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Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. Offices
15 rue de Laborde
Paris
75008
France
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Mrs Bénédicte Mazel
Work Department
Public and Administrative Law; Projects (Finance & Infrastructure)
Position
Partner Bénédicte Mazel is a member of Gide’s Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) and Public Law practice groups in Paris. She supports industrial customers, investors and banks in these operations, including litigation.
She works in all areas of public business law, with a particular emphasis on defence issues (public procurement, licensing, export control, regulatory) and has extensive experience in (i) construction, operation and financing of public facilities and infrastructures; (ii) public sector institutional restructuring operations, from the valuation of public assets to the outsourcing of services; and (iii) public sector funding.
Career
Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel (since 2013)
Admitted to the Paris Bar (1999)
Joins Gide Loyrette Nouel (1999)
Languages
French, English
Memberships
Member of the Gide Pro Bono board (2016)
Education
Postgraduate degree in public finance law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Energy
(Leading individuals: Regulatory and public law)‘Distinguished by its unwavering commitment to excellence’, Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. provides advisory and contentious assistance to secondary sector clients and investors across the energy sector. Public administrative law is a key strength for the team, while energy and environment matters and sustainable development are further focuses of attention. The firm’s project finance offering is piloted by Marie Bouvet-Guiramand, John Crothers, Victor Grandguillaume, and Stéphane Vernay. Bénédicte Mazel heads the regulatory energy team and has a panoramic view of the application of public business law to public service projects in France. Alexis Pailleret and Anne Tolila are experts in transactional work, with the latter a key contact for public sector clients.
France > Administrative and public law
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. features a large and deep bench which allows the firm to handle a comprehensive range of issues. The firm is particularly recognised for its high-level public procurement concession and projects know-how, acting mainly for sponsors but also occasionally handling work for the French state, public entities or lenders. Recent work includes advising on the tender process linked to major rail, sports and transport infrastructure. Increasingly, the team has seen an uptick in instructions to advise on strategic regulatory issues including before administrative courts. Thomas Courtel, Bénédicte Mazel and Frédéric Mion are the key contacts for the above. The firm also houses prominent urban planning law expertise and is sought after to conduct large real estate projects, with Emmanuel Vital-Durand and Alexandre Gauthier leading in this area. Counsel Tiphanie Mareuse and associates Alexandre Rennesson and Thomas Brusq provide key support.
Lawyer Rankings
- Administrative and public law France
- Industry focus: Energy France
- Leading individuals: Regulatory and public law France > Industry focus: Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- Environment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Media and entertainment: Television/radio
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Insolvency