Fanny Hurreau

Fanny Hurreau, lawyer specializing in insolvency law

Fanny Hurreau is a lawyer admitted to the Hauts-de-Seine Bar, a partner at ARST Avocats, and head of the Neuilly-sur-Seine office. She primarily practices in the areas of insolvency law, business litigation, commercial lease law, and debt collection. She advises companies, executives, partners, creditors, and potential buyers, providing counsel, negotiating, and representation before civil and commercial courts.

Together with Morgan Jamet, Fanny Hurreau heads the insolvency law department at ARST Avocats. This team has been recognized for several consecutive years in the Décideurs ranking and is notably among the "Essential" firms in restructuring and insolvency law in 2026.

Her practice also covers commercial litigation, debt collection, commercial leases, and contract law. She provides counsel and negotiation services as well as representation before civil and commercial courts.

Advice and litigation for companies in difficulty

Fanny Hurreau assists companies, their managers, their shareholders and their creditors in the various procedures for preventing and dealing with difficulties.

It is particularly involved in the following areas:

• ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures;
• safeguard procedures;
• judicial reorganizations;
• judicial liquidations;
• of the preparation of declarations of cessation of payments;
• negotiations with creditors;
• declarations and disputes of claims;
• claims and restitution of property;
• the development and monitoring of safeguard or recovery plans;
• liability or sanction actions that may concern managers;
• difficulties encountered in the execution of the plans.

She also advises creditors facing the collective procedure of their debtor, in order to preserve their rights, declare their claims, have their security interests recognized and determine what actions can still be taken.

His intervention combines legal analysis of the situation with consideration of its financial, commercial and operational implications.

Taking over struggling companies through court proceedings

Taking over companies in difficulty at the courthouse is one of Fanny Hurreau's specific areas of intervention.

It assists entrepreneurs, companies, investors and groups wishing to take over all or part of the activity or assets of a company placed in receivership or liquidation.

His intervention focuses in particular on:

• the review of the file presented by the administrator or the judicial liquidator;
• analysis of the scope of assets and activities that can be taken over;
• the identification of contracts, employees and resources essential to the continuation of the activity;
• the examination of commercial leases and the conditions of occupancy of the premises;
• identifying the legal risks associated with the operation;
• the preparation and drafting of the takeover offer;
• exchanges with the bodies involved in the procedure;
• the possible improvement of the offer;
• the presentation and defense of the project before the court;
• the legal implementation of the operations following the adoption of the transfer plan.

This practice allows him to support the prospective buyer from the first analysis of the file to the effective taking possession of the assets and the continuation of the acquired activity.

Commercial leases and insolvency proceedings

Fanny Hurreau has extensive knowledge of the handling of commercial leases within the framework of safeguard, receivership and liquidation proceedings.

She advises landlords, tenant companies, court-appointed administrators, liquidators, and prospective buyers on related difficulties:

• to the continuation or termination of the commercial lease;
• to the payment of rents and charges prior to or after the opening judgment;
• to the declaration and admission of rental claims;
• to the acquisition of the termination clause;
• upon the issuance of a payment order;
• to eviction procedures;
• to the transfer of the lease as part of a transfer plan;
• to the clauses of approval or solidarity;
• upon the return of the premises;
• to the fate of the security deposit;
• to the works, repairs and restoration;
• to occupancy compensation and subsequent claims.

At the intersection of commercial lease law and insolvency law, these cases require mastery of the special rules of collective procedure as well as the ability to act within often very tight deadlines.

Commercial litigation and procedural strategy

Fanny Hurreau has extensive experience in business litigation. She represents companies, directors and partners before civil and commercial courts, at first instance as well as before the courts of appeal.

It intervenes in particular in disputes relating to:

• the execution or termination of commercial contracts;
• unpaid invoices and debt collection;
• contractual or tortious liability;
• conflicts between partners;
• the transfer of companies, securities or business assets;
• asset and liability guarantees;
• commercial leases;
• precautionary measures and emergency procedures;
• the difficulties arising from the opening of insolvency proceedings.

His mastery of civil procedure and appeal procedure allows him to identify the actions that may be taken, to assess the risks involved, and to define with the client a strategy adapted to their objectives.

When circumstances allow, it also intervenes in the search for and negotiation of an amicable or transactional solution.

Debt collection and enforcement proceedings

Fanny Hurreau assists companies in recovering their debts, from the first amicable steps to the forced execution of a court decision.

His intervention may include:

• analysis of the claim and supporting documents;
• sending a formal notice;
• the negotiation of a timetable or a transactional protocol;
• the application for an order to pay;
• the interim relief action;
• the action at its core;
• the implementation of precautionary measures;
• obtaining and enforcing an enforceable title;
• attachment orders and other enforcement measures;
• the declaration of claim in the event of insolvency proceedings against the debtor;
• disputes relating to enforcement measures.

It adapts the strategy to the debtor's financial situation, the urgency of the case, the amount of the debt and the real prospects for recovery.

Contract and business law consulting

In addition to her litigation work, Fanny Hurreau advises companies on negotiating, drafting and securing their contractual relationships.

It deals in particular with commercial contracts, service agreements, partnership agreements, acknowledgments of debt, settlement protocols and agreements intended to prevent or resolve a dispute.

Her litigation experience allows her to identify, from the drafting stage of the contract, clauses likely to cause difficulties in interpretation or execution. She thus ensures that risks are anticipated and that the operational effectiveness of the contractual documentation is strengthened.

Rights of persons, families and the assets of the executive

Fanny Hurreau also practices in personal and family law, particularly with business leaders, partners and holders of professional assets.

She assists them when the personal, family, financial, and societal dimensions of a situation are closely intertwined, particularly in cases relating to:

• to the separation or divorce of a manager;
• to the financial consequences of the breakup;
• to the ownership and valuation of equity securities;
• to partners' current accounts;
• to the family's interests in the company;
• to the transfer or sharing of professional assets;
• to joint ownerships comprising professional or real estate assets;
• to crisis situations that could affect the continuity of the business.

This practice allows him to comprehensively understand cases in which the interests of the company cannot be separated from the personal or family situation of the manager.

A cross-cutting approach to crisis situations

As a lawyer specializing in companies in difficulty and business litigation, Fanny Hurreau regularly intervenes in situations requiring rapid analysis, precise strategy and perfect coordination between several legal disciplines.

His combined knowledge of collective procedures, commercial leases, debt recovery and civil procedure allows him to advise his clients on the actions to take, the measures to preserve and the solutions to negotiate.

Within ARST Avocats, she works in coordination with the other departments of the firm when the case also involves social, corporate, contractual, real estate or patrimonial issues.