Aymar de Mauléon

Avocat à la Cour

Experience

Aymar, the partner in charge of the Restructuring & Insolvency practice at Linklaters Paris, has long-standing experience in operational and financial restructurings of distressed companies, both in the context of out-of-court and formal insolvency proceedings, where he advises all types of stakeholders. His expertise covers all aspects of restructurings, including insolvency-related litigation.

Recent transactions of significance where substantial involvement can be disclosed have included advising:

• PagesJaunes Groupe on the restructuring of its indebtedness;
• the entire banking pool in the context of the insolvency of the Petroplus group;
• the agent and the senior lenders on the debt restructuring of the HMY group and of Terreal;
• Alstom on a joint venture acquisition (with the Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement) of the Translohr activity from Lohr Industrie;
• the Beacon Group in the context of the safeguard proceedings of SCI Doublon Courbevoie;

Aymar has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1988 and a partner at Linklaters since May 2006.

Professional experience

2006 - Partner, Linklaters Paris
1993 - 2006 Partner, Sonier & Associés Paris (merged in 2005 with Poulain & Associés)
1992 - 1993 Associate, Sonier & Associés Paris
1988 - 1992 Associate, Lefèvre Paris

Education

1988 - Admitted to the Paris Bar
1986 - University of West Indies - Postgraduate Degree of Caraïbes – Latin America
1985 - University of Aix-en-Provence - Post-graduate Degree of International Business Law and Business Law

Languages

English, French