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    Claire Champel
    ADVANT Altana - Paris
    Associate

    Claire Champel

    ADVANT Altana - Paris
    Associate

    Expertise

    Claire holds a Master 2 in Business Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a Master 2 in Civil and Commercial Obligations Law from the University of Paris Descartes. 

    Before joining ADVANT Altana, she worked as an associate in a law specialized in matters before the French Supreme Courts “Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation”. 

    As a lecturer in securities law and international private law at Paris Descartes University, she was awarded the title of valedictorian on several occasions.

    Education

    • Master 2 in Business Law with a specialization in Corporate Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
    • Master 2 in Civil and Commercial Obligations from the University of Paris Descartes.

    Client Matters

    A sample of matters handled by the team include:

    • Preventive and judicial handling of difficulties (such as assistance in diagnosing the debtor’s difficulties, support during pre-insolvency of in-solvency proceedings);
    • Operational and/or financial restructuring and debt renegotiation;
    • Distressed acquisition (such as identification of targets, presentation of takeover bids, monitoring of takeover operations);
    • Litigation relating to insolvency proceedings (such as liability of direc-tors, cancellation of acts concluded during the suspect period);
    • Contractual negotiations and civil and commercial litigation (such as disputes between shareholders, unfair competition, brutal termination of commercial relations, application of commercial leases);
    • Cross-border transactions (insolvency proceedings and international litigation).
       

    Awards

    Chambers France 2025
    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 4

    "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."

    Legal 500 EMEA 2025
    Insolvency - Tier 3