ABITBOL & ROUSSELET

What ABITBOL & ROUSSELET does

Abitbol & Rousselet is a French professional services firm structured as a Société Civile Professionnelle (SCP), operating as a court-appointed judicial administrator (administrateur judiciaire) and insolvency practitioner. Based in Paris at 38 Avenue Hoche (75008), the firm employs 14 professionals and specializes in corporate crisis management and financial restructuring under French commercial law. Its practice covers the full distress lifecycle: ad hoc mandates (mandats ad hoc), conciliation, safeguard proceedings (procédure de sauvegarde), receivership (redressement judiciaire), interim administration and voluntary liquidation. It serves listed companies, LBO-owned companies, national and transnational groups, and SMEs across France.

The firm's revenue model is built on court-appointed mandates from French commercial courts, supplemented by direct confidential mandates from business leaders seeking crisis advisory. Fees are governed by regulated/ad valorem schedules tied to mandate size and complexity, and case selection is intentionally selective. The firm is regulated by the French Ministry of Justice and the national professional body CNAJMJ (Compagnie Nationale des Administrateurs Judiciaires et des Mandataires Judiciaires), of which partner Frédéric Abitbol was elected President in January 2022. It is a member of the ICP international network covering 37 countries, providing cross-border restructuring capability.

In 2019 the firm reported handling 60+ company mandates, preserving 80,000+ jobs, renegotiating more than €6 billion in debt, and achieving an 80% success rate in ad hoc mandates and conciliation, with two-thirds of employees in collective proceedings saved on average. Notable mandates have included Altifort Group, Arjowiggins, Bourbon, Mars Films, New Look, Rallye, Sonia Rykiel and ToysRus. The partner bench is led by Frédéric Abitbol and Joanna Rousselet.

Name

ABITBOL & ROUSSELET

Legal name

SCP ABITBOL & ROUSSELET

Website

https://abitbol-rousselet.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Abitbol & Rousselet is a Paris-based French judicial administrator (SCP) providing court-appointed corporate crisis management, restructuring, and insolvency services to listed companies, LBO-owned groups, transnational firms, and SMEs across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Restructuring & Judicial Administration Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Administration (BPAHABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Insolvency & Turnaround Advisory (SME/Mid-Market Debtor-Side) (FSAEAFAK), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Judicial administration services
• Corporate restructuring services
• Crisis management advisory
• Insolvency proceedings
• Business turnaround consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Judicial Administration Services: Professional fees generated through court-appointed mandates as judicial administrators and ad hoc agents. The firm assists struggling companies through various procedures including ad hoc mandates, conciliation, safeguard proceedings, and receivership, all court-appointed roles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SCP ABITBOL & ROUSSELET provides court-appointed judicial administration and crisis management services to companies in financial difficulty. Core offerings include confidential preventive procedures (ad hoc mandates, conciliation), safeguard proceedings (standard and accelerated), receivership for companies in cessation of payments, interim administration for paralyzed management, and voluntary liquidation. The firm is appointed by commercial courts and tribunal judges across France and assists struggling businesses, their directors, creditors, banks, and shareholders in negotiating and implementing restructuring solutions.

Product overview

Abitbol & Rousselet is a professional legal services firm (Société Civile Professionnelle) specializing in judicial administration and crisis management for struggling companies. The firm operates as a single integrated practice offering confidential preventive procedures (ad hoc mandates, conciliation), safeguard and receivership proceedings, interim administration, and voluntary liquidation services. The offering is a unified professional service portfolio organized around the lifecycle of corporate distress, with no distinct product modules or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ad Hoc Mandate Services
• Conciliation Services
• Accelerated Safeguard Proceedings
• Safeguard Proceedings
• Receivership (Redressement Judiciaire)
• Interim Administration (Administration Provisoire)
• Voluntary Liquidation

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% success rate in ad hoc mandates and conciliation proceedings
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ICP International NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe firm is a member of the ICP international network, which brings together the best law firms in 37 countries including Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Turkey, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of South Africa, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UK, and USA. This enables the firm to offer companies all required skills in major economic centers worldwide.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Alvarez & Marsal: Global restructuring advisory firm with a substantial French practice that competes for the same complex restructuring, turnaround, and creditor-side advisory mandates, particularly on large LBO and listed-company matters.
• FTI Consulting: Global consulting firm with a well-established French restructuring and disputes practice, often engaged alongside or in parallel with court-appointed administrators on large distressed mandates.
• PwC France: Big 4 firm with a French restructuring and deals practice providing advisory and turnaround services to distressed corporates and their stakeholders, competing for advisory roles on the same matters the firm administers.
• Gide Loyrette Nouel: Major international French law firm with a prominent restructuring and insolvency practice, regularly engaged on the most complex French and cross-border restructurings and a counterparty in proceedings where Abitbol & Rousselet serves as administrator.
• Alix Partners: International turnaround and restructuring advisory firm serving French corporates on complex in-court and out-of-court restructurings, with overlapping expertise in distressed-LBO and large corporate engagements.
• Kroll: Global restructuring and advisory firm active in France on distressed corporate mandates, providing turnaround management and creditor advisory that overlaps with the firm's preventive and collective proceedings work.

Direct peers

• Selarl MJA (Maisonhaute & Associés): French judicial administrator and judicial agent firm operating across the same court-mandated procedures; competes directly for appointments on complex restructuring and collective proceedings.
• August Debouzy: French business law firm with a recognized restructuring and distressed M&A practice advising on complex collective and preventive proceedings, frequently acting on mandates administered by Parisian judicial administrators.
• Bredin Prat: Leading French independent business law firm with a top-tier restructuring and distressed situations practice advising debtors, creditors, and shareholders on the same mandates the firm administers.
• SCP FHB (Hergott & Associés): Leading French judicial administrator firm (administrateurs judiciaires) based in Paris, offering the same court-appointed services across ad hoc mandates, conciliation, safeguard, and receivership proceedings — directly comparable in mandate profile and client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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