Bertrand Biette is a partner and co-head of Jeantet’s corporate restructuring practice. He works with both SMEs and large corporate groups, for both creditors and debtors, in the context of safeguard and turnaround strategies.
His dual legal and financial training contributes to his effective approach to the issues encountered by companies and enables him to propose innovative solutions consistent with the requirements of their businesses.
He also assists potential purchasers, shareholders or managers (i) in the purchase of companies facing specific situations (ii) dealing with the transformation of their business model (iii) submitted to oversized financial leverage.
After starting out as a strategy consultant, Bertrand Biette has specialized in assisting companies in difficulty for the past 30 years.
He has been a partner at law firms and auditing firms and notably headed the international Restructuring & Insolvency department of the firm Bird&Bird.
He is frequently called upon to help resolve complex disputes that can put companies at risk.
Skills
Lawyer since : 1994
Bar. : Paris
Language(s) : French - English - Spanish
Training :
- DESS Audit of the Malakoff company – Paris V
- Specialist in business turnarounds since 1990, legal and financial training
Member of :
- Specialized Commision of the Medef
- Institut Français des Praticiens des Procédures collectives (IFPPC)
- Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises (ARE)
- France Invest
- Association Française en Faveur de l’Institution Consulaire (AFFIC)
Publications
- End of public aid: how to minimise the impact on businesses? – Option Finance, 05/20/2021
- [INTERVIEW] Restructuring : preparing for the future in an uncertain world – ODA, 03/05/2021
- Opinion So that managers can take over their company after a bankruptcy – Les Echos, 08/10/2020
- Back to work: focus on safeguarding jobs and relaunching the economy – La Tribune, 19/09/2020
« Le régime de la prévention et du traitement des difficultés des entreprises » – Editions Joly – 2nde Edition 2013
- Assistance on debt renegotiations and restructuring of the company in difficulty or in bankruptcy.
- Assistance on debt renegotiations with lenders or investors of the company in difficulty in amicable and preventive proceedings.
- Assistance in the context of actions to preserve creditors’ rights (debt recovery, claims, realisation of security, etc.).
- Assistance to creditors/contractors in amicable and preventive proceedings.
- Assistance in the context of takeover operations of companies in difficulty (sale plan, pre-pack sale, etc.).
- Assistance to an international group/foreign parent company in the context of the closure/liquidation of a French subsidiary.
Best Lawyers in France : Rankings 2023
The firm is pleased to have 20 of its lawyers ranked, including 1 new entry in the following categories : Jean-François Adelle Banking and Finance Law Bertrand Biette Insolvency and Reorganization Law Jacques-Henry de Bourmont Tax Law Thierry Brun Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Yvon Dréano Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Karl Hepp […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW | TAX | REAL ESTATE | MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW | IP, TECH & DATA | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Jeantet advises Figeac Aéro in connection with its financial restructuring
Paris, April 6, 2022 – Jeantet advises Figeac Aéro (listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris, compartment B), a reference partner of major aeronautical corporations, in its financial restructuring. As part of this financial restructuring conducted under the aegis of the French Government’s Interministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring (CIRI), an agreement was reached between […]
Paris | LISTED COMPANIES AND CAPITAL MARKETS LAW | FINANCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL RESTRUCTURING | BANKING AND FINANCE LAW
Private Equity Exchange – LBO Financial Restructuring in Complex Environments, 11/30/2021
Bertrand Biette spoke at the Private Equity Exchange 2021 organised by Leaders League on the topic: Distressed LBOs & Turnaround LBO Financial Restructuring In Complex Environments Watch the video of the conference below
Paris | DISTRESSED M&A | INVESTMENT FUNDS
End of public aid: how to minimise the impact on businesses? – Option Finance, 05/20/2021
The difficulties that businesses continue to face due to the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic raise fears of a wave of bankruptcies with the gradual phasing out of state aid. The government has therefore taken new measures (deferral of repayment of EGPs, equity loans, etc.) which complement those already applied since the beginning of […]
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
[INTERVIEW] Restructuring : preparing for the future in an uncertain world – ODA, 03/05/2021
More than a year ago, Covid-19 appeared in France. Today, the facts are clear: in addition to the obvious health crisis, the pandemic has permanently weakened an economic structure made up of companies that have not recovered their pre-crisis level of activity. If the measures taken, both by the government and by industrialists and their […]
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
[WEB TV] Transposition de la Directive Européenne (UE) 2019/2023, “Restructuration et Insolvabilité” du 20 juin 2019, 02/09/2021 B SMART TV
Bertrand Biette speaks on B SMART channel on the subject of the transposition of the European Directive (EU) 2019/2023, “Restructuring and Insolvency” of 20 June 2019.
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Jeantet strengthens its expertise in restructuring with the arrival of two new partners
Paris, 5 January 2021 – Laïd Estelle Laurent and Bertrand Biette, accompanied by their team, will join Jeantet in January as partners to develop the restructuring division, thus confirming the firm’s development strategy.
Paris
Opinion So that managers can take over their company after a bankruptcy – Les Echos, 08/10/2020
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Back to work: focus on safeguarding jobs and relaunching the economy – La Tribune, 19/09/2020
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY