CNK ASSOCIES mainly intervenes in the context of company merger and acquisition operations, especially at an international level, in the small to mid-cap segment.

Our expertise regarding insolvent companies enables us to advise clients involved in ‘distress M&A’ operations.

The corporate team also works on all stages of private equity operations (fund-raising, the issuing of securities, management packages…).

The firm works alongside its clients during operations involving group reorganisations (mergers, disposals and spin-offs, partial asset transfers, creation of holdings, etc.) as well as in day-to-day company management.

We can provide our clients with expertise in matters of taxation on corporate operations through our partners specialised in tax law.

A few of our assignments:

• Assisted a healthcare transport network – Jussieu Secours France – during its merger with Kéolis Santé.

• Advised the sellers during the sale of a French company specialised in drilling to an Irish company listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange.

• Advised the founder and his family during the LBO of an important sub-contractor in the glass industry and the build-up operation for the acquisition of a competitor.

• Advised Olover during a fund-raising operation (e-business website for the reuse of high-tech objects.)
• Advised OPN TV during its Serie A funding (€3m of funds raised from private investors).
• Assisted the sellers of distressed company in the hospitality industry.

CNK ASSOCIES mainly intervenes in the context of company merger and acquisition operations, especially at an international level, in the small to mid-cap segment.

Our expertise regarding insolvent companies enables us to advise clients involved in ‘distress M&A’ operations.

The corporate team also works on all stages of private equity operations (fund-raising, the issuing of securities, management packages…).

The firm works alongside its clients during operations involving group reorganisations (mergers, disposals and spin-offs, partial asset transfers, creation of holdings, etc.) as well as in day-to-day company management.

We can provide our clients with expertise in matters of taxation on corporate operations through our partners specialised in tax law.

A few of our assignments:

• Assisted a healthcare transport network – Jussieu Secours France – during its merger with Kéolis Santé.

• Advised the sellers during the sale of a French company specialised in drilling to an Irish company listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange.

• Advised the founder and his family during the LBO of an important sub-contractor in the glass industry and the build-up operation for the acquisition of a competitor.

• Advised Olover during a fund-raising operation (e-business website for the reuse of high-tech objects.)
• Advised OPN TV during its Serie A funding (€3m of funds raised from private investors).
• Assisted the sellers of distressed company in the hospitality industry.

CNK ASSOCIES can intervene at any stage of a company’s financial difficulties.

We work with companies and professionals in analysing, and dealing with, these difficulties.

To this end, we find and implement the most appropriate negotiated or court-decided solutions – ad hoc receivership, conciliation, safeguard or winding-up procedures.

Our aim is always to prioritise the possibility of a rebound for the companies we assist and thus approach the law regarding companies in difficulty as a ‘toolbox’ in support of this objective.

Furthermore, we are regularly called upon by buyers of companies in difficulty and provide them with a highly reactive and added-value service to find the best way forward and, eventually, the success of the project.

We also assist our clients, especially those outside France, regarding the recovery of debts from insolvent companies.

Finally, the lawyers at CNK ASSOCIES have developed, over several years, specific and recognised know-how regarding protecting individuals during bankruptcy proceedings.

Whether it be protecting against wider action, sanctions (payment of liabilities, banned from company management, personal bankruptcy) or even defence during criminal proceedings, our clients can benefit from our cross-discipline expertise advice/litigation to ensure a sound, technical and efficient defence, especially when the case is particularly complex.

A few of our assignments:

• Restructuring of the financial debt of a company specialising in renewable energy in the context of a conciliation procedure.
• Advised a manager of an investment services company in the context of actions for sanctions and for the payment of liabilities.
• Counsel to bondholders (mezzanine debt in the form of convertible bonds) in the context of the safeguard procedures of the holding companies of a transport group in LBO.
• Counsel to Vicat group and Pilot Invest in the context of the takeover of the assets of Syscobat (construction) in receivership.
• Counsel to the Allied International group in the context of the acquisition of the assets of BSL Pipes & Fittings (70 jobs in Soissons) in receivership.
• Negotiation for an industrial company in receivership, of debt waivers in exchange for a lump sum payment.

From the very start, business litigation has been one of the mainstays of CNK ASSOCIES activities.

We see our intervention as one of strategy – helping to find a quick resolution to disputes and using our know-how to obtain the best negotiated settlement for our client.

When needed, we can and will use all the civil, commercial and criminal remedies necessary to defend the interests entrusted to us, and are able to do this in any French court or tribunal.  The complementary nature of our legal and consulting activities enables us to intervene with success in complex disputes, especially regarding commercial law (disputes between partners, post-acquisition and equity litigation), unfair competition, finance law and contract law. 

Our expertise in several foreign languages and our partnerships with foreign lawyers leads us to work regularly on international disputes.

Furthermore, we are recognised for our experience in defending directors and managers in crisis situations (civil or criminal proceedings, personal liability in bankruptcy proceedings). 

Our clients not only receive our expertise and our tenacity but also a perfect understanding of the economic and financial issues they are facing.