[RESTRUCTURING] Transposition in France of the Restructuring and Insolvency Directive: evolution or revolution for creditors and equity holders?

After the transposition of the Directive, French insolvency law, which was already on the right page with respect to pre-insolvency proceedings, now meets international standards. Following the Directive verbatim, French law introduced the creditors’ vote in classes, whereby creditors can be crammed down, including cross-class cram-down. Moreover, equity holders can be allocated to a class…