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Gilles Podeur specialises in insolvency, restructuring, and related litigations. Gilles has extensive experience in French and cross-border pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings, including mandat ad hoc, conciliation, sauvegarde, redressement judiciaire and liquidation judiciaire. He advises debtors, lenders, shareholders or managers in identifying and defining their strategy. He also represents them in court, for example in matters relating to managers' / shareholders' liability, lenders' liability or hardening periods.  In addition, Gilles assists bidders in the acquisition of insolvent businesses or of their assets.

Diploma of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Economics & Finance) 1999
Licence and Maîtrise in Business Law, University Paris II Pantheon-Assas 2001
DEA in Business Law at University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne 2002
French Bar Exam 2003
Lawyer at Gide Loyrette Nouel (Insolvency & restructuring) 2004–2006
Lawyer at White & Case (Insolvency & restructuring) 2006–2008
Joined Clifford Chance 2008 
Counsel since 2012

Speaks French & English