Numa Rengot

Partner

Numa Rengot heads up our Restructuring - Corporate Recovery - Distressed M&A department.

Numa advises struggling companies on heading off financial difficulties, navigating insolvency proceedings and selling their business. Numa’s practice includes the strategic definition and implementation of complex pre-distressed and distressed restructuring and acquisition transactions. He routinely assists struggling French and international businesses and corporations, as well as potential investors looking to expand by acquiring strategic assets or business lines. He also provides representation to groups of creditors and senior management. He is uniquely skilled in liaising with government agencies and local authorities on behalf of his clients.

He serves as general secretary of French communications & media association Observatoire Com Media and as chairman of the supervisory board of the law student association of Paris-Dauphine University, Association des Juristes du Parcours 122 de Paris-Dauphine.

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WHAT THEY SAY
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2023 – Numa Rengot is recognized in Insolvency (Tier Four) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Tier Five).
    Franklin is regularly retained by clients investing in distressed companies, but also covers the whole spectrum of work in this area. The team was recently involved in a complex asset takeover deal in the NGL sector. It also regularly assists debtors, with recent work including managing a significant case in the retail sector. The practice also handles work for other stakeholders such as banks and commercial partners. Numa Rengot leads the practice, which also includes Arnaud Pédron.
    ‘Responsiveness ; good knowledge of the public sphere’.
    ‘Great responsiveness, pragmatism’.
    ‘The team knows how to offer us strategic approaches in cases that make the difference. The team has an important network of influence that can win cases.’
    ‘Numa Rengot is a real strategist. He knows how to advise us on the best strategies to adopt and perfectly masters their implementation. He also knows how to stop us or say no to us when necessary to preserve our interests. He technically masters many subjects, allowing a quick and efficient implementation.’
  • Leaders League 2023: Numa Rengot is recognized in Restructuring & insolvency – Advising mid-cap companies and their shareholders (Leading)
  • Option Droit & Affaires Restructuring 2023:  Numa Rengot is recognized in “Insolvency procedures” and “Financial difficulties and debt renegotiation” (3 stars)
  • Leaders League 2022: Numa Rengot is recognized in the categories Distressed M&A (Excellent) and Operations worth between €75m & €500m (Excellent) of the Mergers & Acquisitions Guide
  • GRR 100 2022: Ranked
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2022: Numa Rengot is recognized in Insolvency (Tier Four) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Tier Five)
    ‘Numa Rengot, Yam Atallah and Antoine Fouassier in particular are intellectually able to integrate all business issues. Their negotiating and analytical skills are very strong and highly appreciated during negotiations.’
  • Option Droit & Affaires Restructuring 2022:  Numa Rengot is recognized in “Insolvency procedures” and “Financial difficulties and debt renegotiation”.
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2022: Numa Rengot is recognized in Insolvency (Tier Four) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Tier Five)
    ‘Numa Rengot, Yam Atallah and Antoine Fouassier in particular are intellectually able to integrate all business issues. Their negotiating and analytical skills are very strong and highly appreciated during negotiations.’
  • Option Droit & Affaires Restructuring 2022:  Numa Rengot is recognized in “Insolvency procedures” and “Financial difficulties and debt renegotiation”.
  • Leaders League 2022: Numa Rengot is recognized in Restructuring & insolvency – Advising mid-cap companies and their shareholders (Excellent-1)
  • Option Droit & Affaires 2022: Numa Rengot is quoted in the category Equity development and LBOs, the majority of which involve companies with less than €50 million in assets
  • Leaders League 2022: Numa Rengot is ranked in the “Transactions between €75m and €500m” (Excellent) categorie of the Mergers & Acquisitions Guide
  • GRR 100 2021
  • Option Droit & Affaires Restructuring 2021:  Recognized in “Insolvency procedures” and “Financial difficulties and debt renegotiation”.
  • Leaders League 2021: Recognized expertise in Restructuring & insolvency – Advising mid-cap companies and their shareholders (Excellent)
  • Option Droit & Affaires 2021 : Numa Rengot is quoted among the leading firms for M&A deals under 200 million euros ranking
  • Leaders League 2020: Recognized expertise in Restructuring & insolvency – Advising mid-cap companies and their shareholders (Excellent)
Education
  • University of Paris Dauphine : Postgraduate degree in Business Law
  • University of Rouen : Master’s degree