Created in 1997 by Christophe Thevenot, THEVENOT PARTNERS carries out the various missions of the insolvency administrator. Under the authority of the courts, the firm has dealt with the difficulties of many companies, small and large, listed, national or international, both in the context of amicable agreements or reorganisation plans or business transfer.
Structuring its action thanks to a team of about twenty professionals – of which the 4 associated insolvency administrators Christophe Thevenot, Aurélia Perdereau, Bertrand Manière and Vincent Bloch -, THEVENOT PARTNERS is established in Paris and Nantes.
Our values
Independence
Efficiency
Humanity
Our team of four court-appointed administrators brings its transversal skills to the companies entrusted to it in a spirit of independence, efficiency, humanity and consensus. Over the years, this state of mind has given us recognised experience in the prevention of difficulties and the permanent search, in reorganisation procedures, for the support of the managers to the recommended solutions.
Partners
Christophe Thevenot
INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR, PARIS
Insolvency Administrator since 1997.
After gaining professional experience in Aeronautics in Canada, Christophe moved on to a law firm specialised in insolvency and recovery. In 1997 he established himself as a Judicial Administrator, named since in several major cases by different courts of commerce in France, and mainly in Paris. He has specialized himself on preventive restructuring (conciliation, « ad hoc » mandate) and built a core competence in Strategic Negotiations and Mediation. He and his partners have also conducted several Safeguard Procedures, Administrators mandates, Temporary administrator or private receivership.
He is a past President of the Conseil National des Administrateurs Judiciaires et Mandataires Judiciaires. (National Council of French Insolvency Practitioners) and a past President of ASPAJ, Association syndicale professionnelle des Administrateurs judiciaires.
He is also Member of the Board and Maître de Conférences at HEC Entrepreneurs.
Member of the Board of EIP : European Insolvency Pactitioners Association
Representative for CNAJMJ at UNCITRAL United Nation Commission on International Trade Law – Group V Insolvency
In recognition of his extensive work in favor of the German-French relationship regarding insolvency law, during his mandate at the French National Council, he has been named corresponding member of VID (Verband Insolvenzverwalter Deutschland) in 2019.
Christophe is graduated from Harvard Business School (AMP), he holds a Mastère Spécialisé from HEC Entrepreneurs, and is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Marseille.
Aurélia Perdereau
INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR, PARIS
Partner as Insolvency Administrator since 2005.
A graduate of HEC, Aurélia PERDEREAU passed the examination for the profession of judicial administrator in 2003, after 6 years of practice within the firm.
Aurélia PERDEREAU was vice-president then president of the "Caisse de Garantie des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires" and judicial representatives.
She was a member of the jury for the examination for access to the profession of judicial administrator and leads each year teams of the Sorbonne University Diploma in Business Difficulties, as well as teams from HEC Entrepreneurs where she is a lecturer.
Bertrand Manière
INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR, NANTES
Partner as Insolvency Administrator since 2012.
Holder of a Master‘s degree in business law and a Master’s degree in business administration at the IAE, Bertrand MANIERE joined the firm in 2004. Bertrand MANIERE is the head of the office located in Nantes which is his main office.
Each year, he is in charge of a team of HEC Entrepreneurs within the framework of the seminar "companies in difficulty"of this course. Since 2007, he has been involved in the ESC CLERMONT FERRAND in the certificate of financial engineering, under the heading of companies in difficulty".
Vincent Bloch
INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR, PARIS
Partner as Insolvency Administrator since 2022.
Vincent Bloch worked for 9 years as an associate and in the firm, before becoming a partner in 2022.
He is a graduate of HEC entrepreneurs after a course in management at McGill University and the University of Quebec in Montreal, Vincent Bloch also holds a University Diploma on Law of Companies in Difficulty and a Master’s Degree in the Administration and Liquidation of Companies in Difficulty from University of Toulouse Capitole 1.
He is one of the founding members of the association of young restructuring
professionals (AJR).
Associates insolvency administrators
Tiphanie Guilbot
ASSOCIATE INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR, NANTES
Holder of a Diploma of Corporate Counsel (DJCE), a certificate of specialisation in corporate law and a Master II in Business Law, Tiphanie GUILBOT joined the team in 2015 as an associate, after having worked for 8 years in a company as a lawyer, then as a legal manager.
Rémi Macé
ASSOCIATE INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR, NANTES
Rémi MACE graduated from the Institute of Business Law at the University of Aix-Marseille III and from the Institute of Business Administration at the University of Paris I Sorbonne, Rémi MACE joined the firm in 2013 as an associate, after a 2-year experience as a management controller
Associates
Gwenn de Chateaubourg
ASSOCIATE, NANTES
Gwenn holds a Master’s degree in Contractual Practice and Business Litigation from the University of Southern Brittany. Gwenn joined the firm in 2018 as an associate after a first professional experience in two law firms of judicial creditors representatives.
Gwenn supervises companies benefiting from reorganisation procedures and
prevention of difficulties (ad hoc mandate, conciliation).
Pierre Launay
ASSOCIATE, PARIS
A graduate of the Sciences Po Paris Law School and holder of a CAPA (National Bar Capacity), Pierre joined the firm in 2020 as an associate, after several years of experience in international law firms with the teams specialising in distressed companies and restructuring .
Pierre mainly supervises companies involved in reorganisation proceedings.
He is a trainee Insolvency Administrator since May 2022.
Camille Hazard
ASSOCIATE, PARIS
Camille Hazard is a graduate of HEC entrepreneurs and of the A.L.E.D. master‘s degree (Master’s Degree in the Administration and Liquidation of Companies) at the University of Nice Cote d’Azur. She joined the firm in 2020 as an associate, after two years of professional experience in a Parisian law firm of judicial creditors representatives.
Camille supervises companies benefiting from reorganisation procedures and preventing restructuring (ad hoc mandate, conciliation).
She is a trainee Insolvency Administrator since April 2021.
Yéva Nicolas
ASSOCIATE, PARIS
Yéva holds a Master 2 in French and Italian business law from the University of Paris Nanterre and a Laurea Magistrale in law from the University of Bologna, Yéva also holds a CAPA (National Bar Capacity). She joined the firm in 2022 after one year of experience in a law firm specialising in corporate distress and cross-border cases.
Héloïse Battistini
ASSOCIATE, PARIS
Héloïse is a graduate of a Master’s Degree in Administration and Liquidation of Companies (A.L.E.D) at the University of Lyon 3 and of a Master of Law at the University of Minnesota (United States). She joined the firm in 2023 after a year‘s experience in an insolvency administrators’ firm in Paris.
Support function
Katie Baladine
PAYMENT PLAN MANAGER, NANTES
Katie BALADINE holds a law degree and after a successful experience in a law firm, she joined the team in 2007, first as a legal assistant, before taking over responsibility for the restructured companies plans of payments in 2022.
Anabelle Da Silva
ACCOUNTANT and PAYMENT PLAN MANAGER, PARIS
After studying as a notary, Anabelle DA SILVA began her career as a legal assistant in a Parisian law firm of judicial creditors representatives. After three years of experience, Anabelle DA SILVA joined us in 2000 as a legal assistant. She is now in charge of the firm’s special accounts (third parties funds). She is also responsible for the supervision and payments of the safeguard and reorganisation plans to creditors.
Emilie Laurette
LEGAL ASSISTANT, PARIS
After several experiences in Law firms, Emilie LAURETTE joined the team in 2012 as a legal assistant.
Agnès Luce
ACCOUTANT, PARIS
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Carole Tardieu
LEGAL ASSISTANT, PARIS
With extensive experience in a Parisian Judicial Creditors Representatives firm, Carole TARDIEU joined the firm in 2007 as a legal assistant.
Maïlys Zotoua
LEGAL ASSISTANT, NANTES
After obtaining her Master 1 in Business Law at the University of Nantes, Maïlys Zotoua joined the firm in 2022 as a legal assistant.
