledge and deal experience. She is very clear and commercial and she does it without an ego.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers France
Joanna Gumpelson is the best on the market for me at the moment. She can bring people together even when it's nearly impossible.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers France
Joanna Gumpelson est pour moi la meilleure sur le marché actuellement. Elle sait rassembler les gens même lorsque c'est presque impossible.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers France
Je ne peux imaginer une avocate avec laquelle je préférerais travailler. Joanna est incroyablement compétente et possède une grande expérience des transactions. Elle est très claire et pragmatique, et elle le fait sans prétention.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers France
Joanna Gumpelson est capable de prendre en compte divers points de vue et de travailler à l'obtention d'une position consensuelle.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers France