Large groups, small cases: the financing their bank cannot do A large group has substantial bank facilities, on terms few companies ever obtain. Yet some of its projects remain unfunded. Not because they are risky, but because they do not fit the framework the g... 28 Oct 2026
Sale and leaseback under a continuation plan: unlocking the value of your assets Businesses that come out of the observation period with a court-approved plan often face the same problem. Their debts have been rescheduled, but there is not enough cash to deliver the plan. The exis... 22 Oct 2026
Funding your inventory under a continuation plan Once a continuation plan is in place and trading picks up, inventory is often the first thing to absorb cash. You need to buy raw materials again, rebuild finished goods and fulfil new orders. And sup... 22 Oct 2026
Bond lines full? How to keep signing contracts Your order book is full and you have just won a new contract, yet you cannot sign: the client wants a performance bond and an advance payment bond, and the bank says your bond line is already used up.... 22 Oct 2026
Continuation plans: how do you fund the cash the business needs? Continuation plans: how do you fund the cash the business needs? For a business in French judicial reorganisation, the court’s approval of a continuation plan is a turning point. It sets out how exist... 8 Sept 2026
Cross-border financing: funding subsidiaries abroad European groups with subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Indiaor the Middle East often face a recurring challenge: the financing need exists locally, but the subsidiary doe... 5 May 2026
Furniture, industrial assets and financing: what remains possible in a market under pressure? Alinea’s judicial liquidation, ordered on 31 March 2026 by the Marseille Economic Court after judicial reorganisation proceedings opened in November 2025, is a reminder of a simple fact: the furniture... 8 Apr 2026
A restructuring plan must also be financeable For many companies, a restructuring plan is first approached as an industrial, operational, or legal decision. That is understandable. But it is incomplete. Because once a company concludes that a res... 25 Mar 2026
Judicial reorganisation: financing the business from its assets When a French company goes into judicial reorganisation, the first reflex is almost always the same: everyone focuses on the debt, the cash position, upcoming maturities, arrears, supplier pressure, a... 17 Mar 2026
Tight times, tight bank lines When conditions tighten, margin is rarely the first point of failure. Liquidity is. If your bank lines are already heavily utilised, small drifts in DSO or inventory can break headroom faster than mos... 4 Mar 2026
Financing industrial property: a common misconception Industrial property is still too often equated with long-term financing. That is a misconception. The near-automatic assumption - property means long maturities - comes from habit rather than rigorous... 15 Jan 2026
Asset-based financing in industrial groups: a strategic perspective Introduction Industrial groups are often confronted with financing constraints that are not necessarily the result of weak operational performance, but rather of balance sheet structures, leverage lev... 23 Dec 2025