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by Sophie Vermeille, Thibault Jauffret et Paul Oudin

25 november 2020

The High-Level Legal Committee of the Paris Financial Center has published, on September 25, 2020, a report entitled “Report on classes of creditors for the transposition of the Directive of June 20, 2019 on preventive restructuring frameworks.” Drawing on the lessons learned from the economic analysis of insolvency law, Droit & Croissance has decided to make a series of observations relating to this report in its new position paper. We highlight the need for a coherent articulation of the different procedures and…

by Eva Fourel and Youcef Rahmani

15 january 2020

The recent programming bill for 2019-222, adopted March 23, 2019, prohibits in particular the re-use of the magistrates’ identity data for purposes of statistical or predictive analysis. What are the reasons behind such a choice and what are its economic consequences? How can we take advantage of the positive economic consequences of a greater legal predictability and feed academic research, in a manner that is compatible with the specificities of French justice?

by Eva Fourel, Ahmed Guenaoui, Paul Oudin, Sophie Vermeille

25 september 2019

In the wake of the introduction of the PACTE Act, the Rules for Growth Institute invites French and European legislators to move beyond ideological squabbles over the “corporate purpose” and to build on the most recent academic work in order to improve corporate governance and complete the construction of the Capital Markets Union.

by Vincent Maire

19 march 2021

Activist shareholders are often vilified for pushing companies to take short-term actions that come at the expense of the companies’ long-term health. Vincent Maire, member of D&c and LL.M. candidate at NYU School of Law, returns on these arguments, which are, to him, misconceived, but they overlook substantial benefits that outside-investor oversight produces.

By Hayk Kehishian

July, 2, 2020

In the context of ongoing debates on shareholder activism and the review of MAR, the study of the application of market abuse to short activism should contribute to identifying the framework for an efficient regulation of this practice.

by Vasile Rotaru

1er october 2019

This working paper is an enriched version of the article published in the RTDF, June 2019, co-authored with Sophie Vermeille. It provides a thorough functional law and economics analysis of restructuring proceedings and, in particular, the new European Restructuring Directive, its objectives, proposed models and main measures. Our analysis shows that the directive lacks a clear conceptual basis and sometimes pursues the wrong objectives. However, its most significant measures can still be transposed into French law in accordance with the economic analysis, which offers the French legislator…

by Sophie Vermeille

9 march 2021

This presentation at France Stratégie presents the major ideas of Droit & Croissance with regard to the law of secured financing within the context of the French ordinance project launched on 18 December 2020 by the French Ministry of Justice.

by Paul Oudin

1 march 2021

The recent events surrounding GameStop have been seen by many as a battle between David and Goliath, and by others as a threat for the well-functioning of financial markets. Recent discussions about the applicability of market manipulation rules to this case have shown that the legal debate itself is far from being settled. This talk at Queen Mary University, by Paul Oudin, took the GameStop case as an opportunity to revisit the scope and purpose of these rules.

By Sophie Vermeille
“The convergence in EU rules for insolvency and enforcement” Conference – Bruegel – 31 october 2019

The European directive 2019/1023 will be gradually transposed by the Member States by 17 July 2021. As it is the fruit of numerous political compromises, the Directive gives a lot of room for maneuver to Member States in their transposition efforts. However, a Law & Economics analysis of the Directive shows that numerous aspects, either left to the Member States or simply ignored, would have strongly deserved to be dealt with in the interest of the…

by Anne Drif and Édouard Lederer

Les Echos – 28 january 2021

In this recent article from Les Echos, Sophie Vermeille discusses the pitfalls of the French draft transposition of the directive on preventive restructuring frameworks.

by Hugo de Gerauvilliers, Souveraine Finance

November, 10, 2020

Even when it means defending counter-intuitive positions – when they are not frankly unpopular – Sophie Vermeille knows how to do it brilliantly.

As a researcher and lawyer, Sophie has been berated for her heterodox ideas, which she may have acquired through her wandering into the shady worlds of the economics of distressed companies and short selling. Whatever; it’s in the ordeal that one forges one’s convictions.

Interview with Eva Fourel

Recueil Dalloz- 31 october 2019

Extracted from the position paper of Droit et Croissance “For true corporate governance in France”, writen by Ahmed Guenaoui, Paul Oudin, Sophie Vermeille et Eva Fourel, this interview outlines the challenges of corporate governance in France, comments on the limits of the PACTE law and presents the contribution of the most recent economic theories to describe the shareholder-management relationship.

Vendredi 18 octobre 2019

Corporate governance and shareholder engagement conference: the new normal

Vendredi 13 avril 2018

Conférence “Gouvernance d’entreprise et engagement actionnarial”

Relive the conference Votre navigateur ne supporte pas les iframes. Read the comment of Debtwire about the symposium Program: Opening of the symposium by Mrs Sophie Vermeille, President of Droit & Croissance / Rules for Growth Keynote speakers Ms Mihaela Carpus Carcea, Legislative officer, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission, Mr Sébastien Raspiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Corporate Financing and Financial Markets