Insolvency partner joins Field Fisher Waterhouse’s Paris office
02 October 2008
The Paris office of
Field Fisher Waterhouse announces today the appointment of partner
Bruno Paccioni to head up its
restructuring and insolvency practice. His appointment will
boost the firm’s Europe-wide restructuring and insolvency practice
and will bring the total number of lawyers in Paris to nine
partners and 15 solicitors.
Bruno has over twenty years’ experience
advising businesses, banks and investment funds on restructuring
and insolvency law. His practice covers the full range of services,
from debt renegotiation and staff restructuring to insolvency
applications. He has particular expertise in advising
investment funds, notably when taking a shareholding in companies
that have run into financial difficulties, liability risk
prevention, transfers and acquisitions.
He joins the firm from boutique practice
Santoni-Paccioni.
Field Fisher Waterhouse’s Paris office opened
in November last year with seven partners and 13 other fee-earners
and has since grown with the appointment of life sciences partner
Olivier Lantrès as well as a number of
other fee earners. It is a full service office with a strong
capability in corporate, IP, technology, commercial, competition,
employment and finance.
Mario Celaya,
Managing Partner of Field Fisher Waterhouse in Paris said: “We are
pleased to welcome Bruno Paccioni to the firm to head up our
insolvency and restructuring capability in Paris. He has an
excellent reputation in the sector and will be a great addition to
the team, working closely with insolvency and restructuring
specialists in our other European offices."
For further press information, please
contact:
Louise Eckersley, PR Manager,
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP on +44 (0)20 7861 4120
Laurence Bazerbes, BD &
Marketing Manager, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Paris on +33 1 7302
3024