Biography
Julien Faure is a senior associate in the Global Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice of White & Case, based in Paris.
His practice focuses on corporate restructurings (both financial and industrial) and distressed company transactions. Combining substantial experience in high-end financial restructurings and in-court proceedings, Julien represents distressed companies and groups, as well as sponsors and investors, in complex financial and industrial restructurings, both in and out of court, across large-cap and mid-cap situations. He has a transactional background in private equity transactions. This allows him to approach distressed situations as transactions rather than procedures, devising pragmatic, creative and structured solutions.
Acting for many of the distressed funds, private equity sponsors and corporates most active in the French market, Julien has gained visibility in the French restructuring market and is increasingly recognised among the next generation of restructuring practitioners in France. Clients single out his availability, his technical command and the commercial judgment he brings to distressed negotiations.
Over the course of his career, Julien has advised on many of the French market's landmark restructuring matters, giving him exposure to a wide spectrum of capital structures, stakeholder dynamics and procedural tools that shape the French restructuring landscape.
Julien is a member of the Association des Jeunes du Restructuring (AJR) and of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA). He regularly contributes to restructuring thought leadership through publications and regularly speaks at industry conferences.
Experience
Financial restructuring & distressed refinancing
Segula Group's financial restructuring and creditor-led takeover (2025–2026)
Representation of Segula and its shareholders in connection with the financial restructuring and creditor-led takeover of the group, a global engineering player.
Bourbon's financial restructuring and creditor-led takeover (2025)
Representation of Davidson Kempner on the financial restructuring and creditor-led takeover of Bourbon, a leading provider of marine and logistics services to the offshore oil and gas industry.
Poxel distressed restructuring and financing by IPF Capital Partners (2025)
Representation of IPF Capital Partners on the turnaround of Poxel, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for metabolic diseases, in a distressed context.
Iqera Group's financial restructuring (2024)
Representation of the shareholders of Iqera, a leading French debt servicing and receivables management group, in connection with the financial restructuring of the group, advising on the repositioning of the capital structure and stakeholder negotiations.
Atos Group financial restructuring and tentative takeover (2024)*
Representation of Daniel Křetínský's holding company, as reference shareholder, in connection with the financial restructuring of the Atos group, a European leader in digital services, cloud computing, cybersecurity and high-performance computing, and the structuring of a tentative takeover.
Orpea's financial restructuring (2023)*
Representation of the judicial administrators in Orpea's landmark €7 billion restructuring.
Vallourec's safeguard proceedings and takeover by Apollo (2021)*
Representation of Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, in its French safeguard proceedings and in the structuring and implementation of its subsequent takeover by Apollo Global Management, in the context of a comprehensive balance sheet restructuring.
EuropaCorp creditor-led takeover and financial restructuring (2020)*
Representation of Vine Investment on the creditor-led takeover and restructuring of EuropaCorp, the film and entertainment group founded by French Director Luc Besson.
Conforama distressed sale to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (2020)*
Representation of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice as purchaser in the acquisition of Conforama, a major European home furnishing and household equipment retailer, in a distressed M&A context.
In court restructurings & reorganization proceedings
Vencorex reorganization proceedings (2024–2025)
Representation of Vencorex, a specialty chemicals group indirectly owned by the Thai State, in the context of its French reorganization proceedings and subsequent takeover by Wanhua Group.
Phoenix Group exit from French operations through reorganization proceedings (2022)*
Representation of Phoenix Group, a leading European pharmaceutical distribution and healthcare services group, in the reorganization proceedings of its French subsidiaries and in the structuring of their sale through court-supervised processes.
Orchestra Premaman reorganization proceedings and shareholder-led acquisition (2020)*
Representation of Orchestra Premaman, a French retailer specializing in children's clothing and maternity wear, in its French reorganization proceedings and in the shareholder-led acquisition of its assets.
Distressed M&A, in court auction & special situations notable experiences
Nice Matin distressed acquisition by Xavier Niel (2020)*
Representation of Xavier Niel's holding company on the acquisition of regional press group Nice Matin in the context of an in-court auction process for distressed assets.
*Experiences before joining White & Case
