Ségolène Coiffet

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 3

Restructuring/Insolvency

France

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Ségolène Coiffet

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Practice Areas

Ségolène Coiffet specialises in debt restructuring, distressed companies, insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, and particularly within the framework of international transactions. She advises creditors, banks, lease-finance and factoring institutions, providers, as well as companies and their managers and shareholders in the context of disputes opposing them to their commercial partners and in relation to the negotiation and prevention of these disputes. She also intervenes in commercial, banking and financial litigation cases.

Career

She started her career in 1998 in litigation and white-collar crime departments of several law firms before joining De Pardieu Brocas Maffei as an associate in 2008, where she was appointed as Counsel in 2014 and as Partner in July 2017.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Lyon Bar (1998-2006) then of the Paris Bar since 2007. Member of the Society of Turnaround Professionals (ARE).

Personal

She attended the program in law from the University Jean Moulin from Lyon III (1995).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Europe

Restructuring/Insolvency - France

Band 3

Ségolène Coiffet displays clear capabilities in safeguard and conciliation proceedings, debt restructuring and distressed M&A transactions. Her expertise attracts domestic and international banks.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"She is appreciated for her skills, for her good knowledge of the various players in the restructuring arena, for her ability to work as an adviser for different banks including when their interests are not aligned, and also for her personality."