November 3, 2026
Press Release
Latham Promotes 70 Associates to Counsel
Global group reflects diverse practice strengths and legal skills.
Hugo Bodkin advises both debtors and creditors in major French pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings, as well as out-of-court and complex cross-border restructurings.
Hugo acts across the full spectrum of French pre-restructuring, restructuring, and insolvency proceedings, including mandat ad hoc, conciliation, safeguard, accelerated safeguard, and judicial reorganization proceedings, both on a standalone basis and alongside distressed M&A processes. His strong finance background enables him to combine restructuring expertise with the structuring of new money and capital solutions for distressed companies.
His clients include debtors and their management, private equity sponsors, lenders, hedge funds, and credit funds, and he acts for investors and buyers seeking opportunities in distressed situations
His practice focuses on:
- Financial restructurings of highly leveraged groups and distressed LBOs, including amend-and-extend transactions, debt-to-equity swaps, and loan-to-own strategies
- Structuring new money financing for distressed companies
- Distressed M&A, from share deals to asset acquisitions under a plan de cession
- Special situations and capital solutions
He is a member of the Association des Jeunes Professionnels du Restructuring.
Before joining Latham, Hugo practiced in the restructuring department of another international law firm.