CAREER PROFILE
Anja Droege Gagnier has gained extensive experience over more than 25 years in international transactions (M&A, joint ventures, distressed M&A, corporate finance) as well as in restructurings of companies in various sectors: real estate, banking and insurance, printing, steel, aeronautics, automotive, nuclear, oil refining, gas, cogeneration, transport and logistics, infrastructure, life sciences, biotechnology, art, fashion and luxury goods. She has developed a French, German-speaking and international clientele including companies, funds, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners.
Anja Droege Gagnier assists foreign investors in takeover bids at Court. She advises lenders in complex financing scenarios (structured finance – infrastructure transactions) and assists them in negotiations with the borrower and public authorities. She has particular experience in preventive/pre-insolvency proceedings (ad hoc mandate/conciliation), often in the interest of shareholders and creditors (banks or suppliers).
Anja Droege Gagnier represents and assists executives in “post-bankruptcy” legal proceedings (abuse of corporate assets, bankruptcy, etc.). She is particularly skilled in cross-border insolvency scenarios in EU countries, Switzerland or the United States.
LANGUAGES
German, French, English
EDUCATION
DJCE/DESS Business law/Magistère des Juristes d’Affaires franco-allemands, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg
ACCOLADES
Who's who Legal 2024
Thought Leaders - Restructuring & Insolvency
Thought Leaders - France : Catgory Restructuring & Insolvency
Legal 500 EMEA 2019
Distressed companies
Legal 500, 2015 Edition, includes comments from clients who consider that Anja Droege Gagnier “has very strong expertise in insolvency proceedings combining French and German law” and who appreciate her “pugnacity, her independence and her incorruptibility”.
Leaders League 2024
Restructuring & insolvency - Directory of companies and shareholders - Small and Mid caps - Law firm - France
Dispute resolution - Commercial litigation - Law firm - France
GRR 100 Global Restructuring Review 2019
recommended by GRR among the top law firms from around the world as a safe pair of hands for carrying out insolvency and restructuring work with an international dimension
PUBLICATIONS
THE FRENCH INSOLVENCY LAW REFORM: REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION?
THE ROLE OF THE INSOLVENCY SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHAPTER ON FRANCE “COST ASSESSMENT FOR DEBT COLLECTION ABROAD“, INSOL INTERNATIONAL
HANDELSBLATT JAHRESTAGUNG RESTRUKTURIERUNG DIGITAL EDITION 2020
FRENCH INSOLVENCY RULES REFORMED IN THE LIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ARE THEY GOING TOO FAR?’ , IBA INSOLVENCY AND RESTRUCTURING INTERNATIONAL – VOL 14, ISSUE 2 – SEPTEMBER 2020
NEW CLARIFICATIONS ON THE OBLIGATION TO INFORM EMPLOYEES IN CASE OF A COMPANY SALE
DER DEBT-TO-EQUITY SWAP IN FRANZÖSISCHEN INSOLVENZVERFAHREN – EIN RECHTSVERGLEICH
CASH POOLING AND INSOLVENCY, GLOBE LAW AND BUSINESS, AUTEUR DE LA PARTIE « FRANCE »
ARTICLE “LEX PETROPLUS – NEUE SICHERUNGSMASSNAHMEN IN SANIERUNGSVERFAHREN IM FRANZÖSISCHEN INSOLVENZRECHT”, NZI (NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DAS RECHT DER INSOLVENZ UND SANIERUNG), VERLAG C.H. BECK, N° 11/2012, P. 449
THE FRENCH INSOLVENCY LAW REFORM: REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION?
THE ROLE OF THE INSOLVENCY SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHAPTER ON FRANCE “COST ASSESSMENT FOR DEBT COLLECTION ABROAD“, INSOL INTERNATIONAL
FRENCH INSOLVENCY RULES REFORMED IN THE LIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ARE THEY GOING TOO FAR?’ , IBA INSOLVENCY AND RESTRUCTURING INTERNATIONAL – VOL 14, ISSUE 2 – SEPTEMBER 2020
HANDELSBLATT JAHRESTAGUNG RESTRUKTURIERUNG DIGITAL EDITION 2020
CRYPTO-CURRENCIES IN INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS IN FRANCE: HOW TO DEAL WITH HIGHLY VOLATILE ASSETS?
NEW CLARIFICATIONS ON THE OBLIGATION TO INFORM EMPLOYEES IN CASE OF A COMPANY SALE
DER DEBT-TO-EQUITY SWAP IN FRANZÖSISCHEN INSOLVENZVERFAHREN – EIN RECHTSVERGLEICH
CASH POOLING AND INSOLVENCY, GLOBE LAW AND BUSINESS, AUTEUR DE LA PARTIE « FRANCE »
ARTICLE “LEX PETROPLUS – NEUE SICHERUNGSMASSNAHMEN IN SANIERUNGSVERFAHREN IM FRANZÖSISCHEN INSOLVENZRECHT”, NZI (NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DAS RECHT DER INSOLVENZ UND SANIERUNG), VERLAG C.H. BECK, N° 11/2012, P. 449
CASH POOLING AND INSOLVENCY, GLOBE LAW AND BUSINESS, AUTEUR DE LA PARTIE « FRANCE »
ARTICLE “LEX PETROPLUS – NEUE SICHERUNGSMASSNAHMEN IN SANIERUNGSVERFAHREN IM FRANZÖSISCHEN INSOLVENZRECHT”, NZI (NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DAS RECHT DER INSOLVENZ UND SANIERUNG), VERLAG C.H. BECK, N° 11/2012, P. 449