English / French
Commercial - Dispute Prevention and Resolution - Restructuring and Insolvency
Industries - Real Estate - Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Mana Rassouli, Partner and member of the Paris bar, specializes in guiding distressed French and international corporations, as well as their shareholders and creditors, through judicial or prevention restructurings. She also provides knowledgeable, value-driven advice to investors seeking opportunities, includ-ing in distressed businesses.
Mana draws on her broad experience in French and European restructuring and insolvency law to handle complex prevention proceedings (mandat ad hoc and conciliation) and insolvency proceedings (safeguard, reorganization and liquidation proceeding).
Mana has also significant experience in distressed M&A, insolvency proceed-ings litigation both during and after the restructuring, and more generally on all types of commercial litigation.
Mana is a member of several professional organizations, including INSOL and WIR (Women in Restructuring).
Promoted to Partner at ADVANT Altana in 2019, she holds a Master’s in inter-national law and Management (HEC Business School) and a master’s degree in Common Law Systems (Paris II Panthéon-Assas University).
A sample of matters handled by the team include:
"The firm has a very technical team that gets to the bottom of the cases. This technical prowess also allows the team to be at ease in complex and sophisticated cases."
“ADVANT has a specialised and multidisciplinary team, the partners have real expertise and experience in the courts.”
“ADVANT always provides comprehensive advice tailored to each issue that arises. The firm is available, responsive, and very attentive to their client.”
“ADVANT is highly responsive. They have excellent technical knowledge of collective proceedings. They give sound negotiation advice and have persuasive power.”
“ADVANT knows most of the other players in the market, they're very responsive and know a lot of sectors.”
Combining expertise in insolvency, finance, M&A and litigation matters, ADVANT Altana‘s key services include advice on restructurings of regulated entities with praticular strength in the financial services segment as well as support with distressed M&A deals.
Entreprises en difficulté : des «avocats urgentistes» pour éviter la faillite
Mana Rassouli
in: Le Parisien, February 2021
« Fil rouge #11 : Reprise d’une entreprise en difficulté à la barre du Tribunal : mécanisme et enjeux »
advant-altana.com, December 2022.