Dentons is pleased to announce that its Paris office will be joined by Nicolas Theys as a partner to lead its Restructuring Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice in France.

Nicolas joins us from King Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin. He specializes in insolvency and bankruptcy law and has been representing debtors, creditors and turn-around funds in all aspects of French insolvency law for more than 15 years. He also has strong skills and experience in litigation including insolvency related disputes and shareholders’ disputes.

Nicolas was for many years the President of the French Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), and a member of IRFPPC and Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises.

Nicolas will be joined by a team of four highly successful lawyers including Audrey Molina and Gwenaelle de Girval. Pascal Chadenet, Office Managing Partner of Paris, said: ‘’We are really pleased to welcome Nicolas to the Paris office. His appointment will boost our Restructuring practice and allow us to enhance our offering to clients in France and beyond.”

Europe CEO, Tomasz Dabrowski commented: “Nicolas is a welcome addition to our strong existing restructuring teams in the UK, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Spain. We are confident that he will help build our offering to clients in France and contribute to the strategic goal of developing a leading restructuring practice in Europe.”

Nicolas added: “I am delighted to be joining Dentons. The firm has a fantastic reputation and its polycentricity and dynamic growth distinguishes it from other providers in the international legal services market. I am looking forward to helping contribute to the firm and its future successes.”

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