Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. > Paris, France > Firm Profile

‘Excellent banking and finance team: Gide’s team has all the skills to meet the needs of financial intermediaries, particularly in the field of asset management on behalf of third parties (UCITS, AIF). An available team that integrates the operational constraints of its customers. Billing remains moderate.’

‘Stéphane Puel: Essential in the field of asset management. One of the best in his field in Paris. Benjamin Delaunay: young partner, very available and very competent in banking and financial law.’

‘Best regulatory team in Paris, in particular for real estate funds in conjunction with Gide’s tax, corporate and real estate teams, thus offering a complete high-quality service.’

‘Stéphane Puel has been able to build one of the best regulatory teams in Paris and developed a practice that offers his clients business-oriented solutions while providing a reliable and secure legal framework.’

‘Stéphane Puel has been able to create a real relationship of trust with his clients through his technical mastery and his ability to understand the needs of his clients. Stéphane Puel thus establishes himself as the essential reference for any regulatory issue due to his knowledge of fund regulation, market practices, and the regulator and his ability to deliver a clear, synthetic, and precise message on regulatory issues.’

‘Excellent knowledge of OPCIs and prudential regulations on the investments of insurance companies.’

‘Guillaume Goffin has very good knowledge of French real estate funds and has excellent market relations. Benjamin Delaunay has very fine knowledge of SCPI and AMF controls.’

‘Very strong responsiveness of the team. Ability to propose feasible regulatory changes. Huge credibility with supervisory authorities. Excellent teaching skills with non-specialist audiences.’

‘In addition to Rémi Tabbagh’s strong expertise in real estate financing and investment, I would flag his ability to rapidly analyse an issue in a very comprehensive way, his ability to anticipate potential hurdles addressing them in advance, and his efficient management of the case all the way to its closing.’

‘Farah El-Bsat and Kamel Ben Salah are also very qualified and benefit from strong expertise in real estate, which makes them our chosen partners to work with.‘

‘Certainly the best real estate finance team in France.’

‘Rémi Tabbagh is very competent and able to adapt to different situations and clients. Kamel Ben Salah is very competent and very attentive to his clients. Both are backed by a solid, competent and responsive team supported by other departments within the firm (tax, real estate, corporate, hedge, etc.)’

‘Gide offers incomparable expertise in the banking and finance market with high-quality partners.’

‘Laetitia Lemercier is very skilled, reliable and always available. These qualities were expressed during particularly complex transactions to the great satisfaction of not only our bank, who Gide advised, but of the other stakeholders.’

‘Exceptional availability of Laurent Vincent and very sharp technical skills.’

‘Excellent ECM team. Present on most of the operations in France and more and more in the context of operations of French companies for their IPO on the Nasdaq. Very strong intimacy with clients which allows for frank dialogue.’

‘Arnaud Duhamel: great experience, sympathy, relational, pragmatic, knows how to find solutions. Guilhem Richard: rising star, very good relationship with clients, know how to find solutions and how to be innovative, also very friendly.’

‘Laurent Vincent knew how to be available and efficient. He is a quality professional.’

‘Great knowledge of securitisation schemes, their updates. Very accessible team who know how to put themselves in their client’s shoes.’

‘Xavier de Kergommeaux and Clément Vandevooghel are humble, didactic and for all that very technical.’

‘Expertise recognized for years. Very professional and very technical. It is reassuring to work with them.’

‘Xavier de Kergomeaux (exceptional: a reference in his field) and Clément Vandevooghel (remarkable: very professional and competent).’

‘Clément Vandevooghel: pragmatism, pedagogy, availability and serenity.’

‘We mainly work with Clément Vandevooghel. The firm has all the necessary resources to handle all aspects of the most complex cases (regulatory, swaps, tax, capital markets, data protection).’

‘Clément Vandevooghel is an excellent lawyer who has solid experience as a lawyer and bank lawyer: he is therefore familiar with both facets of the profession. He shows a lot of involvement in the handling of cases. He knows how to be a very educator with his clients and a source of ideas in difficult negotiations.’

‘Baudouin de Moucheron and Aurélien Boulanger are excellent litigation lawyers, highly competent, capable of originality and creativity, and always combative.’

‘Great availability from Guillaume Navarro’s team. The team is responsive and responds precisely to the legal questions asked.’

‘Privileged relationship with Baudouin de Moucheron, an excellent lawyer with good interpersonal skills and great accessibility and availability. His advocacy skills are indisputable.’

‘A team at the service of the client. Efficiency and responsiveness. Bravo.’

‘David Jonin’s team is responsive, competent and available. It is pleasant to work with this team which seeks to fully understand the issues of the clients.’

‘Baudouin de Moucheron has unique expertise and experience. He has an exceptional ability to provide simple and understandable solutions to complex problems, with great rigour and responsiveness.’

‘Wonderful team. Commercial, innovative and exceptionally knowledgeable.’

‘Foulques de Rostolan is a pleasure to work with. He is responsive, commercial and knowledge. Clients love working with him.’

‘A great deal of expertise, in-depth knowledge of market practices and great availability.’

‘Alice Bouillié and Jean-Nicolas Clément have a very high quality of listening and analysis. They know how to identify issues and identify the best strategies to implement to achieve the objectives.’

‘Good complementarity of skills within the team, availability, and responsiveness, editorial qualities can also be highlighted. Very good understanding of contractual, regulatory and litigation issues.’

‘Jean-Nicolas Clément: excellent listening quality and availability, particularly at ease in the management of environmental disputes, clarity and relevance of his oral interventions during hearings.’

‘True teamwork, each member is complementary and yet keeps a very complete vision of the file.’

‘Very broad expertise, accessible, taking into account operational and sectoral constraints.’

‘Very professional, competent and responsive firm. Very good client experience.’

‘Great rigour and pragmatism; flawless availability and sustained support; impeccable quality of the documents provided.’

‘Very good expertise in renewable energies under the leadership of Alexis Pailleret and Marie Bouvet-Guiramand.’

‘Alexis Pailleret is an exceptional lawyer. He is a pragmatic M&A expert, but also has solid transversal knowledge in renewable energies. His rigour and his capacity for synthesis are remarkable. His availability and responsiveness are flawless. He is also impressive in his fine way of interacting both internally and with his clients. Marie Bouvet-Guiramand is also very competent.’

‘One of the only firms in the Parisian market able to understand and master the subjects of REMIT and transparency concerning the energy markets which are at the crossroads of energy law, competition and financial law, and with an important litigation component.’

‘Michel Guénaire has incredible knowledge of local stakeholders, magistrates, regulators, market participants. He is a leading reference in relation to the opening of the energy sector towards transactional solutions.’

‘Excellent knowledge of solar projects in French-speaking Africa and a great deal of expertise in terms of negotiation and strategies.’

‘Victor Grandguillaume is an excellent lawyer and expert in the mysteries of renewable energy production projects in Africa. He has excellent human qualities and great availability and flexibility, which is decisive in this type of negotiation.’

‘Franck Audran and Elsa Mandel know how to always make themselves available and to listen to our expectations. Very good complementarity between our interlocutors and great technicality of the subjects.’

‘The technicality of sectoral subjects. Privileged relations with the authorities.’

‘Dedicated, responsive, diligent, very professional team.’

‘David Jonin and his team: Creative team, well-versed in the industry of our organisation.’

‘A very good firm and a frontline team.’

‘Beyond its in-depth legal knowledge of the technical matter of team insurance, Gide’s insurance team also has in-depth knowledge of the workings of the insurance business, as well as the material and commercial constraints involved. It is this global vision of the sector that allows Gide to approach a legal problem from a practical angle.’

‘Capucine Bernier is extremely available to her clients and is committed to providing them with excellent service. She systematically inquires about the operational constraints of her clients in order to offer the most suitable legal solution.’

‘Very in-depth knowledge of legal matters associated with pragmatic recommendations taking into account the constraints of their clients’ activities. Perfect adaptation to demands.’

‘Julien Guinot-Deléry has in-depth knowledge of matters, making him our partner of choice.’

‘Friendly and professional.’

‘Very competent Gide patent team with whom it is easy to collaborate.’

‘The team is practical and hands-on and can easily bring in other expertise from the Gide firm such as competition law when needed. Collaborating with the team is always smooth. Top notch people and team.’

‘Highly professional and capable team of lawyers for life sciences intellectual property matters, including patents and supplementary protection certificates.’

‘Emmanuel Larere and Raphaelle Dequiré-Portier are exceptional advocates. Very knowledgeable and professional, and creative when proposing new strategies. They are well supported by Marie-Ange Pozzo di Borgo.’

‘The team has in-depth knowledge of practice and procedure of French IP law and is regularly involved in high-profile patent litigation. The team is very familiar working as part of an international team on multi-jurisdictional cases and, as well as managing the case in France, provides valuable input into the development of the case internationally. The team is very responsive at all levels.’

‘Emmanuel Larere uses his extensive experience of practice before the French courts to provide timely commercial advice and to suggest novel approaches to challenges faced by the clients. Emmanuel is always very engaged with the case and on top of the facts and issues of the case.’

‘The team is very agile, adapts to all types of cases (expectations, timing, invoicing) in order to be able to deal with promising cases early and follow them over the long term from the start to large potential exits.’

‘Exceptional speed, clarity and quality of service.’

‘Paul Jourdan-Nayrac was the main contact. Very experienced and pragmatic and provided an overall great service.’

‘Dedicated team. Very aware of tech news and excellent advice in terms of benchmarks and market trends in addition to consulting expertise. Support for young companies with an acceptable level of fees and invoicing facilities. Attention to the client and expertise are the two differentiating points.’

‘100% committed to their clients – a real advisory role and not just legal expertise, it supports the development of the company at every stage with as much commitment and motivation as ever. Excellent reading of the protagonists on large operations and puts the interests of the company above all.’

‘Responsiveness, proactivity in exchanges with the target company, flexibility in fees, knowledge of the market and the industry, management of an investor pool in an agile way.’

‘The team: High degree of professionalism – Strong expertise in early stage Venture Capital – Strong negotiation skills – Very strong brand/degree of credibility in the space.’

‘Worked closely with Louis Oudot de Dainville – very positive, pragmatic, sharp, meticulous/attention to details, dedicated, strong expertise.’

‘The team is well acquainted with the transport sector and has a solid local network in Africa.’

‘Nicolas Jean has excellent interpersonal skills.’

‘The team is very responsive and dedicated. It is patient and willing to go the ‘extra mile’. Always attentive to clients’ needs, it understands the clients’ challenges and often provides innovative solutions.’

‘Great responsiveness and ability to proactively meet client expectations.’

‘The team’s broad legal know-how on industrial projects is unique, in terms of knowledge of relevant fields of law, jurisdictions, market practices and creativity.’

‘Stéphane Vernay is an outstanding business lawyer. He possesses a far-reaching legal expertise and masters all fields of law. In addition, he has broad experience in terms of jurisdiction and industries. As a result, he is able to provide high-value advice for structuring a complex industrial project. He is solution-oriented in the way he addresses legal and contractual issues. He is reliable, hardworking and always delivers on time.’

‘The members are committed to finding the best solutions for the client. Full availability to respond to our questions on time and to react to new ideas and ideas that we submit for analysis.’

‘Extremely responsive team, with in-depth knowledge and expertise of files.’

‘Ultra-responsive dedicated team, getting to the bottom of the issues.’

‘We worked with Romain d’Innocente and Yannick Granjon and appreciated their availability and their pugnacity.’

‘Their availability, kindness, sympathy stand out.’

‘Very responsive with a great knowledge of the market and a lot of client references in the type of files to be treated.’

‘Paul Cheysson is available, adaptable and flexible.’

‘Always at the forefront of new developments; strong intellectual acuity and understanding of subjects submitted; exceptionally fast and relevant  analyses; safest and most effective solutions.’

‘Excellent level team: analyzes are always relevant, availability is high and the reactivity is systematically there. I highly recommend this team.’

‘Michel Guénaire is a high-level partner, very close to his clients, very attentive to their needs, and who has a perfect knowledge of public law. He is also surrounded by very committed associates.’

‘An available and experienced team, with in-depth expertise in the field of concessions, always pleasant and efficient.’

‘Their great availability, responsiveness, listening skills and knowledge, the quality and precision of their legal analyses were particularly appreciable.’

‘The team combines very strong legal expertise and pragmatism, with real support to find operational solutions while respecting the interests and choices of the client.’

‘Thomas Courtel shows great responsiveness and expertise. They provide reliable and pragmatic advice in support of decision-making. High quality of customer relationships.’

‘Bénédicte Mazel ‘s team combines a very high level of technical expertise in handling cases and a perfect understanding of the particularities and issues of various subjects. The response to our needs is thus excellent.’

‘An important asset of the firm’s practice is the way in which the compliance and corporate teams were able to work together in a very coordinated and efficient manner on a complex file. There were not two teams, but only one.’

‘Precise knowledge of GDPR constraints and precautions to be taken in the context of internal investigations (Sophie Scemla).’

‘Outstanding team, authoritative guidance on compliance matters in France, the EU and several other jurisdictions.’

‘Sophie Scemla is recognised globally.’

‘Competent team in banking regulation, with good expertise in anti-money laundering, economic sanctions. I recommend them both in advice and in ACPR litigation.’

‘Olivier Bernardi is an available, reliable, attentive partner who knows how to work constructively with his clients and guide them towards effective strategies. He respects all the deadlines in a calm and good mood. Very honest billing, in accordance with what was initially agreed.’

‘Great understanding of  problems, pragmatism and professionalism.’

‘Knowledge of AMF ‘s expectations; attentive to the needs of the client; good availability and ability to propose innovative solutions; quality of exchanges.’

‘Great communication within the team, excellent preparation of meetings with clients. They have an extensive network and knowledge of the environment.’

‘Excellent knowledge and skills; ability to challenge and be challenged; hard workers and committed to best standards. Respect deadlines, even very short ones and provides advice in the best interest of the client; very pleasant to work with.’

‘The team is made up of excellent lawyers with in-depth knowledge of financial regulations: they master both legal arguments and technical explanations of their clients’ businesses. Communication is fluid and efficient: everything is clear, rhythmic, with a well-thought-out strategy in the preparation of files.’

‘Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry is a very high level lawyers: he combines a great technical mastery and a real strategic sense. He has detailed knowledge of the workings of stock market litigation and understands very well the issues faced by his clients. His large work force allows him to get involved in the management of complex files within very short deadlines.’

‘Benjamin Delaunay and Stéphane Puel have unique experience in the regulated sector and related litigation. This is coupled with a real business-oriented approach which is very rare on the market in this sector.’

‘Very good knowledge of the practices and AMF inspectors. Very good advice on the strategy to be implemented in the event of an AMF control. Very good advice on the report to be drafted in response to the AMF.’

‘We mainly worked with Benjamin Delaunay who demonstrated a great capacity for listening, pedagogy and quality in the drafting of documents in response to the AMF.’

‘The team was perfectly structured to work on our case.’

‘Their specialisation and rigour of analysis impress.’

‘The Gide team is very familiar with the healthcare and life sciences sector. Our collaboration in these sectors is very good.’

‘Excellent team, present on most ECM healthcare matters in Paris. Strong intimacy with clients, pragmatic and always finds relevant solutions.’

‘Arnaud Duhamel: Very strong experience, client proximity, innovative.’

‘Guilhem Richard: Client proximity, great capacity for work, innovative, pragmatic and finds solutions.’

‘What is immediately striking are the fluid, complementary and constructive relationships that the M&A team seems to maintain with lawyers from other specialties within GIDE law firm. The excellent coordination of the various contributions under the leadership of the M&A team results in a very good overall work on complex projects.’

‘Alexis Pailleret is an exceptional lawyer. Rigour, efficiency and availability are just a few of its many qualities. He is very attentive and also knows how to strategically orient his clients towards pragmatic solutions integrating both the legal and commercial dimension. He is a clear communicator. Whatever the pressure, he always seems to be in control and remains, under all circumstances, pleasant. He leads without imposing. Alexis Pailleret forms a beautiful pair with the very discreet, but no less efficient Chloé Bouhours.’

‘The team led by Olivier Diaz, perfectly assisted by Charles de Réals, presents the best combination of technical excellence and experience.’

‘Charles de Réals combines strong technical expertise and extensive transactional experience (listed and unlisted, buying and selling, financial sectors and other industries). Charles proves to be extremely competent, available, concise and precise in his interventions, and always endeavors to deal well with all the problems of his clients, calling on other departments if necessary. Charles’s presence provides security in the quality/timing of the production of legal documentation. Very present during negotiation sessions, Charles demonstrates pedagogy and clarity to overcome many potentially conflicting situations. Charles leads a talented team (including Corentin Charlès), which is also very committed to client satisfaction.’

‘The practice is unique because it is tailored to the client while providing advice that goes far beyond the scope and size of the company. The consultancy offer is considered to be the best because it is linked to the reputation, excellence and size of the firm. We know that we have access to the best advice, and if necessary the firm allows us to access other specialized institutions with expertise in the matter, contributing to the success of the case.’

‘Relations with the Gide firm have always been human and close. Excellent relationship management and transmission of this relationship to other colleagues in charge of a specialty. Very good follow-up and fluidity in the exchanges. Trust and loyalty are essential to a good firm/client relationship and this has always been a characteristic of the firm.’

‘Excellent expertise, always relevant support.’

‘Partner Guillaume Rougier-Brierre supports us in difficult cases. Capable of mobilizing a good team around him, he ensures an efficient approach.’

‘Excellent team, excellent knowledge of the market and institutional players. Very responsive and committed.’

‘Stéphane Puel: excellent strategic view of the market, excellent communication and diplomatic approach to sensitive issues, precise and concrete answers, pragmatic approach to risks.’

‘Excellent knowledge of the market and the different types of actors.’

‘Stéphane Puel, has perfect knowledge of the subject of fund formation. The best specialist in France.’

‘Stéphane Puel is undoubtedly in my eyes the best specialist in the structuring of private equity funds.’

‘Very good level of expertise and ability to express it around clear issues for rapid implementation. The quality of the deliverables is of a very good level and the interactions are efficient and relevant. Our main contact is Me Stéphane Puel.’

‘The great capacity of the Gide firm comes from the fact that they are capable of handling many cases, even very complex ones. The team is able to deliver a high quality result on time and can offer high quality work in an emergency context.’

‘Stephane Puel and his teams are always available, relevant in their responses and creative when faced with problems.’

‘Jean-François Louit’s team has quite unique expertise in LBO and executive support. In this area, creativity, agility and the ability to negotiate are key. Jean-François and his team have these qualities. They are real facilitators.’

‘Jean-François Louit is an excellent negotiator and facilitator. Vincenzo Feldmann has very good knowledge of legal and financial matters.’ Paul de France is a very good tax specialist with a very pragmatic approach in a complex area.’

‘Gide’s complete offering allows easy access to a large number of services with leading partners.’

‘Antoine de la Gatinais is very helpful, pragmatic and effective.’

‘A very integrated team that perfectly masters mandate, having proven experience in mid and large-cap deals. A practice dedicated to management packages that offers a complete high-end service.’

‘A team made up of extremely competent individuals keeping a sense of priority, deal makers. Among the remarkable lawyers are Caroline Lan, Jean-François Louit and Vincenzo Feldman.’

‘Excellent tax technicality, responsiveness and availability. The tax advice is presented in a clear and always pragmatic way.’

‘Magali Buchert is an exceptional practitioner combining an encyclopedic knowledge of tax matters, an extraordinary capacity for work and understanding of the commercial issues of her clients to give useful and pragmatic advice.’

‘I have worked with Laurent Modave on a few files over the past year. I greatly appreciate his rich experience in the real estate field which has helped to find innovative solutions to complex problems. Excellent writing skills without verbiage.’

‘The tax team is very competent and attentive to client needs and knows how to adapt.’

‘Bertrand Jouanneau is very available and professional. He listens to the client and knows how to show pragmatism. Bertrand’s skills make it possible to achieve a result which is both secure from a legal point of view and operational from a business point of view. Bertrand knows how to simplify and trivialise his language in order to make the material accessible and understandable, which can be very complex.’

‘Laurent Modave and Bertrand Jouanneau are outstanding lawyers, very experienced, highly approachable and always willing to go the extra mile. I appreciate their hands-on approach as well as their thorough understanding of what is considered market practice; they both have significant expertise in asset management issues and investment funds, including structuring real estate and private equity funds.’

‘A real anticipation of requests! In addition to the responsiveness of the team and the quality of services, I appreciate the  strong commitment.’

‘I work directly and mainly with Bertrand Jouanneau who is always attentive and unfailingly available, which is very appreciable.’

‘Very competent and available team. Excellent understanding of client needs.’

‘Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry is an excellent lawyer, in particular on disciplinary disputes with supervisory authorities (AMF, ACPR for example), who has excellent knowledge of financial products. A reference in his field in Paris.’

‘There is a sense of genuine expertise in dealing with very high-value claims in complex and difficult circumstances and a strong sense of being able to handle high pressure situations without excitement. Technical expertise is strong, and intellectual ability is evident. Application levels are high, high client service expectations are met and exceeded.’

‘The team is remarkable!’

‘The litigation team made up of specialists in the different areas of law concerned by the case, not only pure litigation specialists, which makes it possible to cover all aspects of our case including with a view on the after-litigation.’

‘The team remained attentive throughout the case, adapting to our needs as the case evolved. Very good listening and great patience, perfectly grasping the strategic dimension of the file as soon as it is taken in hand.’

‘In-depth knowledge of both the regulations and the intricacies of how the regulator works, in the context of a dispute with the AMF, have been invaluable assets. Added to this is an in-depth knowledge of technical subjects such as the functioning of financial markets, the structure of an order book and price formation.’

‘The team demonstrates professionalism and great expertise and availability.’

‘Excellent command of both arbitration techniques (cross-examination of witnesses and experts in particular) and pleading (quality of expression). Very effective.’

‘Excellent complementarity of the teams between French and Anglo-Saxon profiles.’

‘Carole Malinvaud is an excellent lawyer as arbitrator; she is very fair and very reasoned. She judges well.’

‘Very good knowledge of the sector (construction/infrastructure) and the dynamics of the region (North Africa). Good team diversity and very good collaboration with the experts.’

‘Alexandra Munoz is impressive: very competent and at the same time sensitive and humble, with the experts and with the client. Good dynamics and team spirit, which makes it easier for everyone.’

‘A team that adapts perfectly to our needs, who understood our activity and our company. The team members have a perfect understanding of each other.’

‘Christian Camboulive has deep knowledge, provides fine analysis and is very responsive.’

‘Carole Malinvaud is an excellent lawyer who has an astounding knowledge of her cases which she dominates down to the smallest detail. She is both one of the best counsel and one of the most sought after arbitrators. Christian Camboulive is a very precise, very fine lawyer who is a remarkable litigator. Among the talented associates of this team, I will point out Thomas Dauvillier who is very promising and has great analytical skills and a strong capacity for work.’

‘The team is first-rate. In particular, Jean-Gabriel Flandrois is deeply knowledgeable and well connected. He has real expertise in helping multinational companies navigate the complexities of French restructuring law. What’s more, his English language skills are first-rate.’

‘Jean-Gabriel Flandrois is highly recommended.’

‘Multidisciplinary team, very well-coordinated and covering all the situations with which a company in difficulty is confronted.’

‘Commitment, competence, adaptability, proximity.’