DELSOL Avocats is delighted with the individual ranking of 27 of its lawyers in the The Best Lawyers ™ in France ranking, especially as it reflects the recognition of our peers. Alexis BECQUART Non Profit/Charities Law Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice Information Technology Law Privacy and Data Security Law...
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Manuel WINGERT
Practice areas
Distressed companies - RestructuringSectors
Manuel WINGERT is a partner within the "Distressed companies - Restructuring" Department.
A specialist in companies in difficulty, he works on the prevention and management of crisis situations, whether for preventative (ad hoc authorization, conciliation) or collective insolvency proceedings (safeguarding, recovery, liquidation, etc.).
His expertise lies in the law applicable to companies in difficulty, directors’ liability, bonds, commercial contracts, leases, recovery, competition, corporate law and labour law, in both advisory work and any litigation phase.
He primarily advises company directors, creditors, debtors, rescuers, as well as court-appointed receivers and trustees.
Manuel WINGERT holds a master’s degree in Business Law from R. SCHUMAN STRASBOURG III University and a DESS Certificate of Aptitude in Company Administration from STRASBOURG IAE. After graduating from PARIS DAUPHINE University, he became a court-appointed receiver authorized by the CNAJMJ.
He began his career in 1996 within the practice of Philippe CONTANT, a court-appointed receiver, remaining his most trusted colleague until 2006 and handling important cases involving companies in northeast France.
He became a member of the PARIS Bar in 2006 and joined the law firm KEROUAZ, specializing in company restructurings, before moving to DELSOL Avocats in December 2013.
He is also a member of the examination board for the HEC Entrepreneurs master’s degree.
Member and correspondent of the French Institute of Practitioners of Collective Insolvency Proceedings – IFPPC.
Manuel WINGERT was elected as one of the Lawyers of the Year 2022 in « Distressed companies » by Le Monde du Droit (Palmarès du Droit 2022).
He has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2026 in "Insolvency and Reorganization Law" (Best Lawyers, in partnership with Les Echos).
- 2025-06-12
- Philippe DUMEZ, Emmanuel KAEPPELIN, Pierre GOUGÉ, Henri-Louis DELSOL, Xavier DELSOL, Laurent BUTSTRAËN, Alexis BECQUART, Lionel DEVIC, Frédéric SUBRA, Mathieu LE TACON, Delphine BRETAGNOLLE, Philippe PACOTTE, Alexis CHABERT, Stéphane PERRIN, Nathalie PEYRON, Benoît BOUSSIER, Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE, Séverine BRAVARD, Manuel WINGERT, Philippe MALIKIAN, Julien MONSENEGO, Amaury DUMAS-MARZE, Gaëlle MERLIER, Jean-François DEFUDES, Brice BRIEL, Geoffroy GOUBIN, Stanley MITON, Damien REMY, Inès SAINT-LARY, Arthur LAMPERT
- 2025-05-26
- Delphine BRETAGNOLLE, Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE, Manuel WINGERT, Gaëlle MERLIER, Jessica NEUFVILLE, Aura BRAUN, Marie GARDE,
- Employment law - Social welfare law, Distressed companies - Restructuring, Life sciences, Personal data
DELSOL Avocats advised the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon - La Seyne-sur-Mer (CHITS) on the takeover of the Sainte-Marguerite clinic in Hyères (south of France) by Almaviva Santé, a group specialising in private hospital services in France and owned by the Kuwaiti Wren House fund. This takeover is part of a disposal plan approved by...
Read- 2024-03-01
- Manuel WINGERT, Philippe MALIKIAN, Marie GARDE,
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law, Distressed companies - Restructuring
Electricité de France (EDF) has acquired a majority stake in the share capital of upOwa, which was founded in 2014 and specialises in supplying low-cost solar kits in Cameroon. upOwa has completed just over 60,000 installations in favor of 300,000 people in rural Cameroon. EDF plans to use its global expertise to help accelerate upOwa’s...
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