An elite legal training in Restructuring unrivaled in Africa at UEMF

Euromed University of Fes and the Sorbonne Law School are organizing the "Restructuring" Days of Fez on May 16 and 17, 2024. 

Due to the resounding success of the first edition which gathered nearly 200 practitioners in May 2023, Euromed University of Fes is once again organizing on its campus, in partnership with the Sorbonne Law School, the "Restructuring Days of Fez" on May 16 and 17, 2024. This success is partly explained by the difficult economic context that exposes many companies to financial difficulties and forces them to restructure to make their liabilities more sustainable.

This unique and unprecedented conference on the African continent will see the participation this year of more than 250 business leaders, heads of major legal and financial institutions, lawyers, judicial representatives, commercial judges, specialized bankers coming from France and, beyond, around one hundred leaders of political and academic institutions from Morocco and Sub-Saharan African countries who are interested in and practice the law of restructuring companies in difficulty, including notably two ministers and a university president from the Central African Republic.

Under the aegis of Professor François-Xavier Lucas, expert in bankruptcy law and one of the key speakers of the Restructuring Days of Fès, several panels of leading speakers will lead this training which will be an opportunity this year to take stock of several particularly important topical issues such as the study of the subtleties of the regime for the declaration and verification of claims, which has become over time quite sophisticated, but also the new developments in European and international insolvency law and the latest evolutions in security law and preventive law. It will above all be an occasion to discuss the first cases that allowed practitioners to implement the new restructuring mechanisms within the framework of classes of affected parties and to review the baptism of fire that these mechanisms experienced. 

Organized in partnership with the Association of Turnaround Professionals (ARE), the aim of these study days is also to bring together again in Fès the main experts in restructuring law, thus encouraging enriching exchanges beyond Mediterranean borders.

These days strengthen an exemplary multi-year partnership between Université Paris 1 Panthéon‑Sorbonne and Euromed University of Fes, within the framework of which the Sorbonne Law School offers a high-level double Master’s degree program in Business Law, jointly awarded by the two universities. Admission to this program is particularly demanding and selective; each cohort is composed of one third of students from France, one third of Moroccan students and one third of students from Sub-Saharan African countries.

The pedagogy of the Master’s is characterized by a dynamic and interactive approach, promoting the acquisition of solid theoretical knowledge and the development of essential practical skills. Students benefit from courses taught by professors from the Sorbonne Law School or other leading universities as well as by recognized practitioners, all of whom are the best specialists in their field of business law. They are encouraged to work in teams on projects, simulations and discussions to strengthen their team spirit, interpersonal communication and ability to work collaboratively. They are regularly confronted with real case studies from the business world, allowing them to apply their theoretical knowledge to concrete situations. This fosters the development of their analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities. A mandatory internship in a law firm or company is provided in the curriculum to enable students to gain practical experience in a professional environment related to business law. This experience facilitates their immersion in the world of work and offers them irreplaceable practical experience.

To learn more about the Master’s in Business Law in a double degree with the Sorbonne Law School: https://www.masterdaueuromed.com/