‘Very good business relationship with Pierre Karpik and Louis Oudot de Dainville, who both make themselves available extremely quickly, have long and valuable experience in VC transactions, and have a pragmatic approach to matters that facilitate conflict resolution.’

‘Unique knowledge of the French ecosystem with unmatched track record in working for tech companies.’

‘Team always available and very responsive to any request with excellent quality of deliverables. Reacts smoothly to any kind of situations as their experience allows them to have already faced almost any situation.’

‘Highly experienced team.’

‘What differentiates from other firms is the quality of the team in its availability, its patience and its resilience even on the most complicated operations, but obviously also in the expertise of the teams in our sector and the cross-border issues; very transparent invoicing with details on each project and by type of team to then have an overall discussion on pricing. Pleasant to have a mixed team!’

‘Quality, availability, resilience – I think that our last two operations would not have succeeded with another firm less committed than Gide.’

‘For an international tech company like ours, the attraction of the Gide team is the breadth of resources that are available to handle all aspects of a project without having to retain multiple firms. Another key benefit is their ability to meet tight timelines that sometimes cannot be avoided.’

‘Louis Oudot de Dainville is particularly relevant in venture. He has real experience on the subject, knows how to be pragmatic when the need arises while defending our interests as well as possible.’

‘Very high quality team, perfectly mastering the legal and business issues of transactions.’

‘A very strong team the client can fully rely on to deliver. Excellent understanding of the market and issues clients deal with which enables them to provide practical solutions. I can fully rely on this team on the most complex issues.’

‘Alexandre Wibaux is a leader in his field and my go-to person for complex corporate transactions. Backed by a global team of experts Alexandre and the team can provide the best advice available on the market.’

‘Good quality, serious team, which is gaining momentum.’

‘Emmanuelle Porte – relevant, committed, available, listening skills, and also knows how to surround herself with highly competent lawyers, to complete the legal projects submitted.’

‘The firm provides access to a multidisciplinary team that responds to any type of problem a company may face. Emmanuelle provides us with her invaluable assistance and is always present on the various projects that our company has had to carry out over the past 10 years.’

‘Emmanuelle Porte has in-depth knowledge of the biotech community, M&A operations and the various players in these two sectors.’

‘Very experienced team and force of proposal in the negotiations to succeed within reasonable deadlines. Long-time collaboration and I will not be changing firms.’

‘Remarkable team of Emmanuelle Porte. She has a very professional and very meticulous team at work.’ 

‘Loyalty, finesse, seriousness.’

‘Anne Charlotte Rivière – Professionalism, availability, experience.’

‘I have worked with Hélène Parent on a number of transactions. Hélène has an excellent knowledge of the market and terms. She combines that with an ability to advise pragmatically in order to achieve optimum solutions. I always enjoy working with Hélène, even in tricky scenarios, which is a testament to her ability to build relationships with her clients.’

‘Very experienced team, incredibly fast in execution, always very good advice. Able to set the pace in deals, and to be the driving force to save time. Always meet deadlines.’

‘I have blind faith in their team and our lawyer. I know that he advises me by adapting to my needs and my level of knowledge. I can leave him to make decisions on several subjects.’

‘Hélène Parent is super responsive and great to work with. We work with Hogan Lovells in France because of her.’

‘Hélène Parent: combines great technical skills and a keen sense of the business aspects, which is rare. Strong reactivity and very good knowledge of VC deals, current market standards, etc. Real capacity for analysis, reflection, strength of proposal.’

‘I am particularly satisfied with the quality of the Orrick staffing; our day-to-day contacts are extremely specialized and know how to call on additional expertise if necessary; they show a very pragmatic attitude and are real problem-solvers; they know how to support us on a variety of highly complex needs (holding company, venture builder, VC funds, portfolio companies) with great success.’

‘Olivier Vuillod and the team are particularly excellent; they are distinguished by their level of availability, delivery and by the quality of the relationship they have been able to develop with us for more than 4 years; we consider them as true “legal business partners” and we turn to them whenever a need arises or in anticipation of our next challenges; we have never put them in competition since the beginning of our relationship (unless Orrick is conflicted and they ask us to).’

‘The team was very responsive, whether by email or by telephone, from the estimate to the project follow-up, which is appreciable when the timings are tight. In addition, the work provided was of high quality, with memos explaining the different situations encountered.’

‘The people were very available, quick-witted, with a great capacity for legal education, which is very important for the understanding of non-lawyers.’

‘A team whose level of professionalism is total, seasoned lawyers, absolutely efficient, with an excellent sense of business and strategic issues so that their support is an essential, added value in the execution of deals and the support for companies.’

‘Responsiveness and availability; focus to get the deal closed; pragmatic and solution-driven, not too ‘formalistic’; taking ownership.’

‘Louis Chenard acts as a real team member of his client and takes particular ownership in ‘getting the deal done’.’

‘The team has been supporting us since the launch of our company 2 years ago, and offered us a capped amount for their services, which was essential for our start-up, in terms of predictability and cost containment. Despite our small size, the partner Louis Chenard is very present, which allows us to benefit from a high level of expertise and a personalized follow-up.’

‘Louis Chenard is always present during the calls, involved in all stages of the operation until its finalization.’

‘Louis Chenard: finesse, negotiation kills.’

‘The Viguié Schmidt & Associés team with whom we had the chance to work was perfect. Very professional, but also human, available, and aware of the subjects inherent in our world of innovation, impact and the world of startups.’

‘Louis Chenard led our project in a fantastic way.’

‘Great responsiveness, reliability, very good human contact with the client but also with other parties.’

‘Morgan Hunault-Berret: great experience in VC, very good relationship with the main lawyers of the place, good degree of involvement on the files’

‘Very extensive experience, always constructive in the search for solutions, facilitating deals, very good mastery of figures.’

‘A very good knowledge of the market, a great reactivity and above all a great experience that Morgan brings to her customers.’

‘Morgan Hunault-Berret is clearly the backbone of the firm.’

‘Competent, scalable, innovative, responsive, collaborative and adaptable team.’

‘The lawyers collaborate very well, form a multidisciplinary team capable of adapting to a large number of situations and within short deadlines while maintaining a high level of service.’

‘Jérémie is very responsive, pragmatic and aware of good VC practices. His team is growing without turnover, which is appreciable.’

‘I was able to work with Philippe Malikian, corporate law partner, who is an exceptional practitioner both technically and relationally. Philippe has extensive expertise on all subjects of corporate law, always provides us with very valuable and informed advice in our transactions, produces very high quality legal documentation, is very available, in addition to being very friendly.’

‘Emmanuel Keppelin and Raphaël Ory are distinguished by their skills, responsiveness and advice in the context of potentially complex private equity operations.’

‘Excellent law firm, extremely flexible, very business oriented and which does not hesitate to give clear advice by measuring the associated risks and prioritizing the subjects.’

‘Henri-Louis Delsol has an excellent knowledge of the sector and a very constructive approach to negotiations thanks to a perfect knowledge of the issues and their prioritization. He is also available at any time.’

‘A team with a real track-record, which knows its trade.’

‘Its complementarity with the finance team of the firm and their ability to work together is an essential added value on many files.’

‘Sébastien Pontillo has a very pragmatic approach to the issues at stake.’

‘Competent team, responsive, facilitator in conflicts, professional work.’

‘Alexandre Omaggio – Very good knowledge of innovations in the market and transactions, allowing speed and quality of execution of high quality.’

‘Excellent knowledge of the market, regulations and good practice in the execution of transactions.’

‘The team is well-staffed and highly organised which allows efficient and highly-valuable execution of all legal tasks entrusted to them. Transparent prices allowed us to have visibility, which have always been respected.’

‘Sébastien Pontillo provides high-quality and sharp advice for both domestic & cross-border transactions. He knows how to think ‘out of the box’ by proposing creative and pragmatic structures while maintaining the highest legal standards. Sébastien is one of those lawyers with whom you can make your company grow by relying on his legal expertise but also on his understanding of the business. He is always available on very short notice.’

‘Lerins’ team has been remarkable. The members are very friendly while also being diligent and showing strong expertise. It is a pleasure to cooperate with them as we can not only rely on a high quality end result, but also on a very easy-going process and open communication until the task is accomplished.’

‘I have worked with Marc Gervais and Laurent Julienne and they have been both exceptional. The communication with them is very easy and their industry knowledge is remarkable. The solutions they provide are very practical-oriented and presented in a “user-friendly” manner.’

‘Well versed in business standards in our life science venture capital industry.’

‘OYAT proved to be a very proficient firm in M&A/LBO. The team is made up of seasoned partners with demonstrated expertise in high-stakes business & financial environments. Particularly efficient in French and cross-border contexts, OYAT has a capacity to sustain a heavy workload, deliver outstanding results, and to provide their customers with above-expectations value throughout the deal lifecycle.’

‘Their strong determination, in a particularly difficult market context, secured a deal that would not have been possible without their involvement and sheer commitment toward making this a success for all stakeholders. OYAT stands out as a very positive budget-to-value ratio and impressively skilled firm to work with in mid-to-high cap markets.’

‘Caroline Basdevant-Soulié: Result-driven lawyer, focused on long-term value with the appropriate range of skills to build long-lasting trust and to support deal(s) expectations.’

‘Guillaume Ledoux: Negotiation mastermind, forward-thinking & very strategic lawyer with an important workload capacity, leveraging strong personal expertise to deliver critical results. Excellent interpersonal skills and overall business understanding. Potentially the best lawyer we had the occasion to work with over the course of the last 8 years.’

‘Very professional team, combining legal rigour and expertise with a very good understanding of business issues and a very good responsiveness This firm is also distinguished by its ability to present legal documents, or legal subjects in legal design, which is a real plus since it is necessary to federate various interlocutors on legal subjects and more particularly the transactional aspects.’

‘Caroline Basdevant-Soulie is an excellent professional who knows how to defend the positions of her client, while understanding the political and business issues, and having the ability to explain points with tact. Her knowledge and interest in startups are a real plus.’

‘They provide a highly responsive partner level service. They are very commercially minded and proportionate in their approach to the issues that are important to clients. Very friendly and efficient. International work is clearly important to the firm and is delivered across jurisdictions with a high level of teamwork with other legal advisers.’

‘Caroline Basdevant-Soulié is simply brilliant and very user friendly. This is epitomised by her focus on providing commercial solutions and reassurance on matters that are important to clients. She has a strong and firm negotiating style, framed within a collaborative and friendly approach. International work is clearly a focus of the team and for Caroline, who brings international experience to play that is equivalent to a what you might expect from a much larger firm.’

‘Having had Olivier Legrand in several cases with us, we appreciated his technical and pragmatic side and do not hesitate to recommend him.’

‘We worked with Olivier Legrand. Compared to other firms, we have seen a great experience and knowledge, which turned out to be a great ability to negotiate with the opposing party.’

‘Friendly and efficient team.’

‘Olivier Legrand, very constructive.’

‘Olivier Legrand: partner in Venture / Capital Innovation, with whom I worked on a few files. I can confirm that Olivier is brilliant on fundraising and M&A sale files for technology companies.’

‘Olivier Legrand: very gentle style of communication, experienced in all the subtleties of legal clauses in VC and M&A disposal of technology companies, and therefore capable of successful excellent negotiations.’

‘Walter Billet has strong expertise in this area, with complementary profiles, which allows us to deal with the most complex scenarios and to solve them quickly. Its main strengths and assets are experience, responsiveness, proactivity, good human management and their strength of proposal during negotiations.’

‘We work in particular with Fabien Billet, who accompanied us on three capital increases. Fabien has always given us good advice on these operations, particularly on the legal level (negotiation of the clauses of the shareholders’ agreement). Depending on the situation, he can be directly involved in discussions with our partners and their legal advisors, which facilitates discussions and makes the fundraising process faster. His experience in this area guarantees us that our positions will be acceptable to the investment funds with which we interact.’

‘Christophe Cussaguet assists us in drafting the capital increase documentation. Christophe demonstrates great rigor and perfectly manages voluminous, long and complex documentation. His great expertise in this area allows us to calmly manage several fundraising operations.’

‘The Private Equity team: venture capital and development capital within the firm Walter Billet has strong expertise in this area, with complementary profiles, which allows us to deal with the most complex scenarios and to solve them quickly. Its main strengths and assets are experience, responsiveness, proactivity, good people management and their strength of proposal during negotiations.’

‘Proximity and total availability of the teams, with an ability to adapt the discourse and the advice according to the profile and the opposing parties.’

‘Strengths and assets of the team: – Expertise, perfect mastery of the problems encountered by our company – Efficiency – Integration into the team of complementary services: labor law, GDPR, intellectual property.’

‘The people who stand out within the team: – Mr Fabien Billet, true expert in his profession, reactive and reassuring.’

‘The firm that has the wind in its sails and which is currently rising strongly in the venture capital ecosystem. One of the main firms that we use. We use them for seed as well as 100th rounds, as well as international M&A. Mainly for corporate matters, but sometimes with the support of their tax, labour law or litigation teams.’

‘We appreciate Jean-Philippe Jacob and Eric du Peloux’s ability to bring deals to a successful conclusion with great flexibility, autonomy and diplomacy. They understood before others the evolution of practices: from deals based on the balance of power, to today deals that must lead to market practices quickly. Good knowledge of the ecosystem and practices, responsive, pragmatic… Modern firm with good use of digital technologies.’

‘Very innovative and responsive.’

‘Availability and total flexibility of the teams. Creativity & precision in deal making. Very fluid technological set up.’

‘Barbara Jouffa: Iron hand in a velvet glove. Very efficient and direct deal maker in successful M&A negotiations. Precise in its recommendations & explanations.’

‘Agile and relevant firm with a strong ability to adapt to client requests’

‘Complete team in terms of skills (intellectual property, corporate, financing, ….) and knows how to coordinate through its network or outside for international audits.’

‘Barbara Jouffa: coordination, transversal skills, interfaces with all the actors who have gravitated around the project (investment bank, finance auditors, Tax,….), high quality reports and respect of deadlines with a complicated data collection context.’

‘Barbara Jouffa is the best lawyer with whom I have had the chance to work, although I already had a few years of experience with other renowned firms.’

‘Barbara Jouffa is a high quality advisor, with a lot of experience, very responsive and efficient.’