Ms Anne Tolila > Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. Offices

15 rue de Laborde
Paris
75008
France
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Ms Anne Tolila

Work Department
Corporate/M&A; Defense, Aeronautics & Space; Private Equity; HealthTech & Life Sciences; Foreign Investment, FSR & FDI
Position
Anne Tolila is a Partner in Gide’s “Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions” team in Paris. She specialises in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity.
She is mainly involved in mergers and acquisitions, particularly for publicly-owned entities (the State or strategic companies) and major industrial groups, as well as in private equity transactions for both French and international clients (industrial companies or investment funds). Anne has also developed particular expertise in the healthcare sector.
Anne advised EP Equity Investment (EPEI), a financially strong and recognised European industrial holding company with a long-term approach, on its acquisition of 100% of the Tech Foundations business of Atos SE, based on an enterprise value of EUR 2 billion (2023), and MSC Group on its acquisition of Bolloré Africa Logistics from the Bolloré Group (2022).
Career
Partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel (since November 2013)
Opened the Paris office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius as a partner (June 2004)
Partner at De Pardieu Brocas & Maffei (January 2000)
Languages
French and English.
Memberships
Member of the “Commission Création & Financement” of Croissance +
Education
Admitted to the Paris Bar (1993)
Graduate Degree at l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris – Economic and Financial Sector (1991)
Master’s degree in Business Law – University of Paris II (1983)
Postgraduate degree in International Tax and Business Law – HEC Paris (1991)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. houses an ‘efficient, experienced, dedicated’ team which handles a broad range of health data, patent infringement, and financing matters. Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier is a key name for patent validity and infringement cases, in addition to SPC issues; Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry has longstanding experience in unfair competition and trade secret protection work; and Emmanuel Larere is a seasoned patent litigator who often represents cosmetics clients in trade mark mandates. Arnaud Duhamel routinely advises investors and issuers on equity derivatives transactions, and capital markets expert Melinda Stege Arsouze has a strong focus on emerging markets, while Thierry Dor is knowledgeable about personal data law and AI projects. Dimitri Dimitrov is well equipped to handle merger notifications and distribution issues, while Anne Tolila often advises on M&A and divestment projects.
France > Mergers and acquisitions
(Leading partners)Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. offers large resources and further strengthened its team in 2024 by adding a trio of partners of partners from Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier mad up of leading M&A partner Marcus Billam , Jean-Baptiste de Martigny and Alexandre Durand . in addition to promoting Paul Jourdan-Nayrac to partner . The firm assists a prominent client base that includes leading French companies (spanning the financial services, TMT and energy sectors notably), investors and international groups with conducting large and high-profile transactions including public M&A deals. Recently, the practice has also been particularly sought after to work on highly complex and strategic carve out projects pertaining to leading companies. The team is headed by star partner Olivier Diaz
and also includes key members Anne Tolila, Jean-Gabriel Flandrois, Antoine Tézenas du Montcel and Charles de Reals .
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners France > Mergers and acquisitions
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences France
- Mergers and acquisitions France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- 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
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- 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
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Insolvency