Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

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Ali Osman Ak

As a partner in the firm, Ali Osman Ak is responsible for managing and monitoring pre-litigation, litigation and employment law matters. Ali regularly advises foreign investors in commercial, corporate and employment law disputes. He represents them before the civil and administrative courts. He also advises on all matters relating to bankruptcy and composition proceedings. He also specialises in litigation concerning the exequatur of foreign judgments and arbitration awards. Ali represent our clients in disputes arising from both local and international insurance policies. He also participate in the resolution of disputes arising between insurers and insureds in relation to reinsurance policies. He follow up administrative disputes arising from regulatory actions (cancellation of licences and permits, etc.) or fines imposed by the administration (due to breach of data protection laws, environmental legislation, etc.). Together with our tax department, he is following disputes arising from taxes accrued and tax fines imposed on non-resident companies in Turkey. Ali has recognised expertise in employment law and assists numerous companies with all their human resources management, recruitment and redundancy issues. Ali advises clients on appointments, remuneration, responsibilities, social protection, taxation, mobility, non-competition clauses, termination of employment contracts and other issues relating to employees in management positions. He is involved in the design and implementation of various plans, including loyalty plans, whether structured locally or as a result of the implementation of global employee plans. Ali advise our clients on ethical principles, compliance policies and practices, and specifically on managing social risks such as discrimination, harassment, corruption, fraud, data protection, respect for human rights, duty of care, corporate social responsibility, social dialogue, occupational health and safety, and crisis management. A graduate of Istanbul University Law School (2001). Ali was admitted to the Istanbul Bar in 2003. He teaches labour law at various institutions.

Margaux Allilaire

Margaux Allilaire is Counsel in Gide's Banking & Finance team in Paris, specialising in acquisition and corporate finance. It supports lenders (credit institutions and debt funds) as well as borrowers and sponsors. It is mainly involved in multi-jurisdictional leveraged buyouts (LBOs), which take the form of bank debt and private bond issues. She has recently worked on acquisition finance and refinancing transactions for sponsors Ardian, Charterhouse Capital Partners and Seven 2, and has advised Illiad, Groupe Lucien Barrière, Technip and Lactalis on their corporate finance transactions. Lastly, she worked on Véolia's takeover bid for Suez and Five Arrows' delisting of Harvest. She is a graduate of ESCP Europe (2015) and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (2013). Margaux was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018. Margaux was seconded to Gide's London office for a year in the Finance team.

Franck Audran

Franck Audran is a partner in Gide's Competition & International Trade team in Paris. He specialises in EU competition law (cartels, dominant positions, merger control). Franck assists our clients in litigation proceedings in France, whether before the French Competition Authority (cartels and abuse of dominant position) or the Commercial Court (claims for damages, restrictive competition practices, etc.). The also act on complex mergers, some of which require commitments and/or the opening of an in-depth investigation phase before the French Competition Authority, the Commission or the national competition authorities of EU Member States (Romania, Greece, Poland, etc.), as well as outside the EU (China, Korea, Brazil, Serbia, Bosnia, Turkey, etc.). He also has extensive experience of antitrust litigation before the French competition authority (railway, household electrical appliances, dairy supply, rendering, BPA) and private enforcement before the commercial courts (hygiene products, zinc, energy and Google ADX). Franck is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Erlangen in Germany. He is a member of the Paris Bar.

Simon Auquier

Simon Auquier is a Partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team. He is the co-head of Gide's Casablanca office. He works for corporates and private equity firms on acquisitions and divestments, equity investments and industrial partnerships on the African continent. Initially focused on Morocco and North Africa, Simon is now - and has been over the years - involved in a number of large-scale transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Simon recently advised the Brazilian group Votorantim Cimentos on the sale of cement plants in North Africa, the IFC (World Bank) and institutional investors on their investment in Retail Holding, the Danish group DFDS in connection with the acquisition of FRS's Moroccan assets in the Strait of Gibraltar, the Crédit Agricole group in connection with the sale of Crédit du Maroc, the investment fund SPE in connection with acquisitions in Côte d'Ivoire, and groups such as AXA and ENGIE in connection with disposals or acquisitions, etc. Simon is a graduate of ESSEC and the Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires / DJCE (University of Paris II). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006.

İklim Gülsün Aytekin

Iklim Gülsün Aytekin is an Counsel in the Corporate/M&A and in the Competition teams. Her activities cover mergers and acquisitions and investment structuring. In this context, she is regularly advising domestic and international investors in their acquisition and joint-venture projects in Turkey. She is also specialised in competition law (including representation of clients before the Competition Authority for - pre-investigations, investigations and hearings) and has a deep knowledge of Turkish and international competition law matters, relying on experience gathered through her involvement in numerous assignments in multijurisdictional competition notifications and on strong academic background acquired in the EU. Most recently, Iklim has advised (i) Yves Rocher for the sale of its full shares in Flormar and (ii) Izocam, Turkish affiliate of Saint Gobain, for the acquisition of sole control of His Yalitim in Türkiye with regards to competition law and corporate law aspects. Iklim is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at Marmara University (Istanbul). She obtained a Master 2 in European Union Law and European Policies from the Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-en-Provence, France) and an LLM in European Law from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium). She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar since 2012.

Renaud Baguenault de Puchesse

Renaud Baguenault de Puchesse is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He has a proven track record in advising on the implementation of complex transactions (portfolio sales, sale and lease transactions, corporate deals) and in defending his clients in litigation. He is regularly called upon to provide asset management and support for urban renewal and reconstruction projects. Renaud has worked for many years with institutional clients (banks, insurance companies, investment funds, developers, etc.), advising them on the acquisition and sale of buildings or companies with underlying real estate assets. He has also recently had the opportunity to assist individual clients with complex property arbitrage transactions. He usually negotiates leases on all types of assets (offices, retail, logistics, serviced residences, etc.) on behalf of lessors. Renaud also has expertise in co-living. In 2024, on behalf of a Franco-American JV, he oversaw a major acquisition in the CBD and the arrangement of senior and junior financing (assets worth over €120 million). He was also involved in a major property transaction in Saint-Barth. Renaud has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1991 and was admitted to the Los Angeles Bar in 1996.

Jean-Sébastien Bazille

Jean-Sébastien Bazille is a partner in the Litigation team in Paris. He acts in all areas of complex commercial litigation with a strategic dimension (contractual litigation, M&A litigation, tort liability, recovery and enforcement proceedings, etc.). He has developed specific experience in international enforcement and asset recovery for creditors and debtors, particularly sovereigns (immunity issues, international sanctions, etc.). Jean-Sébastien recently represented a sovereign wealth fund of a Middle Eastern State in order to obtain the release of seizures made on USD 500+ million assets, advised the sellers of a major transportation company in their defense against the enforcement of the liabilities guarantee of the shares purchase agreement for an amount of EUR 60 million, or also defended the sovereign development bank of a west European State in a dispute relating to alleged environmental pollutions. A graduate of the DJCE, Jean-Sébastien is a member of various professional associations (International Law Association, Paris Place de Droit, etc.), and teaches litigation at university and at Sciences Po. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010.

Arzu Bekem

Arzu Bekem is a member of Intellectual and Industrial Property department of Istanbul Office. She specializes in intellectual property, advising local and foreign clients on trademarks, designs, copyright, IP litigation and prosecution matters. She also pleads before commercial, civil and criminal IP-specialized courts, and regularly acts on Uniformed Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before WIPO. She supports the IP team on seizures and destruction of counterfeit products throughout Turkey on behalf of major multinational companies. Along with being an experienced litigation attorney in IP Law, Arzu is also skilled in trademark and industrial design portfolio management as being a qualified trademark attorney and managing portfolios of companies through Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. She handles all types of IP related civil and criminal actions and execute the IP & IT related contract processes. She conducts IP rights portfolio management for the clients which are international companies active in food, food supplement, cosmetics, medicines, luxury goods, textile, automotive, hospitality and many other sectors. She was licensed by the Istanbul Bar Association and graduated with an LLM from the University of Surrey. As an Active member of AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle), she is currently working as Moderator of Legislative Monitoring and Compilation Working Group. She specializes in intellectual property, advising local and foreign clients on trademarks, designs, copyright, IP litigation and prosecution matters. She also pleads before commercial, civil and criminal IP-specialized courts, and regularly acts on Uniformed Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before WIPO. She supports the IP team on seizures and destruction of counterfeit products throughout Turkey on behalf of major multinational companies. Along with being an experienced litigation attorney in IP Law, Arzu is also skilled in trademark and industrial design portfolio management as being a qualified trademark attorney and managing portfolios of companies through Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. She handles all types of IP related civil and criminal actions and execute the IP & IT related contract processes. She conducts IP rights portfolio management for the clients which are international companies active in food, food supplement, cosmetics, medicines, luxury goods, textile, automotive, hospitality and many other sectors.

Nathalie Benoit

Nathalie Benoit is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. She specialises in acquisition finance, corporate finance and debt restructuring. She acts on behalf of credit institutions, debt funds, sponsors and industrial groups. She has recently worked for MLAs on acquisitions, refinancings and recapitalisations. Nathalie is a graduate of the University of Paris-Dauphine (Master's degree in business law) and the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (Master's degree in banking and finance law).

Samir Bensaker

Based in Gide's London office, Samir advises international financial institutions, investment funds and corporations on their structured finance and securitisation transactions. His expertise covers the structuring of domestic and international transactions across many different asset classes (including SME loans, trade receivables, lease receivables, syndicated loans, whole business securitisations and project bonds), sectors (such as financial institutions, oil & gas, agribusiness, manufacturing, real estate) and jurisdictions, including in emerging markets. Samir has been involved in many innovative and high-profile structured finance transactions in Europe over recent years, such as one of the largest trade receivables securitisation programmes in Europe, the first rated car fleet securitisation in Belgium and the setting up of a major French project bonds transaction. Samir also regularly acts for clients on various other finance matters, such as loans portfolio sales, the setting up of debt funds, complex debt financings, debt trading and risk transfer transactions.

Wacef Bentaibi

Wacef Bentaibi is a Partner in the Projects and Project Finance team and co-head of Gide's Casablanca office. He specialises in project finance and public law and focuses on the energy, infrastructure and transport sectors (ports, airports, desalination and irrigation). He assists governments, public authorities, sponsors and lenders with their various projects. He has developed experience in foreign investment in the industrial and real estate sectors, and in particular in structuring and negotiating complex industrial agreements and contracts for the construction of public or private works in Morocco. He also works in the mining, oil and gas sectors and regularly assists international operators and public entities in Morocco and the MENA region. Wacef holds a Master's degree in business law from the University of Paris Nanterre and an LL.M from the University of Oslo. He was admitted to the Bar in 2005, and has been practising with the firm since 2006.

Olivier Bernardi

Olivier Bernardi is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. His practice focuses on banking and finance law, with particular emphasis on the regulation of financial institutions and services. He advises credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money institutions on the legislative and regulatory framework applicable to their business. He also assists and represents these financial institutions in litigation before the supervisory authorities (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and the courts. Olivier deals in particular with issues relating to the structure of financial institutions, banking operations, investment services, payment services, banking technologies and the distribution of banking and financial products. He also advises regulated financial institutions on setting up their internal procedures and organisations, and regularly advises the French and European authorities on the drafting of banking and financial regulations or on specific issues. Olivier worked for the Treasury Department of the French Ministry of the Economy. He is a graduate of Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and holds the AMF's professional certification for market participants. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009.

Capucine Bernier

Capucine Bernier is a partner in the Insurance team. She specialises in insurance law and civil liability. Her practice focuses on non-life insurance litigation (property, civil and professional liability, special and industrial risks) and life insurance. She advises and assists insurance companies, bancassurers and various industrial operators in the management of sensitive disputes or disputes with high strategic and economic stakes. Capucine is a member of UJARF (Union des Jeunes Assureurs et Réassureurs Français), AJAR (Association des Juristes d'Assurance et de Réassurance), AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances), and vice-president of ADIAP (Association des Diplômés de l'Institut des Assurances de Paris). She is a frequent speaker at conferences and contributes to the writing of specialist articles. She is a graduate of the Institut des Assurances de Paris (valedictorian), has a Master 2 in Insurance Law from Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne and a Master 2 in Business Law. Capucine has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1998.

Saadia Bhatty

Saadia Bhatty is a Partner and Co-head of Gide's International Dispute Resolution team in London. She specialises in international arbitration and public international law. Saadia has more than 15 years' experience (including in Paris, New York and London) advising private and state entities in cross-border disputes, in particular in international arbitration proceedings (commercial and investment), governed by the rules of various institutions (including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, PCA, SCC, HKIAC, VIAC, CAS and OHADA rules), as well as in ad hoc arbitrations (UNCITRAL), subject to the laws of both civil and common law jurisdictions, particularly in the energy, oil and gas, and construction sectors, notably in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Saadia also advises governments on the drafting/reform of their investment treaties, national legislation and state contracts, and in proceedings before the Internationl Court of Justice Saadia sits as an arbitrator on several arbitration panels: the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC), the Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA), the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), the Organisation pour l'harmonisation en Afrique du droit des affaires (OHADA) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). She is also a member of ICC UK's International Arbitration Committee. Saadia also regularly teaches international arbitration in universities across the world. Saadia is a graduate of Harvard, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 2010 and to the Paris Bar in 2018.

Marcus Billam

Marcus Billam is a partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and securities law. He mainly advises listed and unlisted companies, industrial groups and families on their strategic and cross-border projects. He has acted for both industrial companies and investment funds in a number of high-profile transactions. Marcus also advises listed companies on corporate governance issues. Prior to joining Gide, Marcus was a partner at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier since early 2015, having previously been a partner at Allen & Overy (2010 - 2015). Previously, he was a partner at Clifford Chance (2000 to 2010) and Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier (1998 to 2000), and is a graduate of Université Paris II - Assas (1982-1986). Marcus was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1992.

Alexandre Bochu

Alexandre Bochu is a partner in Gide's Tax Law team in Paris. He specialises in French and international corporate and personal taxation. His main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, investment fund structuring and real estate taxation. Alexandre has extensive experience of group taxation and investment structuring. He regularly acts for funds and management companies and has recently advised BlackRock, Swiss Life Reim and KKR on acquisition transactions and the creation of property funds, as well as leading banks on fund structuring and the implementation of management incentive schemes. He has also been involved in major property transactions alongside listed real estate companies, in particular acquisitions and reorganisations. Alexandre is a graduate of the Magistère DJCE at the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2011.

David Boitout

David Boitout is a partner in Gide's Shanghai office. With over twenty years' experience in China, David advises European investors on their investment projects and operations in China. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and compliance in all sectors. David also advises Chinese investors on their investments outside of China. David has recently been involved in a number of strategic projects for the development of our clients' operations in China. In particular, he has been involved in the negotiation and implementation of the takeover of a joint venture by one of our clients, as well as the sale of a strategic business of one of our clients to a Chinese investor. He also took part in a major compliance investigation into one of our clients' activities in China. David is a graduate of the University of Paris XII Law School. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998.

Eric Bolis

Eric Bolis is Counsel in Gide's Structured Finance team in Paris. He joined the firm in 2017 and specializes in structured and real estate financing transactions. Eric advises French, foreign and supranational financial institutions as well as sponsors on complex real estate financing (hotels, offices, retail, residential) and venture debt transactions. Eric has been named in the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch ranking since its inception (2021). Eric holds a Master 2 in Corporate Engineering from the University of Aix-Marseille. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018.

Chloé Bouhours

Chloé Bouhours is counsel in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Gide’s Paris office. She is involved in M&A transactions, fund-raising and setting up strategic partnerships, mainly in the infrastructure and energy sectors. She advises investment funds, major groups, public bodies and project developers in France and abroad. Chloé is also a member of the Infravenir association and provides teaching in mergers and acquisitions within the master 2 in business law of Université Paris-Dauphine. She is a graduate of the University College and the Master's degree in economic law, business, markets and regulations at Sciences Po Paris, as well as the Master's degree in international corporate operations and taxation at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. She also studied public affairs and international relations at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and worked in the economic department of the French Embassy in Colombia. Chloé was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018.

Alice Bouillié

Alice Bouillié is Of Counsel in Gide's Public Law and Environment teams in Paris. She advises on and litigates before the administrative, civil and criminal courts, in environmental law (ICPE, water law, soil pollution, waste, industrial risks, natural areas, protected species/biodiversity), nuclear law and energy law, as well as in mining and extractive activities law, and in matters relating to the circular economy, CSR/ESG and sustainable development (Gide Impact). In addition to her advisory and litigation work, Alice is a contributor to the Bulletin de droit de l'environnement industriel, and has written the books Lamy Transition énergétique and Offshore Wind Licensing (Edward Elgar Publishing). She is a member of the Club des avocats environnementalistes (CDAE) and the Cercle interprofessionnel du droit de l'environnement (CIDDE), and co-responsible for the Commission Environnement et Risques industriels of the Paris Bar Association. She has taught a course in nuclear law at Paris Descartes University since 2016. Alice holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in environmental law from the Universities of Paris I and Paris II (1997) and a diploma from the Institut de Droit des Affaires (IDA) at the University of Paris II (1996). She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002.

Pauline Bournoville

Pauline Bournoville is a partner in Gide's Restructuring team in Paris. She works primarily alongside creditors (French and international banks, investment funds and the French State) in the context of debt restructuring under out-of-court procedures (mandat ad hoc and conciliation), but also at the stage of insolvency proceedings. She also assists potential buyers in the context of takeover bids under sale plans, and managers in litigation relating to insolvency proceedings. Pauline is a graduate of the universities of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is Secretary of the Hauts-de-Seine - Nanterre Bar Association Training Conference (Class of 2003) and a member of ARE (Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises) and WIR (Women in Restructuring).

Clément Bouvarel

Clément Bouvarel is a partner in Gide's International Trade and Regulatory team in Brussels. He specialises in trade defence instruments – anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, safeguards – in Europe and third countries (China, Turkey, Canada, the Gulf States, Morocco, and others) and in European and WTO law. Clément assists clients in the European steel, manufacturing, metallurgical products and agricultural products industries to counter unfair imports. He advises European exporters of agricultural, steel and manufactured products in proceedings outside Europe. Clément studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and holds a Master's degree from the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, as well as a Master of Laws (LLM) from Trinity College Dublin. He is a member of the Paris and Brussels Bars since 2017.

Marie Bouvet-Guiramand

Marie Bouvet-Guiramand is a partner in Gide's Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) team in Paris. She advises all players involved in infrastructures, public facilities sector and energy, be they sponsors (investors and industrial groups), lenders or public administrations. She deals with all issues (project and finance) relating to project structuring or tender preparation, negotiating project and finance agreements and their implementation during construction and operation, in France and abroad. Marie also advises on sales and acquisition project companies, industrial groups or projects portfolios and assets refinancing. Marie was recently involved in various projects, IRIS2 (satellite constellation, EU), IZIVIA EV charging / McDonalds & Morrison (France), Renault Decarbonation - heat (France), Owendo Bypass road (Gabon), Kinguélé Aval Hydroelectric central (Gabon), railway SETRAG (Gabon), Ravinala Airports (Madagascar), Port of Walvis Bay (Namibia), several wind power projects in France, several photovoltaic power plants in Africa, numerous motorways in France, as well as the investments/acquisitions of Coriance (France), BUMP (IRVE, France) and AktivCo ESCos financing in West Africa. Marie holds a Magistère in business law (Master degree equivalent), a DJCE from the University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas and is a graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Business School). She is a member of the Paris Bar since 2003.

Thomas Brusq

Thomas Brusq is Counsel in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. His practice covers all areas of public real estate law, both advisory and litigation. Thomas assists his clients with the development of their property projects, from the stage of land management or the design of the contractual arrangement, through to the operation or even conversion of their assets. He also handles transactions and disputes involving public law issues in regulated sectors (transport, agri-food, health, telecoms, sport) and in the public sector (companies with public shareholdings, public financing). His expertise in pre-litigation and litigation gives him a full appreciation of the issues at stake in these areas. In real estate transactions, Thomas advises the developer responsible for building and operating the Lyon-Turin rail link, the management company of the state-owned investment fund for intermediate housing, and ENEDIS in connection with the construction of infrastructure for the electricity distribution network. In the regulated sectors, he recently acted on the acquisition of Biogaran by BC Partners and before the administrative authorities and courts on behalf of Uber BV. Thomas is a graduate of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale and the Université Jean Moulin Lyon III (Master 2 Droit public des affaires). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017.

Piotr Brzeziński

Piotr Brzeziński, PhD, is counsel in Gide's Warsaw office. He specialises in dispute resolution, infrastructure projects, public law and data protection law. He advises clients on regulated markets, in particular on the armament, petrochemical, gas, mining, and transport markets. He represents contracting authorities and contractors in proceedings before the National Appeals Chamber and before courts. He advises on litigation risk analysis relating to infrastructure projects. Piotr also prepares and negotiates EPC contracts on behalf of clients, including under the FIDIC formula. In recent years, Piotr has advised KGHM Polska Miedź on an investment project consisting of the design, construction and commissioning of smelting technology, the supplier of technological solutions for defence and aerospace sectors on the construction and expansion project of a production plant, as well as many others. Piotr is a lecturer at Łazarski University in Warsaw. He holds the degree of doctor in Law received from the Polish Academy of Sciences and is a graduate from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Łazarski University in Warsaw. He was admitted to the Warsaw Bar in 2011.

Piotr Brzeziński

Piotr Brzeziński, PhD, is counsel in Gide's Warsaw office. He specialises in dispute resolution, infrastructure projects, public law and data protection law. He advises clients on regulated markets, in particular on the armament, petrochemical, gas, mining, and transport markets. He represents contracting authorities and contractors in proceedings before the National Appeals Chamber and before courts. He advises on litigation risk analysis relating to infrastructure projects. Piotr also prepares and negotiates EPC contracts on behalf of clients, including under the FIDIC formula. In recent years, Piotr has advised KGHM Polska Miedź on an investment project consisting of the design, construction and commissioning of smelting technology, the supplier of technological solutions for defence and aerospace sectors on the construction and expansion project of a production plant, as well as many others. Piotr is a lecturer at Łazarski University in Warsaw. He holds the degree of doctor in Law received from the Polish Academy of Sciences and is a graduate from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Łazarski University in Warsaw. He was admitted to the Warsaw Bar in 2011.

Magali Buchert

Magali Buchert is a partner in Gide's Tax Law team in Paris. She has recognised expertise in transactional taxation (public and private mergers and acquisitions, complex restructuring, private equity). She also advises companies on tax audits and disputes, and on executive profit-sharing. Magali has also acquired specific expertise in the taxation of not-for-profit organisations. Magali is a member of the IFA (International Fiscal Association) and the IACF (Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux). Magali holds a degree from ESSEC, a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in business and tax law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and an LL.M from UCLA. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005.

Christian Camboulive

Christian Camboulive is a Partner in Gide's Arbitration team in Paris. He coordinates the activities of the Arbitration team. He advises and act as arbitrator in international, institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, as well as before French courts in arbitration-related disputes, such as setting aside proceedings. He has acted in over a hundred arbitrations, conducted in particular under the ICC, AFA, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules, relating to the protection of investments, infrastructure and construction projects, joint ventures and acquisitions, distribution, licensing or reinsurance agreements, in a wide variety of sectors. A former vice-chairman of the International Bar Association's Arbitration Committee and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy, Christian is a member of various associations specialising in arbitration (i.e. Comité Français de l'Arbitrage, Institut pour l'Arbitrage International, London Court of International Arbitration, Association Suisse d'Arbitrage) and sits on the Editorial Committee of Cahiers de l'Arbitrage/Paris Journal of International Arbitration. Christian is a graduate of Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and IEP Bordeaux. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1988.

Eric Cartier-Millon

Eric Cartier-Millon is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He specialises in structured finance and project finance. In structured finance, he represents senior lenders and/or mezzanine lenders in LBO financing transactions; he also has extensive experience of structured finance, whether or not associated with securitisation transactions. In project finance, he advises several lenders or sponsors in various financing transactions in France, including a paper mill in Golbey, a Daimler-Benz plant in Sarreguemines, the Stade de France and the A28 motorway. He also has extensive experience of debt rescheduling agreements. He advises creditors or borrowers in a number of debt restructuring transactions on behalf of major French listed and unlisted companies. Eric also represents clients in arbitration proceedings before the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Eric is a member of the Paris Bar.

Laura Castex

Laura Castex is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Paris. She specialises in French and European competition law, as well as distribution law (networks and franchising, commercial contracts, etc.) and consumer law. Laura advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters. In merger law, Laura assists major national and international operators in their investment and divestment operations (including outside the EU). In the area of anti-competitive practices, Laura has extensive experience in monitoring investigation procedures and developing tailor-made compliance programmes. She also assists our clients with private enforcement actions relating to anti-competitive practices. Finally, in the area of distribution and consumer law, Laura regularly assists our clients in formalising their commercial relationships and in disputes arising from them, as well as in investigations carried out by the DGCCRF and its local branches. Laura is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. She is a member of the Paris Bar.

Xi Chen

Chen Xi is a counsel in Gide’s Shanghai office. Before joining Gide’s China office, he was part of Projects teams at Gide’s Paris office. Chen Xi acts in particular on mining projects (mining and refining/processing), power plant (IPP or EPC) and infrastructure projects (ports, airports, roads, water treatment plants). He advises public and private clients (mostly Fortune Global 500 and listed companies) on their projets in China and Africa. He has developed significant experience in mining projects (iron ore, bauxite, lithium, gold and refinery projects) in Africa. He recently advised IFC on a major PPP project in China's water sector, Chinalco on the Simandou iron ore project (one of the world's largest mining projects), Chalco and COSCO Shipping on mining projects in Africa. Chen Xi holds a master's degree in private international law and international trade from the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2020.

Sibylle Chomel de Varagnes

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Sibylle Chomel de Varagnes joined Gide's Real Estate Transactions & Financing practice group in 2017. She specialises in real estate, construction and corporate law, assisting French and international operators in real estate operations and commercial leases. She graduated in law and finance from the University of Lyon III Jean-Moulin.

Szymon Chwaliński

Szymon Chwalinski is an associate in Gide's Competition team in Warsaw. He specialises in competition and consumer law. He is involved in dealing with transactions and proceedings before the Polish competition authority and the European Commission, including high profile and complex cases. He assisted major Polish and International clients from various sectors of economy including mining, energy, IT, media, environment, luxury goods, and FMCG, as well as providing advice to the Polish public administration. Szymon also has an extensive experience with cross-border deals assessment and multijurisdictional mergers. Szymon provided assistance to Auchan Polska, one of the major retail chains in Poland, in numerous instances of distribution and competition law issues, including advice on a joint purchasing cooperation project, the first of its kind on the Polish FMCG market. He has been also assisting LDC Group in obtaining an antitrust clearance for the acquisition of Indykpol by Drosed Holding S.A., LDC subsidiary – the largest poultry producer in Europe and advises them with respect to further acquisition plans. Szymon was a civil servant at the Polish Competition Authority. He holds a law degree from Warsaw University and a degree from the Centre for English and European Law at Cambridge University. He was admitted to the Warsaw Bar in 2013.

Krzysztof Ciepliński

Krzysztof Ciepliński is a partner in the Warsaw office. He specialises in dispute resolution, infrastructure projects and IP/IT law. He represents Polish and foreign companies in proceedings before common and administrative courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitration. He conducts complex commercial disputes, often cross-border in nature. He supports clients throughout all phases of strategic infrastructure projects in heavy industries, from the development and construction, through project implementation, until the facilities are put into commercial operation and any outstanding disputes are settled. He advises on licensing IP, know-how, trade secrets and technology transfer for such projects, as well as on research & development projects. Krzysztof has represented clients on numerous litigation matters, many of which ended in favourable settlements for the client. He also advises on major infrastructure projects and assists in the negotiation of long-term supply and off-take agreements, including for one of the largest companies in the refining and petrochemical industry in CEE. Krzysztof holds a Master's degree in Law from the University of Warsaw and a Master's degree in Business Law from the University of Poitiers. He is an advocate admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association.

Jean-Nicolas Clément

Jean-Nicolas Clément is a partner in Gide's Environment and Public Law teams in Paris. He advises on and litigates in the fields of industrial environmental law (ICPE, water and waste law), nuclear law and energy law (regulation of the electricity sector, renewable energies: wind power, solar power, hydroelectricity, etc.) as well as mining and quarrying law. Jean-Nicolas is a member of the Ministry of the Environment's working group on polluted sites and soils, and teaches environmental law at the University of Paris I (Master II "Real Estate Law" and M2 Environmental Law), as well as at the Sciences-Po law school. He is regularly cited as one of the leading specialists in environmental law by various French and Anglo-Saxon legal guides and publications (Chambers, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, etc.). Jean-Nicolas is also a member of the board of directors of the association Droits d'Urgence. Jean-Nicolas is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (public service section), and holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in environmental law from the Université Paris II-Panthéon Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1990.

Thomas Courtel

Thomas Courtel is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. He specialises in two areas: infrastructure and public companies. In terms of infrastructure and public facilities, it is involved in the construction, financing and operation of roads, motorways and engineering structures, rail links and airports, electronic communications networks, charging stations for electric vehicles, public lighting, district heating and hydrocarbon transport, stadiums and concert halls, prisons, courthouses and ministerial buildings, hospitals, schools and universities. Thomas also advises on public companies, working closely with Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions team and with the state aid specialists in our Brussels office. On behalf of these companies, their shareholders, investors and lenders, he takes part in the nationalisation, privatisation and reorganisation of public companies. It also supports their development in all forms: industrial partnerships, debt restructuring, public procurement. He holds a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies in Public Economic Law from the University of Paris II (1998). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001.

John Crothers

John D. Crothers is a partner in Gide's Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) in Paris. He specialises in project finance, PPPs, banking transactions and privatisations with both developing and developed countries. John has over 35 years’ experience in large-scale projects, legal transition work, legislative drafting and assistance to governments, IFIs, lenders, sponsors and equity investors, from initial feasibility analysis to international bidding processes and financial closings, where he ensures a clear and early identification of legal issues with a view to proposing the most suitable contractual schemes. John advises the various players involved in large-scale infrastructure projects: motorways, airports, ports, solar power, energy, water treatment and desalination facilities and telecommunications. He frequently advises national governments, local governments and other authorities granting concessions or setting up Public-Private Partnerships. He has also drafted international “best practice” PPP laws in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Gide, John Crothers worked as legal counsel to the EBRD in London. In this capacity he was involved in over forty projects in fifteen Eastern European countries and Russia. He is a member of New York Bar and Paris Bar.

Błażej Czwarnok

Błażej Czwarnok is a partner in the Real Estate team of Gide's Warsaw office. He specialises in advising investors and developers in the residential, office, retail, hotel, logistics and elderly care real estate markets, as well as financing institutions, on all real estate transactions and investment processes, including structuring transactions, sales and acquisitions, joint venture projects, sale and leaseback transactions and leases. Błażej recently advised a major developer in Poland on the acquisition of a new office project with the potential to convert it to a residential project, a retail developer on the sale of two retail parks in Poland, a retail group on the restructuring of its portfolio and expansion in Poland, a major European hotel group on concluding new hotel lease agreements in Poland and an investor operating in the healthcare and nursing homes sector on acquisition of new assets in Poland. Błażej graduated from the University of Warsaw, the University of Poitiers and the University of Orleans. He is an advocate admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association since 2011.

Wojciech Czyżewski

Wojciech Czyżewski is a lawyer in Gide's Warsaw office. He provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital. He also specialises in corporate law. He supports industry investors (listed and unlisted entities), as well as private equity and venture capital funds in all aspects and stages of M&A transactions, from choosing the most suitable transaction structure, conducting due diligence, drafting and negotiating complex transaction documentation, to assisting in closing the transaction and complying with post-closing obligations. Wojciech has recently advised Enterprise Investors on various portfolio investments and divestments, Investindustrial on investments in the pharmaceutical sector and LDC Group on a number of transactions in the poultry market. He also supports Avallon MBO, Resource Partners and Inovo Venture Partners in their transactions in the Polish market. Wojciech is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. He is an advocate admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association since 2017.

Olivier Dauchez

Olivier Dauchez is a partner in the Paris Tax team. His practice focuses on transactional and international tax issues, including mergers and acquisitions, intra-group reorganisations, real estate investments and financial transactions with an international component. He assists his clients in their dealings with the tax authorities to obtain tax approvals, during audits and before the courts, and in arbitration in tax disputes. His French and international clients include major multinational groups, investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions and well-known families. He sometimes works alongside governments as part of the process of devising and drafting new tax legislation or renegotiating international tax treaties. As a director, he chairs the International Tax Commission of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux and is a member of the editorial board of the quarterly journal Fiscalité Internationale. He takes part in the work of the Direct Taxation Committee of the European Tax Confederation. Graduate of the Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires et Fiscalité and the DESS de droit des affaires et fiscalité from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, he is a member of the Paris Bar, a partner of Gide since 1997 and a member of its Scientific Advisory Board.

Louis Oudot De Dainville

Louis Oudot de Dainville is a partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions, with a particular focus on venture capital and private equity in the new technologies sector. He advises both investors (BlackFin, Eurazeo, ISAI, 360 Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Cathay, etc.) and growth companies (BlaBlaCar, Naboo, Tomorro, Meero, etc.) on fund-raising, restructuring, acquisitions and exits. With several years' experience in Gide's Beijing and Shanghai offices, Louis has also acquired solid experience in foreign direct investment in France and China. Louis holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Magistère Juriste d'Affaires - DJCE) and is also a graduate of the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (licence de chinois). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2008.

Paul de France

Paul De France is a partner in the Tax team in Paris. Paul has specific experience in transactional taxation, and in particular in the tax structuring of LBO, Venture / Growth to LBO and M&A transactions. He also advises companies and individuals on tax audits and disputes, and on executive incentives (BSPCE, bonus shares, stock options). He has recently been involved in a number of major transactions, including Thoma Bravo's acquisition of Talend, Marlin Equity Partners' acquisition of a majority stake in the iBanFirst group, and the following acquisitions of groups under LBO: Summit Partners/Veranex/IMMR, as well as the management teams for the structuring of their investments alongside the ICG (DomusVi Group) and Tikehau (Egis Group) funds in 2021. And for HIG/Time Manufacturing/France Elévateur and Ardian and TA Associates (Odéalim Group) in 2022. Prior to joining Gide in 2020, Paul was Deputy Tax Director of the Casino Group. He holds a Master II in corporate taxation from Université Paris-Dauphine and a Diplôme Supérieur de Comptabilité et de Gestion.

Antoine de la Gatinais

Antoine de la Gatinais is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in private equity. He is regularly involved in leveraged transactions on behalf of French and foreign managers and investment funds. He also assists portfolio companies in their transactions. Antoine has recently assisted Investindustrial in a number of transactions in France and regularly advises the listed property company Icade on its acquisitions, particularly in the property development sector. Antoine has been with Gide since 1998. He headed the Shanghai office (China) for 6 years (2010-2016). He is a graduate of the ESSEC business school and the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999.

Chloé Joachim De Larivière

Chloé Joachim de Larivière is a Partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Gide's Casablanca office. For more than thirteen years, she has been involved in acquisitions/divestitures (share deals or asset deals), investments and partnerships for foreign investors wishing to expand or sell their businesses in Morocco or in sub-Saharan Africa. She also assists Moroccan clients with their internal or external growth projects. Chloé also has a recognized and established expertise on(i) listed M&A in Morocco and (ii) M&A transactions in "regulated" sectors (bank, insurance and pharmaceutical sector). Chloé co-heads Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions department in Casablanca. She holds a Master II in Business Law and a Magistère in Business Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas and a Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise (DJCE). She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012.

Jean-Baptiste de Martigny

Jean-Baptiste de Martigny is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He also advises in securities law. He regularly advises listed and unlisted companies, family groups as well as private equity and infrastructure funds. Before joining Gide, Jean-Baptiste de Martigny was a partner at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, after practising at Allen & Overy and then Counsel and Clifford Chance. Jean-Baptiste holds an LL.M from University College London and is a graduate of IEP Paris and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003.

Charles-Eric Delamare-Deboutteville

Charles-Eric Delamare-Deboutteville is Of Counsel in Gide's Maritime Transport Insurance team in Paris. He advises on all types of regulatory issues relating to insurance law, in particular restructuring operations in the insurance sector, the implementation of distribution schemes and all regulatory issues relating to insurance distributors, the regulation of insurance undertakings and, more generally, all insurance law issues. Charles-Eric has recently been involved in setting up distribution schemes for insurance/assistance products for leading banking and industrial operators. He regularly advises on all market issues and the main M&A operations in the insurance sector (e.g. assistance with the creation of a P&C insurer for a major banking group, assistance with the sale of a P&C insurance company or a life insurance company). Charles-Eric also assists with ACPR inspections. Charles-Eric is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Master of Business Law and Insurance Law). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004.

Benjamin Delaunay

Benjamin Delaunay is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He specialises in Investment Funds and Financial Services law. He advises management companies, credit institutions, investment firms and French and foreign investors on all issues relating to banking and financial regulations, and in particular in the fields of financial services law and asset management. He assists his clients in three main areas: (1) structuring and documentation of investment funds; (2) banking and financial litigation during the control and investigation phases, and in disciplinary proceedings; (3) regulatory aspects of their activities, and on issues relating to authorisation, the European passport, organisation and internal control, compliance, KYC / money laundering, the marketing of financial products, and the implementation of corporate transactions. Benjamin holds a Magistère in Business Law and a Master 2 in Business and Economic Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as a Master in Asset Management from ESCP Europe. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009.

Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier

Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier is a partner in Gide's Intellectual Property team in Paris. She has been advising and litigating in patent, trade mark and design law since 2001. She also practises copyright and unfair competition law. She has extensive experience of national and pan-European patent litigation, particularly in the life sciences (small molecules, biological products, medical devices). Raphaëlle launched the first revocation action before the Paris Central Division of the Unified Patent Court. She is involved in the most recent supplementary protection certificate cases. She defends and advises some of the world's leading brands, particularly in the luxury goods sector. Raphaëlle is a member of the executive committee of AAPI (Association des Avocats de Propriété Industrielle) and of the board of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association), of which she is treasurer. She is also a member of A.P.R.A.M. (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles), INTA (International Trademark Association) and AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle). Raphaëlle is a graduate of the University of Paris II and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2001.

Dimitri Dimitrov

Dimitri Dimitrov is a partner in Gide's Competition & International Trade team in Paris. He advises on competition and distribution law. He represents companies in proceedings before the French and European competition authorities (cartels and abuse of dominant position) and state courts (compensation claims, restrictive competition practices, etc.). He regularly assists French and foreign companies with the notification of complex, multi-jurisdictional merger transactions. Dimitri advises leading clients on competition and distribution law, both in transactional matters and major litigation. In particular, he has developed a practice aimed at manufacturers and distributors of healthcare products (medicines and medical devices). Dimitri is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Aix-Marseille. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003.

Thierry Dor

Thierry Dor is a partner in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications team in Paris. He specialises in new technologies and personal data law. He assists the firm's French and international clients with IT projects, the implementation of complex processing and international transfers of personal data, cybersecurity, the Internet, e-commerce, social networks, the protection and marketing of software and databases, and Web3 and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects. Thierry worked for eleven years as a legal director in major international groups, and as such is familiar with the expectations of businesses. He also assists the firm's clients with their IT-related disputes, including CNIL and GDPR litigation. He is a regular speaker at conferences on new technologies and data protection law. Thierry is a graduate of Columbia University and EDHEC business school, and holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in business law from the University of Paris X Nanterre. Thierry was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1992.

Arnaud Duhamel

Arnaud Duhamel is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He advises both issuers and banks on IPOs, capital increases, private placements, dual listings, convertible bond issues and block sales. His expertise also covers debt financing and restructuring, from EMTN programmes to hybrid securities, high-yield bonds, debt repackaging, as well as structured finance and products incorporating derivatives. Arnaud is very active in emerging markets. Arnaud is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies and the University of Paris II. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995.

Alexandre Durand

Alexandre Durand is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and stock market law. He mainly advises listed and unlisted companies, family groups and private equity funds on their strategic and cross-border projects. He advised Accor on the sale of a 10.8% stake in Ennismore to a consortium of Qatari investors. He has also acted for the French State in connection with its stake in Laboratoire du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies and for Vivendi in connection with its acquisition of Editis. Alexandre has practised with Allen & Overy and Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier. He is a graduate of EDHEC Business School and holds a master's degree in business law and taxation from Paris Dauphine University. Alexandre is a member of the Paris Bar.

Esra Dündar Loiseau

Esra Dündar Loiseau is a Partner in the Intellectual Property team of Gide's correspondent firm in Turkey, Özdirekcan Dündar Şenocak Ak. Esra provides assistance in all aspects of intellectual property/IT, which may arise in the day-to-day business of companies such as trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, trademark prosecution before the national office, also in IT law, including Internet law, software. She also appears before the civil and criminal courts specialising in intellectual property and regularly acts on seizures of counterfeit products throughout Turkey, on behalf of major multinationals in various sectors including luxury goods, perfumes and cosmetics, textiles, car parts, toys, jewellery, technology, etc. Esra has been a Trademark Attorney since 2007 and is President of the Organising Committee of the AIPPI 2023 Congress in Istanbul. She has been a French Foreign Trade Advisor since 2018 and a member of AIPPI, INTA, APRAM and MARQUES and is UNIFAB's recommended expert as exclusive representative for Turkey. Esra has been a member of the Istanbul Bar since 1996.

Christophe Eck

Christophe Eck is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities law and corporate law. He is involved in acquisitions and mergers of listed and unlisted companies, as well as restructurings. He is regularly involved in cross-border transactions in various parts of the world, including Asia and Africa. He has also developed a litigation practice in these areas before national courts and arbitration tribunals, as well as expertise in infrastructure and mining projects. He advises or has advised numerous groups on their mergers and acquisitions (Auchan, Société Générale, Groupama, Addax & Oryx, BPCE, BMCE, Total, Anglogold Ashanti, ENI) as well as government authorities. Christophe is a graduate of the University of Nancy and the University of Paris. He is a member of the Paris Bar and is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and an Advocate of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in India. Christophe was Managing Partner of the firm in 2010 and 2011.

Dounia El Aissaoui

Dounia El Aissaoui practices within Gide’s Real Estate Transactions & Financing practice group. Based in Casablanca since 2019, she assists and advises Moroccan and international clients on all types of real estate transactions involving a wide range of asset classes (industrial, office, retail, shopping centers, logistics, residential, hospitality, etc.) in Morocco and across Africa. Dounia also advises a broad range of clients on commercial and contractual matters, including franchising, distribution and service agreements. Over the years, she has further developed recognized expertise in personal data protection law. Before joining Gide, she practiced at De Pardieu Brocas Maffei in Paris. She also served as a teaching assistant in contract law and tort law at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

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Françoise Even

Françoise Even is a partner in the Employee Share Ownership team in Paris. She specialises in employee share ownership, remuneration and governance, mergers and acquisitions and stock market law. She advises major European listed (CAC 40/SBF 120) and unlisted companies on the design of their employee share ownership plans, including plans with complex leverage and guarantee arrangements. Her expertise covers all aspects of French law (company law, stock exchange law, etc.) and she coordinates operations in France and abroad. Françoise assists major companies in structuring the remuneration of their executives (bonus share plans, stock options, supplementary pension schemes, non-competition clauses, etc.). It assists listed companies in drafting their "say on pay" resolutions and remuneration policy reports, as well as in all matters relating to corporate governance. It also advises them on setting up procedures for appointing directors representing employees and employee shareholders, and for appointing members of the supervisory boards of company investment funds (FCPE). Françoise practised with Shearman and Sterling LLP. She is a member of the Paris Bar.

Jiannian Fan

Fan Jiannian is a partner in Gide's Shanghai office. He specialises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He advises public and private companies and multinationals, both listed and unlisted, on their activities in China, in a wide range of sectors: automotive, equipment manufacturing, industrial gases, biomedicine and fashion brands. Jiannian advised SEB Group on its acquisition of Zhejiang Supor Co. Ltd. and Veolia Environnement in connection with the filing of the Panda Bonds issuance plan. In recent years, he has advised a number of Chinese companies on overseas investment projects, including Kweichow Moutai, ICICLE and Zhejiang Semir Garment Co, Ltd. He has been with Gide since 2005. He is a graduate of Université Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne and Fudan University in Shanghai. He was admitted to the Chinese Bar in 2002.

Jean-Gabriel Flandrois

Jean-Gabriel Flandrois is a partner in Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions /Corporate practice group. He has gained extensive experience in the coordination of cross-border transactions in Europe and the MENA region and in the acquisition and restructuring of banks and other financial institutions. In France, Jean-Gabriel is regularly advising on private equity transactions and is also involved in transactions in the FinTech sector. Jean-Gabriel recently advised Société Générale on the sale of its subsidiary in Georgia, BNP Paribas Cardif on various transactions including the acquisition of Icare, a subsidiary of Europ Assistance, VimpelCom on the EUR 1 billion sale of its 51% holding in Orascom Telecom Algérie (Djezzy) to the Fonds National d'Investissement FNI, the Algerian National Investment Fund. He also advised German media group ProSiebenSat.1 on its acquisition of a stake in Deezer, various banks and other investors in a new "blockchain" initiative and private equity group Investindustrial on various transactions including the buy-out of Selective Beauty as part of a global financial restructuring of a private equity transaction and DFDS in connection with the sale of Eurotunnel shipping activities (SeaFrance).

Bertrand Garrandaux

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2015, associate Bertrand Garrandaux specialises in real estate and corporate law. Bertrand is regularly involved in real estate acquisition and sale operations, both for French and foreign clients. He also acts on retail leases. Bertrand is a graduate of Audencia Nantes, Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and holds a Master's degree in French and English corporate law from Paris-Sud University.

Alexandre Gauthier

Alexandre Gauthier is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. His practice focuses on matters with an underlying real estate component, in particular the valuation of public property and town planning law. Alexandre advises property developers, real estate companies and investors on their property development projects, assisting them with land management, designing the contractual package and obtaining planning permission (defining the necessary permits, monitoring procedures and assisting with the administrative authorities, auditing permits and litigation). Alexandre has recognised expertise in infrastructure and complex contractual arrangements. Alexandre has developed recognised expertise in the conversion and restructuring of public assets, in particular by assisting his clients with numerous outsourcing operations involving public assets, mainly real estate, at the development or financing stage. Alexandre assists investors with all issues of town planning law during the development of projects, particularly in Paris. He also practises litigation, giving him a full appreciation of the issues involved in structuring transactions. Alexandre holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in public economic law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005.

Elizabeth Gautier

Elizabeth Gautier is a partner in Gide's Competition and International Trade team in Paris. She specialises in French and European competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position and merger control) and FSR and FDI regulations. She acts on behalf of national and international operators, both as counsel and in litigation before the French courts, the Competition Authority, the European Commission and their appeal courts. She also assists companies in connection with mergers which may give rise to commitments and/or the opening of an in-depth examination phase, whether before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission or national and regional authorities, particularly in Africa. Finally, Elizabeth assists operators in connection with their filing obligations under the FDI and FSR regulations. Elizabeth has recently acted in the following emblematic antitrust cases before the French competition authority: the household electrical appliance case, the rendering case, the Bisphenol A case, the hygiene and cleaning products case, the Echange Image Chèque case, etc. She has also recently intervened in a number of follow-on cases before the civil and commercial courts, notably in the online betting, hygiene and cleaning products, legal and economic information on companies, banking and consumer goods sectors. Elizabeth is a member of the APDC (Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence). She is a graduate of King's College London, Paris V and Université Rennes I. She is a member of the Paris Bar since 2010.

Elizabeth Gautier

Elizabeth Gautier est associée au sein de l'équipe "Concurrence et commerce international" de Gide à Paris. Elle est spécialisée en droit français et européen de la concurrence (ententes, abus de position dominante et contrôle des concentrations) et réglementations FSR et FDI. Elle intervient pour le compte d'opérateurs nationaux et internationaux, en conseil et en contentieux devant les tribunaux français, l'Autorité de la concurrence, la Commission européenne et leurs juridictions de recours. Elle assiste par ailleurs les entreprises dans le cadre d'opérations de concentrations devant les autorités de concurrence pouvant donner lieu à des engagements et / ou l'ouverture d'une phase d'examen approfondi. Enfin, Elizabeth assiste les opérateurs dans le cadre de leurs obligations de notifications au titre des réglementations FDI et FSR. Elizabeth est récemment intervenue dans de nombreux dossiers antitrust emblématiques face à l'Autorité de la concurrence : les affaires de l'électroménager, de l'équarrissage, du Bisphénol A, des produits d'hygiène et d'entretien, Echange Image Chèque, etc. Elle est par ailleurs intervenue récemment dans plusieurs affaires de recours indemnitaires devant les juridictions civiles et commerciales, notamment dans les secteurs des paris en ligne, des produits d'hygiène et d'entretien, des informations juridiques et économiques sur les entreprises, bancaire, des produits de grande consommation, etc.

Richard Ghueldre

Richard Ghueldre is a partner in the Insurance team in Paris. His practice focuses mainly on insurance and reinsurance law. He regularly advises a large number of traditional players in the insurance sector, banking and financial operators, industrial groups and service companies. He has extensive experience in the regulation of insurance companies and intermediaries (corporate/mergers & acquisitions, compliance), the design and distribution of insurance (life and non-life) and reinsurance products, insurance and reinsurance litigation (court and arbitration) and disciplinary proceedings before the ACPR. Richard has recently been involved in a number of acquisitions for major players in the insurance sector, as well as in various strategic legal disputes, particularly following class actions. He has also been involved in disciplinary proceedings before the ACPR's Enforcement Committee and in mediation and arbitration proceedings, notably as an arbitrator. He is a graduate of Université Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne (Doctorat en droit), Associate Professor at Université Paris-Dauphine, Co-director of the Institut des Assurances de Paris-Dauphine and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2002.

Laurent Godfroid

Laurent Godfroid is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels. He has recognised expertise in EU and French competition law, including mergers, vertical and horizontal agreements, abuses of dominant positions and state aid, which he has been practising for over 25 years. He also specialises in monitoring Community regulations and the questions of interpretation they may raise, in the context of legislative proposals or existing directives or regulations. In this capacity, he represents his clients before the European Commission, the Court of Justice and the French Competition Authority. Laurent specialises in several sectors: rail, road and airline transport, agro-chemicals, cloud computing, the internet and pay and free television. Laurent holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Leicester (England) and an LL.M. in Community Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). He is a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars.

Guillaume Goffin

Guillaume Goffin is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He specialises in financial services law and has developed a specific expertise in asset management (UCITS and alternative investment funds, in particular real estate funds, debt funds, infrastructure funds and private equity funds). Guillaume acts for fund managers, promoters, credit institutions, insurance companies and other institutional investors in structuring, documenting and distributing investment funds and management mandates. His work covers the transactional and regulatory aspects of these operations, including obtaining AMF approval for products and participants. Guillaume also acts for financial regulators in supervisory and sanction proceedings. Guillaume is a graduate of the University of Paris II and the University of Exeter. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009.

Julien Gontier

Julien Gontier is Counsel in the International Arbitration and Litigation team at Gide's Algiers office. As part of his experience in Algeria, Julien assists multinationals and Algerian private and public companies in international arbitration, mediation and expert appraisal proceedings, as well as in major disputes before local courts. He also advises economic operators on infrastructure projects, both at the contracting stage and during implementation. Julien has acted in arbitration proceedings relating to various sectors, such as infrastructure and construction projects (cement industry, water desalination etc.), the performance of company management contracts, raw materials supply contracts and relations between partners of companies. Julien holds a postgraduate diploma in Business and Economic Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and is a graduate of the Magistère de Droit des Activités Economiques from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007.

Victor Grandguillaume

Victor Grandguillaume is a partner in the Projects (Finance & Infrastructure). He focuses on project finance in the energy, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, mainly in Africa. Victor is involved in projects for renewable (PV, wind, biomass and hydro) and non-renewable power stations, infrastructure (transport, water treatment plants, hospitals) and mining (iron ore, bauxite, lithium and gold mining projects in particular). It is also involved in reforestation projects and natural carbon sinks (Nature Based Solutions), aimed at generating carbon credits. In the renewable energy sector, Victor regularly works on behalf of developers, most notably for AMEA on the 120 MW photovoltaic power station in Kairouan, Tunisia. He has also worked on the Taïba N'Diaye power plant in Senegal and the Singrobo dam in Côte d'Ivoire. In the mining sector, Victor advised Chalco on the implementation of the Boffa and Simandou projects in Guinea. Victor is also involved in reforestation projects in West and Central Africa. Victor is a graduate of ESCP-Europe (Master in Management, Finance) and Paris XI University (Master 2, Business Law). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009.

Maciej Grela

Maciej Grela is an associate in Gide's Warsaw Tax team and a tax advisor. For almost 20 years, he has been specializing in the tax aspects of restructuring, real estate, and M&A deals. He advises clients on the tax aspects of numerous transactions carried out by Gide Warsaw and provides comprehensive tax support in clients' day-to-day business. Maciej represents Gide's clients in disputes with tax authorities and before administrative courts. Maciej advises multinational companies from the FMCG, real estate, construction, and financial sectors. He provides day-to-day support to a cosmetic company, L'Oreal Poland. He has been involved in tax support for M&A transactions arranged by Enterprise Investors (PE fund). He has provided tax assistance in multiple real estate transactions for BI, BPI, Yareal, Archicom (Echo), and Skanska. Maciej has also assisted in tax matters related to the introduction of ESOP programs, e.g. in Sanofi, AXA, and ESSILOR. Maciej holds a law degree from the University of Warsaw, a law degree from the English Law School (University of Cambridge) and a postgraduate degree in tax law from the University of Warsaw. He is a member of the Chamber of Tax Advisers (2008).

Mateusz Gronau

Mateusz Gronau is counsel in the Banking and Finance team at Gide's Warsaw office. His areas of expertise include secured financing transactions, factoring facilities and international sale of goods contracts. He advises borrowers and lenders on all type of financing transactions including corporate financings, real-estate finance, renewables-finance or acquisition finance as well as factoring and receivables purchase transactions. He is also very active in the field of international trade advising on all aspects related to the international sale of goods. Mateusz has recently worked on a wide range of transactions, including advising KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. on a USD 500 million financing provided to Sierra Gorda S.C.M. by a consortium of banks including Banco Santander S.A. and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as well as Rivage Investment and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on the €300 million IPP financing for the construction of 1.3 GW of solar photovoltaic, wind, storage and hybrid farms in the Baltic States and Poland, granted to Sunly. Mateusz graduated in law from the University of Warsaw and the German Law School. He has been a lawyer at the Warsaw Bar since 2014.

Paweł Grześkowiak

Paweł Grześkowiak is a partner in Gide's Warsaw office. Paweł advises on finance and banking law, secured and structured financing operations, private equity transactions and M&A transactions. He has many years of experience in stock exchange law, securities law and securitisation. He supports clients in cross-border structured finance transactions, regulatory issues, retail banking, and the preparation and review of banks' standard legal documentation. Paweł has advised on many major M&A transactions in the Polish market, including for Drosed Holding (LDC Group), Farmaceutici Procemsa (Investindustrial) and Enterprise Investors (PE fund). He has also supported lenders, including Goldman Sachs Bank and European Investment Bank, as well as borrowers, such as Orion Engineered Carbons and KGHM Polska Miedź, in strategic financing transactions. Paweł is a member of the Board of Directors of the Polish-French Chamber of Commerce, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Polish-Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a member of the Supervisory Board of Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych PZU S.A.. He is a graduate of Warsaw University, Strasbourg University, Poitiers University and IESE Business School. He was admitted to the Warsaw Bar in 2006.

Magueye Gueye

Magueye Gueye is partner in Gide's Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) team in Paris. He specialises in international projects, PPPs and French and international corporate and personal taxation. He is regularly advises on projects in Africa on behalf of governments, sponsors and lenders. He is able to advise foreign companies willing to invest in Africa under PPP schemes on all aspects of their investments, including tax law and foreign exchange control. Magueye regularly works with major players in the renewable energy sector, including TotalENergie, EKDS, Crossboundary, IFC (solar plant), SN Power, EDF, Meridiam and GPC (hydroelectric plant). He also works in the transport, mining and water sectors and assists clients with tax issues (MSC Group, MAHA, Juwi, PFO, etc.). Magueye spent four years in the tax department, where he developed expertise in French and international tax law, corporate restructuring (mergers and acquisitions), transfer pricing, VAT, tax auditing and financial taxation, and taxation of the extractive industries. He holds a Master 2 in Corporate Taxation (2010) and a Master 2 in Accounting and Controlling and Auditing from Paris Dauphine University (2009), and has also obtained the Diplôme Supérieur de Comptabilité et Gestion. Magueye was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012.

Franck Guiader

Franck Guiader is Head of Gide 255 team in Paris. He specialises in advanced technologies, digital finance and the regulation of innovation. He advises public and private companies and institutions on their development projects, which require them to incorporate specific technology-related features into their legal structure (marketplaces, blockchain, security tokens, ICOs, stablecoins, NFT, Metaverse, roboadvisors, crowdfunding, AI). Franck is a member of the AMF's "Management and Institutional Investors" and of the "Technological Innovations and Regulatory Developments" Committee of the French Asset Management Association (AFG). He also chairs the AFG's Artificial Intelligence Working Group. Franck was Division Director between 2011 and 2018 at the AMF in charge of "Asset Management Regulation" and "Fintech, Innovation and Competitiveness". He holds degrees in business law, finance and mathematics from the universities of Paris Panthéon-Assas and Paris Cité, and from Neoma Business School.

Julien Guinot-Deléry

Julien Guinot-Deléry is a partner in Gide's IP-TMT team in Paris. His practice focuses on copyright law, media and communications law (press, broadcasting, advertising, sponsorship, etc.) and technology and digital law. He handles complex litigation in intellectual property, technology and digital law, unfair competition and parasitism, as well as contractual and sectoral litigation, particularly in the media, luxury goods, architecture and design sectors. He also advises clients and handles transactions for the exploitation of intangible assets and the management of communications activities (advertising, image rights, press law, e-reputation, ARPP/JDP). Julien advised the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee for 5 years on the organisation of all ceremonies and artistic creations in connection with the Games. He is actively involved in the matters related to the neighboring rights of press publishers and agencies, where he has successfully challgenged large platforms. Julien is also recognised for his expertise in innovation issues relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3, on which he is regularly consulted by a variety of clients. Julien holds a Master's degree in Business Law (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), a Master 2 in Media Law (Paris 2 Assas) and is a graduate of ESCP (MS Médias). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2008.

Michał Głowacki

Michał Głowacki is counsel in the Projects, Infrastructure and Energy team in Gide’s Warsaw office. Michał advises companies operating in the following sectors: renewable and conventional energy, ports, oil and gas, and energy-intensive industries. He provides counsel on the acquisition of renewable energy projects and portfolios, and on the construction of major energy projects. Michał negotiates contracts for complex projects (including engineering, procurement and construction projects, FIDIC contracts and Balance of Plant projects) and advises on various types of contracts related to oil and gas, renewable energy and other industrial projects. He also provides legal assistance throughout all stages of judicial and administrative procedures related to infrastructure and energy issues. He graduated from the law and administration department of the University of Warsaw and obtained an LL.M. from the University of Bonn. Michał was called to the Warsaw Bar in 2017.

Nadia Haddad

Nadia Haddad is Counsel in Gide's Restructuring team in Paris. She advises all types of French and international clients (debtors, creditors, shareholders, purchasers, investors, banks and managers) on both advisory and litigation matters in a wide range of business sectors, in the context of both amicable proceedings (ad-hoc mandates and conciliation) and collective proceedings (safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation). She has solid experience in debt restructuring and complex litigation. She has also developed expertise in distressed M&A. Nadia has recently been involved in high-profile restructuring cases such as Orpea and Technicolor. She has also assisted major French and international market players such as the Agence des Participations de l'Etat, the French energy distribution company RTE, banks, investment funds and major industrial groups, and regularly works in the biotech sector. She is a founding member of the Association des Jeunes Professionnels du Restructuring and was co-opted in 2022 as a member of the ARE, the leading professional association for restructuring in France. Nadia holds a Magistère in business law and a Master II in business law from the University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas, as well as a Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise in company law. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2012.

Stéphane Hautbourg

Stéphane Hautbourg is a partner in Gide's Competition & International Trade team in Brussels. Renowned for its cutting-edge expertise, particularly in merger control, it offers strategic solutions tailored to the regulatory and economic challenges faced by its clients. He also assists them in drawing up cooperation agreements and assessing unilateral practices, ensuring that they comply with competition rules. Finally, he helps structure projects involving public investment or subsidies and manages the necessary state aid procedures. Stéphane has advised on a number of complex mergers (Phase II or Phase I with remedies), including Orange Spain/MasMovil, Korean Air/Asiana, PKN Orlen/Lotos, Cofigeo/William Saurin and SEB/Moulinex. He advised Naval Group on the creation of a JV with Fincantieri in the naval defence sector, BPCE on the Cartes Bancaires case and several electro-intensive manufacturers for the joint purchase of electricity. As regards State aids, he represented Orange in the so-called financial measures case. Stéphane was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1996 and to the Paris Bar in 2003.

Anis Jabnoun

Anis Jabnoun is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Tunis. He specialises in banking and finance. With over 24 years' experience in Tunisia, Anis' main areas of expertise are mergers and acquisitions/company law (acquisitions, capital transactions, public offerings), banking and finance, and advising Tunisian and foreign investors (foreign exchange regulations, foreign direct investment, joint ventures). Anis has participated in major privatisations and sales of blocks of securities in the banking, financial, industrial, agri-food and services sectors, as well as in financing operations carried out in Tunisia, notably by international financial institutions (IFC, EIB, EBRD, AFD, KFW, AFC, etc.). A member of the Tunis Bar, Anis Jabnoun is the managing partner of Global Lawyers North Africa (GLN-A), a professional law firm in exclusive partnership with Gide since January 2012.

Joanna Jasiewicz

Joanna Jasiewicz is an associate in Gide's Warsaw office. She specialises in employment law and social security issues. She supports clients with Polish and European labour law, employment litigation and company restructuring. She prepares and negotiates managerial contracts, advises on group layoffs related to downsizing or winding up companies, as well as on industrial action and negotiating collective agreements. She has extensive litigation experience, which allows her to effectively act on behalf of her clients in employment litigation in the field of both individual and collective labour law. Joanna provides comprehensive advice on employment law issues to clients such as LVMH Group, DSV, Chep, Orpea, GLP, Inter-Vion and ETI, among others, and runs a pro bono practice in the Warsaw office. Joanna graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University and completed postgraduate studies in human resources management and project management. She is a qualified mediator in the field of individual and collective labour law. Joanna is a member of the Warsaw Bar.

David Jonin

David Jonin is a partner in Gide's Employment Law team in Paris. He specialises in employment law and social security law. In France, he advises and litigates with French and international companies on the implementation of large-scale projects. He is also regularly involved in international cases. Over the past decade, he has assisted clients in some sixty countries (Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, South America and Central America). David has recently advised international groups on restructuring, reorganisation, unfair competition and criminal employment law. He advises and litigates with French and foreign companies on issues of employment law (corporate restructuring and reorganisation, unfair competition, criminal employment law, international mobility, staff representative bodies and trade unions, working conditions, employee savings schemes, health and safety, professional elections) and social security law (social security contributions, accidents at work and occupational illnesses, Urssaf inspections, provident schemes, pensions). He holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in private international law from the University of Paris II. He joined the firm in 1999 and has been a partner since 2007.

Bertrand Jouanneau

Bertrand Jouanneau is a partner in Gide's Tax Law team in Paris. Bertrand joined Gide in 2003 and spent a year in our New York office. His main areas of practice are real estate investment structuring, real estate taxation, real estate investment funds, mergers and acquisitions and group restructurings. He also advises companies on tax audits and disputes. He has advised Groupe Casino and Foncière Atland on the outsourcing of several property portfolios, Naos Hotels Groupe, Centaurus, Angelo Gordon, Ghelamco, Experimental Group and Brookfield on hotel and related projects, Priams and GDG on property development projects, and a large number of property companies. Bertrand is also a regular speaker at tax conferences and seminars on property taxation. He also created the Gide Real Estate blog, a medium dedicated to legal and tax news in the real estate sector. Bertrand graduated from the University of Cambridge (LL.M. in Business Law and Taxation) in 2003 and from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (DESS, Magistère, DJCE) in 2001. He joined Gide in 2003 and spent a year in our New York office. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003.

Diane Jouffroy

Diane Jouffroy is counsel in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. Her activities mainly cover private equity matters. She is particularly active in venture capital and venture growth. Diane assists both investors (French and foreign) and start-ups with fund-raising, governance issues, profit-sharing structures, external growth operations and exits. Prior to joining Gide, Diane worked for a leading start-up incubator. Diane was also seconded to the VC team of an investment fund in 2024. She holds an LL.M. from New York University and a BA, M1 and M2 in French law / Anglo-American law from the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. She has been a member of the New York Bar since 2015 and of the Paris Bar since 2017.

Paul Jourdan-Nayrac

Paul Jourdan-Nayrac is a Partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, private equity and private equity, particularly in the technology sectors. He is involved in many complex and international transactions. He advises investors, issuing companies and growth companies on fundraising, restructuring, acquisitions and exits. He is also involved in LBOs and OBOs alongside investment funds and managers. He has been involved in the development of Gide's Venture Capital practice dedicated to start-ups, and is also a member of the team working in partnership with the Raise Endowment Fund, offering free legal support to start-ups since 2016. Paul holds a double master's degree in English and French law from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne / King's College London and a master's 2 in business law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010.

Michał Kacperczyk

Advocate, Associate, Member of the Dispute Resolution and IP/IT practices

Magdalena Kalinowska

Magdalena Kalinowska is an associate in Gide's Employment Law team in Warsaw. She specialises in individual and collective labour law, along with social security and immigration law. She advises international and domestic corporations on various ongoing issues related to operations of a workplace in Poland, at every stage of its activity. Her experience includes among others advising on management contracts, restructuring and relevant issues in M&A transactions. She also handles compliance audits and internal investigations. Magdalena recently worked for B&B Hotels on their new operational models and for Louis Vuitton on internal policies. Prior to joining Gide, Magdalena Kalinowska practised at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm sp. k. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University. Magdalena has been a registered lawyer at the Warsaw Bar since 2015.

Mustafa Karadaş

Associate Mustafa Karadas specialises in the fields of mergers & acquisitions and corporate law. His practice covers commercial transactions, foreign investments, competition law, corporate governance and general company law advice. Mustafa, whose practice also encompasses cross-border banking and finance transactions, advises borrowers and lenders on multijurisdictional financings. Admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association in 2021, he graduated from Bilkent University Law School in 2020.

Marta Karmińska

Marta Karmińska is of counsel in the Banking and Finance team at Gide's Warsaw office. She advises on secured and unsecured financing transactions, including syndicated, cross-border, structured, commercial real property financings, as well as LBO transactions. She also supports clients with real property leasing, buy-sell-back transactions and drawing up standard bank credit documentation. Marta also has significant experience in M&A transactions, corporate restructuring and spin offs. She advised industry investors, private equity and venture capital funds on investments and exits, the negotiation of shareholders' agreements and joint venture agreements. Most recently, Marta has represented Qemetica, KGHM Polska Miedź, KI Chemistry and Frey as borrowers, and Goldman Sachs Bank and Credit Agricole as lenders on their strategic financing transactions. Marta is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun. She holds a postgraduate diploma in banking from the Warsaw School of Economics. She is an attorney-at-law admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association and a tax advisor admitted to the National Association of Tax Advisors.

Cansu Koyuncu

Cansu Koyuncu is an associate in the litigation team. She specialises in labour, corporate and consumer law, as well as alternative dispute resolution. She represents and provides legal assistance to local and foreign clients from wide range of industrial sectors such as automotive, tourism, insurance, energy etc. on their daily operations. She also specializes enforcement, bankruptcy law and commercial claims regarding to conduct corporate transactions and contracts. Cansu graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2016 as an honor student and admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association and Union of Turkish Bars since 2017. She was entitled to become a mediator in 2023. Accordingly she completed her specialization training for employment mediation at Altınbas University and consumer mediation at Okan University.

Benjamin Krief

Benjamin Krief is a partner in Gide's Employment Law team in Paris. He specialises in employment law, dealing with both individual and collective labour relations. In particular, he assists transnational groups in managing their strategic disputes, such as collective disputes initiated by staff representation bodies, industrial tribunal disputes concerning senior executives or sensitive issues such as harassment, discrimination or the status of whistleblowers. Benjamin is also very active in defending intermediation platforms in disputes brought by drivers/delivery personnel seeking recognition as employees. In addition to his litigation work, Benjamin also assists his clients with the implementation of their reorganisation plans (sale, voluntary redundancy scheme, etc.) and has built up a speciality in information and consultation procedures with staff representation bodies. Benjamin holds a doctorate in law from the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar 2012. In addition to his litigation work, Benjamin also assists his clients with the implementation of their reorganisation plans (sale, voluntary redundancy scheme, etc.) and has built up a speciality in information and consultation procedures with staff representation bodies.

Mehmet Kösoğlu

Mehmet Kosoglu is an associate of Gide and of its correspondent firm in Turkey, Ozdirekcan Dundar Senocak Ak. Admitted to Istanbul Bar in 2009, Mehmet Kosoglu concentrates on banking finance and project finance transactions where he has been involved in structuring, drafting and perfecting financing and security agreements, drafting/amending of relevant corporate documents and issuance of legal opinions. As a member of the bank finance team, he advises clients on a wide variety of banking and corporate law issues relating to financing structures. Mehmet graduated from the Law School of Istanbul University and holds a Master's Degree in Private Law from Istanbul University.

Samy Laghouati

Samy Laghouati is a partner in charge of Gide's Algiers office, which he set up in 2003. He focuses exclusively on projects and investments in Algeria, assisting and advising both Algerian public bodies and foreign investors. He deals mainly with joint ventures, major infrastructure projects and company acquisitions and disposals. Over the last twenty years, he has been involved in the creation of the main mixed industrial companies between Algerian public entities such as Sonatrach, Sonelgaz, Asmidal, Sider and foreign partners such as Total Energies, General Electric, Volkswagen, Siemens, Renault, Air Liquide, Linde Gas. He has also developed a practice and expertise in settling disputes between partners and shareholders in the context of complex partnerships (joint ventures, consortiums, state contracts) before both local courts and international arbitration tribunals. Samy holds a DEA (post-graduate diploma), a DESS (post-graduate diploma) and a Magistère de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise (post-graduate diploma in corporate law) from the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1996 and joined the firm in 2002.

Emmanuel Larere

Emmanuel Larere is a partner in Gide's Intellectual Property team in Paris. Emmanuel advises and litigates in patent and trademark law. A renowned specialist in these areas, he defends and advises some of the world's leading companies, particularly in the pharmaceuticals, healthcare, luxury goods and sporting goods sectors. He is a member of several associations: AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle: member of the Amicus Curiae Committee at international level, former vice-chairman of the French group; former chairman of the Trademarks Committee of the French group); AAPI (Association des Avocats de Propriété Intellectuelle), INTA (International Trademark Association). Emmanuel is a graduate of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1991.

Mounia Larhrissi

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Mounia Larhrissi joined Gide's Banking & Finance practice group in 2016. She acts primarily for sponsors, senior and/or mezzanine lenders as part of asset, corporate and project financing operations. Mounia holds a Master's degree in corporate law from Paris II - Panthéon-Assas University, and speaks French, English and Arabic.

Benoît Le Bret

Benoit Le Bret is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels. He has recognised experience in competition law, particularly in the field of state aid (financial services, transport, environment, energy, agriculture, major investments, PIIEC) and antitrust. He also specialises in monitoring EU regulation in a number of sectors (structural funds, gambling and betting, aeronautics, energy and the environment, telecoms, online services). He has in-depth knowledge of internal market rules and Community players and procedures, and is used to negotiations with the European Commission and Community agencies such as ESMA, as well as litigation before the CJEU. He represents and advises private equity clients on all EU regulatory matters, as well as major companies such as KKR and SNCF on EU-wide holding company and EU rail reform issues respectively, as well as potential state aid. Benoît regularly lodges complaints with the European Commission to redress or protect the interests of his clients in a wide range of sectors. His working languages are French, English and German. He has been a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars since 2008.

Xavier Lecomte

Xavier Lecomte is counsel in Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions/Company Law team in Paris. He is mainly involved in mergers and acquisitions, equity investments in both domestic and international contexts, and the creation of joint ventures. Xavier also has extensive experience of cross-border transactions in emerging countries, and spent four years in Gide's Algiers office. Prior to joining Gide, Xavier worked for six years at Cleary Gottlieb and holds degrees in business law from the Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and ESSEC. Xavier was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004.

Antoine Lelong

Antoine Lelong is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He advises on a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, equity investments, equity issues and corporate restructuring, both in France and abroad. He has developed sector expertise in financial services and distribution, as well as in real estate, energy and infrastructure. He also regularly advises companies on corporate law and corporate governance issues. Antoine has acted for BPCE, Casino, Groupama, ADEO, Régie Immobilière de la Ville de Paris (RIVP), the world leader in logistics real estate GLP, My Money Bank, the Canadian air transport and tourism group Transat A.T., Credit Suisse, Hammerson, Conforama, Unibail-Rodamco, Safran, Steinhoff, Areva, SNCF, Total, Olympus, Vivendi, the Meridiam infrastructure fund and family shareholders or founders in connection with the sale of businesses or assets. Antoine is a graduate of HEC, a member of the Legal Committee of the Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions (ANSA) and a director and secretary of the Gide Pro Bono endowment fund. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998.

Laetitia Lemercier

Laetitia Lemercier is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. She works on structured finance transactions, mainly in real estate finance, project finance, acquisition and corporate finance and debt restructuring. She advises all types of borrower or lender at all stages of the structuring or restructuring, contractual drafting and negotiation of complex financing or refinancing transactions. Laetitia has worked on a wide range of corporate and asset-based CSR financings, such as financing the development of low-carbon real estate assets, financing the acquisition of a variety of real estate assets (hotels, office buildings, shopping centres, senior residences, clinics, logistics assets, etc.), as well as PPP and concession financings, in particular helping to set up the first PPPs with mixed financing (bank debt and securitisation). She has also advised on transactions involving fleet financing, the mobilisation of tax receivables and management trusts (management trust for Nissan shares held by Renault). Laetitia graduated in law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and in finance from the University of Paris IX Dauphine. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001.

Jean-François Levraud

Jean-François Levraud is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris and has been the firm's managing partner since 2021. He is mainly involved in property transactions and assists his clients with construction and development operations. In recent years, Jean-François has worked with AccorInvest, Blackrock Investment, BNP Paribas, DWS GmbH, Pernod Ricard, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Seafrigo Investment, Union Investment Real Estate and Unibail-Rodamco. Jean-François joined Gide's Morocco office in 2013 to strengthen the real estate practice. He headed the Casablanca office until summer 2018, before returning to practise in Paris. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003, he is a graduate of IEP of Bordeaux, ESCP Business School and the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris 5 Universities.

Jean-François Levraud

Jean-François Levraud is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris and has been the firm's managing partner since 2021. He is mainly involved in property transactions and assists his clients with construction and development operations. In recent years, Jean-François has worked with AccorInvest, Blackrock Investment, BNP Paribas, DWS GmbH, Pernod Ricard, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Seafrigo Investment, Union Investment Real Estate and Unibail-Rodamco. Jean-François joined Gide's Morocco office in 2013 to strengthen the real estate practice. He headed the Casablanca office until summer 2018, before returning to practise in Paris. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003, he is a graduate of IEP of Bordeaux, ESCP Business School and the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris 5 Universities.

Dimitrios Logizidis

Dimitrios Logizidis is a Partner in Gide's "Banking and Finance team" in London. He specialises in structured finance. He advises financial institutions, private equity funds and corporations on a wide range of asset-backed finance, securitisation and covered bond transactions. In particular, Dimitrios has advised arrangers, private equity funds and originators on major Whole Business Securitisation transactions of up to €3 billion. He advised the arrangers on the Whole Business Hertz/Fraikin, Europcar/Eurazéo and ALD Automotive/Société Générale securitisations. Dimitrios also advised BNP Paribas as arranger on one of the largest pan-European trade receivables securitisation transactions for the Teva Group, involving eight different jurisdictions. Dimitrios is Solicitor in England and Avocat à la Cour in France. He advises on both French and English law.

Olivier Loizon

Olivier Loizon is a partner in Gide's Dispute Resolution team in Paris. A recognised expert in business litigation, Olivier has been advising and assisting his clients (companies, directors and shareholders) for over 20 years in handling their complex and sensitive disputes and managing their crisis situations. He regularly appears before the courts, arbitration tribunals and regulatory authorities and assists his clients with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. His practice encompasses corporate litigation (mergers and acquisitions, shareholders' disputes, directors' liability), stock market litigation (takeover litigation), strategic commercial litigation and mass claims that his clients may face. Olivier is a lecturer at the University of Paris Saclay. Before joining Gide, Olivier practised at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2003-2012) and then founded a renowned litigation boutique. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003.

Jean-François Louit

Jean-François Louit is a partner in Gide's Corporate team in Paris. Together with Caroline Lan, he heads the practice dedicated to assisting executives, managers, company founders and family shareholders. He is involved in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions in a variety of contexts (groups owned by investment funds, listed companies, family groups, etc.), particularly with regard to access to capital, management incentives and governance. Jean-François was recently involved in KKR's investment in the April group and in the merger between the Flowbird and EasyPark groups, and also advises a number of leading listed companies on governance issues and incentive and employee share ownership plans. Prior to joining Gide, Jean-François Louit was a partner in the Corporate & Securities department of Mayer Brown Paris. Jean-François holds a Magistère in business law, taxation and accounting from the Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto (Canada).

Carole Malinvaud

Carole Malinvaud is a partner at Gide Paris, where she coordinates the firm's international arbitration activities and chairs Gide's Pro Bono endowment fund. She practises international commercial law, with a particular focus on international arbitration. Carole has recently concentrated on construction, energy and defence arbitrations under ICC and ICSID rules. She also acts as arbitrator in a number of ICC and ICSID arbitrations. Carole is a lecturer at the University of Paris II as part of the Master 2 in International Business Law and at Sciences Po Paris as part of the LLM in Transnational Arbitration. She has been Vice-Chair of the ICC Court of Arbitration since 2021 and an elected member of the ICCA Board since 2017. She has also been an elected member of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) since 2015, President of the Ordinary Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) since 2016 and President of the ad hoc Division of the Paris Olympic Games (2024). Carole is a graduate of the University of Paris II (DEA in private law - 1986) and Harvard (LL.M., Harvard Law School, Lavoisier and Fulbright scholarships - 1988). She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1986 and to the New York Bar in 1990.

Tiphanie Mareuse

Tiphanie Mareuse is a partner in Gide’s Public Law team in Paris, working on major infrastructure contracts. She has extensive expertise in public contract law. Tiphanie specialises in all forms of public-private partnerships in French and international infrastructure projects, primarily in transportation and defence. She also has specific expertise in infrastructure for sports and major events and was involved in the organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tiphanie advises the MSC group (a major player in container transport) within the scope of the execution of its port concessions in France and worldwide. She also recently advised the Eiffage group on the signature of the partnership agreement for the construction of the new Grand Port Maritime de Marseille headquarters. Tiphanie holds a Master 2 in public economic law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a specialised master's degree in international business law and management from ESSEC Business School. She began her career in 2012 at Gide before going on to join the legal department of Bolloré Transport et Logistics in 2016. She returned to Gide in 2018.

Loris Marghieri

Loris Marghieri is a Partner in the Real Estate team in Casablanca. He has headed the Casablanca office's real estate practice since 2015 after spending several years in the Real Estate department in Paris. He advises a wide range of Moroccan and international operators on all aspects of real estate transactions and on all types of assets. He is mainly involved in asset acquisitions and disposals, real estate financing, construction operations and leases. Loris has developed leading expertise in the industrial sector in Build to Suit transactions, as well as in the tourism and hotel sector, regularly assisting owners and operators with the development of hotel projects and the preparation and negotiation of franchise and hotel management contracts. Loris recently assisted Atlanta Sanad, alongside Arkhè Real Estate, in several Build to Suit transactions for APTIV, Leoni and Gentherm. Loris regularly advises the Onomo Hotels group on its various hotel projects in Africa, and recently assisted Réalités Maroc and the M'Fadel Group on a large-scale operation involving a hotel complex in Casa Anfa. Loris holds a Master's degree in International Business Law from the Université Paris V René Descartes and is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Audencia (France), the University of Deusto (Spain) and the University of Bradford (UK) as part of a joint Master's programme. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010.

Elise Marie

Elise Marie is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Media & Technology team. She advises clients and has extensive experience in non-contentious matters (audits of intellectual property portfolios, contracts) and contentious matters (proceedings before French, European and foreign courts and offices). She also practises copyright and unfair competition law. Elise advises and manages the industrial property rights portfolios of some of the world's leading brands, particularly in the sports, finance, fashion and consumer goods sectors. Elise graduated in law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and in intellectual property law from the University of Aix-Marseille. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2013.

Didier Martin

Didier G. Martin is a Partner in Gide's Corporate/M&A and ESG, CSR, Sustainability teams in Paris. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, securities law, corporate law and corporate governance. He deals with acquisitions, joint ventures and business combinations, particularly involving listed companies, and has extensive experience of cross-border transactions. He assists several listed issuers with their stock market law, corporate governance and financial and non-financial communication issues. Furthermore, he coordinates the firm's ESG, CSR and Sustainability practice. Didier has recently advised leading French and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, including URW, Accor, Swiss life, Carlisle Inc, Zimmer Biomet and Normec. Didier is a graduate of HEC (major in finance) and holds a master's degree in business law from the University of Paris 2. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1992.

Eric Martin-Impératori

Eric Martin-Impératori is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He has specialised in real estate and town planning law, construction law, the acquisition and financing of real estate projects and commercial leases since 1990. Involved in all aspects of real estate matters, Eric has extensive experience of large-scale projects, including the development of shopping centres, office buildings and data centres, from the design stage through to completion and marketing. He assists a wide range of real estate players (developers, investors, management companies, asset managers) on all types of assets (shopping centres, logistics, offices, hotels, data centres, leisure, etc.). His in-depth knowledge of the entire production cycle of a property enables him to provide precise advice tailored to each situation. Eric is consistently listed as one of the leading property experts in the international legal guides Chambers Europe, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Who's Who Legal Real Estate in France. Eric has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1990.

Antoine Mary

Antoine Mary is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He advises and litigates in all fields of real estate law. He advises both institutional investors and major users on all their property transactions, with a particular focus on transactions (asset deals, share deals, outsourcing), commercial leases and development. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005, Antoine joined Gide in 2006. He holds a postgraduate degree (DEA) in Business Law from the Paris X Nanterre University.

Bénédicte Mazel

Bénédicte Mazel is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. She advises private and public sector players in all areas of public business law as applied to infrastructure or public service projects in France (contracts, concessions, operations on public property and all forms of public-private partnerships), throughout the project life cycle (structuring, financing, construction, operation), including litigation. She also advises financial institutions on public sector financing transactions. Bénédicte works on energy transition projects (solar, wind, hydrogen, heating networks, IRVE) for investors, owners, producers or consumers (connection to networks, PPA, obligations under the APER law, CEE); sports and event facilities (stadiums, training centres, nautical centres, casinos, hospitality) and supported Paris 2024 for 4 years for the delivery of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; and airport, port, road and rail concessions. Bénédicte holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in public economic law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999.

Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux

Hubert du Vignaux is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He acts for the most active issuers, arrangers and investors on a wide range of capital market transactions, mainly on debt securities (Bonds, MTNs, Commercial Paper), with a particular emphasis on structured or innovative products and operations (ESG, SLB, Euro PP, high yield, subordinated bonds, covered bonds, mortgage bonds, restructuring, buy-backs) as well as on equity securities (IPOs, share capital increases etc.) and equity-linked securities. Hubert is regularly consulted by market authorities and associations, and is a teacher at Université Paris I and Sciences Po Paris. Hubert worked for a number of years at Slaughter and May. He is a graduate of Université Paris II and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1995.

Elise Mignard

Elise Mignard is counsel in Gide's Insurance team in Paris. Her practice covers insurance and civil liability law. She is particularly involved in non-life insurance litigation (construction insurance, damage, civil and professional liability, special and industrial risks), and regularly takes part, on behalf of clients, in legal expert meetings. He also provides legal advice to insurers and other clients. Elise recently assisted an architect in drafting the insurance clauses of a contract relating to the construction of a battery production and recycling plant for electric vehicles. She also assisted an insurer in a dispute relating to a hydroelectric power station and handled an insurance dispute relating to the construction of a port in West Africa. Elise holds a Master 2 in Public Economic Law from the University of Paris I (2006) and a Master 2 in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from the University of Paris II (2005). She regularly publishes in her areas of expertise. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007 and has been a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales since 2021.

Constantin Miliotis

Constantin Miliotis is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris and in Gide's London office. He assists French and international players with all legal issues relating to the real estate value chain: investment and arbitration, structuring joint ventures and investment vehicles (regulated and unregulated), setting up and developing real estate projects, construction, asset management and financing. He works on all types of real estate assets, for a wide variety of players in the real estate industry. In 2024, Constantin assisted Hammerson France and Patrizia with the sale of the O'Parinor shopping centre to Klépierre and Sofidy. In 2023, he assisted the consortium formed by BNPPRE in the acquisition and restructuring of the former AP-HP headquarters in Paris. Since 2019, Constantin has been assisting the Icawood fund with all its acquisition, development and marketing operations (Marcadet, Aquaboulevard de Paris, Arboretum, CB3, etc.). Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007, Constantin holds a Master's degree in real estate and construction law from the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.

Guo Min

Guo Min is a partner in Gide's China tax practice. Having advised numerous foreign companies on their investments in China, she has a wealth of experience of M&A and joint venture transactions in China, including advising companies on restructuring and tax optimisation. Min is also an expert in project, tax, customs, exchange control and business law. She has acted on a wide range of major Projects, M&A transactions, joint ventures and cross-border restructurings for international clients. Min joined Gide's Beijing office in 2005, after working in the tax department of one of the Big Four accountants as a tax advisor. She was admitted to the Chinese Bar in 2002 and is a member of the Chinese Institute of Tax Consultants since 2006.

Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry

Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry is a partner in Gide's Intellectual Property team in Paris. He specialises in French and European industrial property law. His expertise covers, both for contentious and non-contentious matters, the full spectrum of industrial property (patents, trade marks, designs and models), the protection of trade secrets, as well as unfair competition law. With respect to copyright, his expertise includes notably architectural works. As a litigator, he represents French and foreign operators mainly in infringement and validity disputes and in disputes relating to contracts involving industrial property rights. He equally advocates in French and English, before French and EU courts, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), and the French and EU intellectual property offices. As counsel, he regularly assists French and foreign operators in drafting and negotiating contracts involving industrial property rights and technology transfers, particularly in connection with large-scale transactions (IPOs, joint ventures, acquisitions, infrastructure projects, etc.) and for venture capital funds and start-up companies, notably in biotechnologies. Jean-Hyacinthe is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in literary, artistic and industrial property law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005.

Laurent Modave

Laurent Modave is a partner in Gide's Tax Law team in Paris. He specialises in French and international taxation. He is mainly involved in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and the tax structuring of real estate investments, in particular real estate funds and private equity funds. He advises French real estate professionals on defining and implementing the tax regime for the new Organismes de Placement Collectif Immobilier (OPCI). Laurent is a frequent speaker at tax conferences and seminars. Laurent is a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux. He joined Gide in 2000. He holds a DJCE - DESS postgraduate diploma in business and tax law and a Master's degree in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999.

Hugues Moreau

Hugues Moreau is a corporate and transactional partner mostly active in tangible assets industries: real estate, hospitality, F&B, retail & infrastructures. In these sectors, he assists domestic and international operators at all stages of the value creation chain: mergers & acquisitions, operations & asset management (leases, HMA, franchise scheme, etc.). His practice extends to the structuring of joint ventures and investment vehicles, both regulated and unregulated. Since 2000, Hugues has been involved in numerous acquisition, disposal or restructuring projects, venture or private equity investments, and international expansion (acting in particular for investors, developers or operators of real estate and infrastructure assets, players of the hotel, F&B and leisure sectors, and leading actors in the luxury, fashion and hospitality sectors). Hugues is a member of the Paris Bar and holds an MST in Franco-British business law, a DESS in business law (DJCE) and an LLM in international business law.

Alexandra Munoz

Alexandra Munoz is a partner in Gide's Arbitration team in Paris. She specialises in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Alexandra advises major French and foreign companies as well as governments in commercial and investment disputes related to contract law, JV, public service concessions, public contracts and construction. She has developed an extensive experience in the cement industry, in the energy and oil and gas sectors as well as infrastructures and constrution. She represents clients before arbitral tribunals (ICC, OHADA, ICSID) or in conciliation and mediation procedures. She also represents clients before French courts (i.e. annulment procedures). Alexandra recently acted for an African state in an investment dispute relating to a mining concession. She also acted for an north-african industrial group in a partnership dispute with a Saudi company and in a disppute relating to the construction of a cement plant. She represents a state-owned oil company in its dispute with another african oil company worldwild. Alexandra is a graduate of Université Paris II, Erasmus Universiteit and the University of Connecticut School of Law. She is a CMAP-trained mediator and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2002.

Marcin Muszel

Marcin Muszel. attorney-at-law, partner heading the real estate practice at Gide Warsaw. For more than 20 years he has been advising leading real estate companies ? developers, corporate clients, banks and shopping centre operators, as well as investment pension and private equity funds. His experience includes advising clients on real estate transactions, including the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, the acquisition of shares in real estate companies and the acquisition of real estate portfolios in a variety of transactional formulas, including joint-venture, forward purchase as well as sale and leaseback transactions. He also advises clients on lease agreements for commercial space and supports them in development projects, including planning, zoning and administrative procedures, as well as concerning legal due diligence reviews of real estate, including investment risk assessments. Marcin graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Warsaw University. He speaks Polish and English.

Guillaume Navarro

Guillaume Navarro is a partner in Gide's Employment Law team in Paris. His practice focuses on employment litigation and criminal law (in this context, he represents his clients in litigation before all courts), as well as day-to-day corporate monitoring (labour law and human resources issues, employment contracts, individual and collective redundancies, relations with staff representatives, strikes, professional elections and trade union disputes). He is also regularly involved in corporate restructuring and the management of social issues during corporate transactions. Guillaume is a graduate of the Universities of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris II - Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004.

Nadège Nguyen

Nadège Nguyen is a partner in Gide's "Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions" team in Paris. It specialises in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, particularly in the industrial, hotel and aeronautical sectors, as well as private equity transactions. She recently advised Air France on its partnership with Airbus (aircraft maintenance for the A350). Nadège also advised Brookfield and Experimental Group on the acquisition of the Régina hotel in Biarritz and Aigle des Neiges in Val d'Isère, and Angelo Gordon on the acquisition of a hotel portfolio (California) from Gécina, and the sale of certain hotels in the portfolio. She regularly advises KPS Capital Partners and Swiss Life Asset Management. Nadège was Chair of Lex Mundi (2013/2014) and a member of Gide's Executive Committee for 6 years (2015/2020). She is currently Officer of the Law Firm Management Committee of the IBA. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1996.

Julien Nouchi

Julien Nouchi is Of Counsel in the Tax Law team in Gide’s Casablanca office. He advises on both domestic and cross-border transactions with tax and foreign exchange implications, including acquisitions, disposals, mergers and restructuring operations. He also handles matters relating to Moroccan customs regulations and the implementation of free trade agreements. In addition, Julien's practice covers obtaining and implementing the authorizations required for employee share ownership plans for foreign listed and private companies. He has advised many Moroccan and foreign clients on their dealings with the tax authorities, including during audits and obtaining tax rulings. Julian also advises on efficient tax structures for foreign investments and managing permanent establishment risk. He works closely with the Projects and Project Financing teams on negotiating engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts and their tax structuring, and with the M&A department on tax due diligence and the tax aspects of SPAs. Julien is a graduate of Université Paris-Dauphine (Corporate Taxation (2012) and Estate Management (2011)). He is a member of the Paris Bar. Specializing in corporate tax, he joined Gide’s Casablanca office in 2017.

Frédéric Nouel

Frédéric Nouel is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He has also been the firm's senior partner since 2021. His practice focuses mainly on M&A, financial and real estate transactions for listed and non-listed players in the European real estate market and on investment funds. Frédéric played a key role in the creation in France of real estate investment funds (OPCI, OPPCI - non-listed REITs), which now have almost €100billion in assets under management. He has developed significant expertise in investment fund creation and development of professional alternative investment funds (FIA) in all sectors of the real estate and hotel industries. Frédéric is involved in a number of major market transactions. Recent clients include Kering, Accor, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Icamap, BPCE, Klepierre, Engie, ADEO, Swiss-Life, Domus-Vi, BNP Paribas, KKR and SFL. Admitted to the Paris Bar, Frédéric is a graduate of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris-Dauphine Universities.

Bertrand Oldra

Bertrand Oldra is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He advises on a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions, property development and real estate restructuring. Bertrand specialises in real estate transactions and plays an active role in the development of practices in this area (co-working, co-living, smartgrids, etc.) and has recognised expertise in resolving disputes involving real estate assets, both before the courts and through mediation. He regularly acts for international clients, both in France and abroad. His main recent activities are the acquisition and disposal of a number of properties (direct acquisition or acquisition of shares in companies) with a view to their restoration, letting or sale, the acquisition of property development companies, the monitoring of construction operations for office buildings and shopping centres, the development of a number of hotels, including a luxury hotel in Paris, crisis exit strategies and general property litigation. His clients include J.P. Morgan Asset Management, AEW, Apsys, Arkea, Angelo Gordon, Bouygues Immobilier, Crédit Agricole, Caisse d'Epargne, Decathlon, Foncière Atland, Qatari National Bank, Disney and Tikehau. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2000, Bertrand is a graduate of ESSEC business school (MBA).

Rafał Osetek

Rafal Osetek is a Counsel in the Real Estate Transactions & Financing team at Gide Warsaw. He advises clients from the residential, office, logistics, retail, hospitality and banking sectors on structuring and negotiating real estate transactions, including land acquisitions, acquisitions and disposals of commercial projects and joint-ventures. He assists clients in all aspects of the investment process. He also advises landlords and tenants in negotiating commercial lease agreements. Rafal has recently advised Redkom on the development and disposal of retail parks, Frey on the acquisition of the Matarnia Retail Park, B&B Hotels on sale and leaseback transactions and on long-term hotel leases, Yareal on disposals of office projects and on new land acquisitions, Bouygues Immobilier and SGI on acquisitions of land and residential projects, P3 on land acquisitions and on warehouse leases, MNK Partners France on acquisitions of commercial projects. Rafal is a graduate of Law and International Relations at the Warsaw University. He is an attorney-at-law admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association.

Aurélie Pacaud

Aurélie Pacaud is a Counsel in Gide's Technology, Media and Telecommunications team in Paris. She specialises in technology, personal data and media law. She advises on IT projects (drafting and negotiating contracts) and on data protection (GDPR compliance, analysis of complex projects, data breach management, CNIL controls). She assists clients with their digital activities (artificial intelligence (AI), e-commerce), and in matters of image rights and copyright. She works on financing and other transactions relating to tech companies. Aurélie has recently worked with biotech companies on high-stakes partnership contracts, on the raising of €15 million by Cure51, on the negotiation of an art direction contract for a luxury group, and on the sale by Société Générale of its subsidiary in Benin. Aurélie has also lectured on artificial intelligence and is working on compliance with the DORA regulation. Aurélie is a graduate of the Universities of Paris II-Panthéon Assas (multimedia and IT law), Paris-Nanterre (French/Anglo-American law), and NYU (LLM). She has been a member of the New York Bar since 2013 and of the Paris Bar since 2014.

Alexis Pailleret

Alexis Pailleret is a partner in Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity team in Paris. He works on M&A transactions (acquisitions, disposals and partnerships). With over 20 years of experience, he is recognized as a leading expert in the energy and infrastructure transactional sectors. Alexis regularly advises investment funds, strategic investors, public entities, lenders and developers on M&A / Private Equity transactions in France and other jurisdictions. Alexis teaches mergers and acquisitions as part of the Master II in Business Law at Université Paris-Dauphine. He is graduated from the Paris-Sorbonne University and the Paris-Dauphine University. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004.

Ségolène Pelsy

Ségolène Pelsy is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels. In merger control, Ségolène manages complex transactions that may require the negotiation of innovative commitments. For example, she was involved in the takeover of William Saurin by Cofigeo and the first use by the Minister of the Economy of his power of evocation (Phase III). In the area of anti-competitive practices, Ségolène is involved in the proceedings initiated by the European Commission against Google for abuse of a dominant position. In this case, she assisted one of the main plaintiffs, who is now appearing in support of the Commission before the European Court of First Instance. Ségolène also has extensive experience of cartel proceedings and managing internal audits (including compliance training). She assists trade associations present in Brussels in this context. Finally, Ségolène advises companies on competition law in jurisdictions outside the EU, working closely with the firm's international offices, particularly in North Africa. She has been a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars since 2008.

Frédéric Pia

Frédéric Pia is Counsel in the Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) team in Casablanca. He advises governments, international financial institutions and sponsors in relation to projects in the energy (mainly PV and wind) and infrastructure sectors (ports, airports, roads, water desalination and treatment plants, airports and roads). He assists the clients in relation to all development stages of these projects (development phase, drafting and negotiating of project and financing documents). Frédéric mainly works on African projects. He has recently advised clients such InfraCo Africa, ALSF, AMEA Power Engie and Vinci Concession with respect to solar and wind projects on the continent. With respect to infrastructure projects, he has acted notably for MSC Group, Egis Projects and Global Ports Holding on transport projects, Suez International, Nareva Holding, ALSF and Meridiam on water projects. Frédéric also advises companies and public players in the natural resources, defence and other public infrastructure sectors. Frédéric holds a Master's degree in International Business Law and Management from business school ESSEC, and is a graduate of Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (Master's degree in project financing and structured financing). He is a member of the Paris Bar since 2012.

Nicolas Planchot

Nicolas Planchot is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. His practice covers real estate and corporate real estate. He works on all legal issues relating to the real estate industry, including transactions, vehicle structuring, leases and construction matters. His multi-disciplinary positioning enables him to support his clients throughout the lifecycle of their assets and to provide an operational response to their problems. His expertise extends to all asset classes (offices, retail, logistics, etc.), including the new asset classes that are driving the market (data centres, last-mile logistics, etc.). Nicolas' recent major clients include (in alphabetical order) Adia, Altarea, Apollo, Bain Capital, BC Partners, Brookfield, BNPPRE, ESR Europe, Experimental Group, GDG Investissements, Goldman Sachs, Greystar, Hemisphere, King Street, Nuveen, Paris2024, REI, TotalEnergies, TPG. In 2023, he advised Brookfield on the share deal to sell a building on the Champs-Elysées for around €1billion. This is one of the largest trophy asset transactions in recent years. Nicolas was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006.

Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry

Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry is a partner in Gide's Litigation team in Paris. He specialises in crisis management and financial litigation, particularly for regulated institutions. He acts at all stages of proceedings before supervisory or regulatory authorities (AMF, ACPR, CRE, etc.) and before civil, commercial, criminal or administrative courts. He also leads internal investigations and assists the firm's clients in assessing their compliance systems or implementing remediation plans, whether in banking or financial matters or more generally in the fight against corruption or money laundering. In recent years, Jean-Philippe has helped to exonerate a number of individuals and legal entities prosecuted for insider dealing before the AMF's Enforcement Committee, negotiated the first CRPC on price manipulation with the PNF, represented a credit institution in a class action involving several thousand customers and successfully argued a QPC on obstruction before the Constitutional Council. He is a graduate of Essec and the University of Paris X Nanterre, and holds the Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) qualification. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004.

Marie-Ange Pozzo di Borgo

Marie-Ange is Counsel in Gide's Intellectual Property team in Paris. Marie-Ange advises and litigates in all areas of industrial property (patents, trademarks, designs and trade secrets). She has developed particular expertise in the life sciences and regularly represents innovative pharmaceutical companies and biotech firms in French and cross-border litigation and before the Unified Patent Court. She also assists innovative companies in setting up research platforms and partnerships. She is a graduate of UCLA School of Law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris XII and Luigi Bocconi University. She has been a member of the New York Bar since 2012, of the Paris Bar since 2013, Solicitor of England and Wales since 2019 and a representative before the UPC.

Olivier Prost

Olivier Prost is a partner in Gide's International Trade team in Brussels. He is the driving force behind the development of the firm's international trade and regulatory law practice. It advises businesses, associations and governments on all aspects of European economic security, such as 'level playing field' instruments (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, FSR and safeguards). It also deals with the new regulatory issues of globalisation: market access, discriminatory practices, reciprocity in public procurement (IPI), forced labour, local content and customs (including rules of origin). Finally, the European development of export controls, dual use and economic sanctions, as well as European and WTO litigation and pre-litigation. Olivier has provided support to numerous industrial sectors to help them implement the European economic security instruments that will enable them to make the necessary transitions under conditions of fair competition, both on the European domestic market and on export markets. To do this, it has drawn on traditional European trade instruments and the many others adopted over the last 5 years to bring Europe up to the level of its main competitors. Olivier holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in Community law from the University of Rennes I and a master's degree from the University of Paris I Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1993 and to the Brussels Bar in 1994.

Stéphane Puel

Stéphane Puel is the Partner in charge of Gide's Investment Funds team in Paris. He specialises in structuring, creating and raising French and foreign private assets investment funds. He also advises portfolio managers and sponsors on all their activities (regulatory approvals, management passport, marketing, AIFMD and ELTIF regulations). Stéphane also advises institutional investors on their investments in private assets investment funds. He is also heavily involved in assisting parties in the context of GP stakes. He is the regular contact for the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on all matters. Stéphane has recently assisted French and foreign asset managers in the structuring of institutional investment funds in private equity, private debt, infrastructure and natural capital based in France and Luxembourg. He also assists numerous French and foreign management companies in the creation of ELTIF 2 funds eligible for life insurance. Lastly, he has recently assisted French banks and financial entities in acquiring stakes in asset managers or restructuring asset management groups. Stéphane holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and is a graduate of IEP Paris. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1997.

Bruno Quentin

Bruno Quentin is a partner in Gide's Litigation team in Paris. His areas of expertise cover pre-litigation and litigation activities, as well as business criminal law and commercial litigation. He assists both corporate entities and individuals before all criminal, civil and commercial courts and before financial regulators. He assists his clients in mediations organised to settle complex, high-stakes disputes. He also advises on criminal tax law and anti-corruption (setting up anti-corruption programmes, risk analysis, internal investigations), and on adapting companies to the duty of care. He handles cases involving stock market litigation, company law, banking and finance, liability and press law. He has also defended the interests of individuals implicated in the exercise of their public and political functions (ministers before the Court of Justice of the Republic, members of Parliament, presidents of local authorities). Bruno was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995.

Bastien Raisse

Bastien Raisse is Counsel in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He advises arrangers, investors and borrowers, both French and foreign, on the structuring of market transactions, the drafting and negotiation of documentation and all related regulatory issues. Bastien is mainly involved in all debt products and market segments (Investment Grade - Corporate and FIG with a particular focus on regulatory capital issues in the banking or insurance sector, Euro PP and High Yield) but also in securities giving access to capital, whether in the context of issues, restructuring or buybacks. He also specialises in innovative transactions that incorporate sustainability components (ESG or SLB bonds) or rely on disruptive technologies such as blockchain (security token issues and refinancing through DAOs). Bastien holds an M2 in Financial Law from the Université Paris-Saclay/ESCP Business School. He lectures at the MDBF of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at Sciences Po Paris. Bastien was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010.

Romain Rard

Romain Rard is a partner in the EU Regulation and Public Affairs team in Brussels. He specialises in European regulatory law (financial services, telecoms, media, transport, chemicals, etc.) and French and EU competition law (state aid, merger control, antitrust). His practice covers European regulatory law (financial services, telecoms, media, transport, chemicals, etc.) and French and EU competition law (state aid, merger control, antitrust). He advises on advocacy and litigation matters, as well as settlements (mergers, FSR). In this capacity, he represents European and national trade associations, as well as companies and investment funds (US, UK, EU), both before and during the adoption of new legislation or European regulations. Romain has an in-depth knowledge of European processes and has developed solid expertise in ESG, financial services and sustainability. He has led and coordinated advocacy work on various texts such as CSRD, FSR, FDI Fit-for-55 proposals. He has advised on major telecoms transactions, and advises companies on European financing. He advises US players bringing new products to market and European players with respect to mutual recognition procedures. A graduate of Université Lyon III and McGill University, Romain was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012.

Rupert Reece

Rupert Reece is a partner in Gide's Arbitration team in London. He specialises in international arbitration relating to construction, joint ventures, aerospace and international trade. Rupert acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings in English and/or French, usually under the ICC or LCIA rules. He has also appeared before tribunals subject to various institutional rules in Asia, the Middle East and Central Europe. Rupert is regularly appointed as an arbitrator. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Having started his career as a Barrister in London in 1992, Rupert joined Gide in Paris in 1995 and became a partner in 2001. He relocated to the Gide office in London in 2012.

Emmanuel Reille

Emmanuel Reille is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Paris. His practice covers French and European competition law, competition law in Africa and commercial litigation. He regularly advises on antitrust issues in litigation before the French competition authorities and the courts, as well as on merger notification. He is also regularly involved in litigation and merger proceedings before the competition authorities in Africa. Lastly, he is involved in commercial litigation (breach of commercial relations, unfair competition) before the courts. Emmanuel has solid experience in the following sectors: banking, insurance, energy, real estate, construction, agro-industry and agri-food, digital and consumer goods. Emmanuel is a member of the Association des Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence (APDC). He is a graduate of the University of Paris X-Nanterre and the University of Kent, Canterbury. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999.

Alexandre Rennesson

Alexandre is Counsel in Gide's Public Law, Energy & Environment team in Paris. He is particularly active in two areas: infrastructure and public enterprises. In the area of infrastructure, Alexandre assists his clients throughout the project life cycle, from the structuring of calls for tender, the drafting and negotiation of contracts through to their execution. Alexandre advises public bodies, industrialists and investors, and lenders. Alexandre also advises major public companies and their shareholders on all operations relating to their development and governance: capital transactions, changes in legal form or governance, reorganisation, etc. Alexandre has worked on the structuring of a number of public projects and has recently been involved in several operations in the rail sector, such as the development of the Charles-de-Gaulle Express project (on the public authority side), the financing of the acquisition of rail equipment by several Regions (on the lender side) and the conclusion of the first rail line concessions open to competition (on the sponsor side). More generally, Alexandre is regularly involved in the transport, sport and energy sectors. Alexandre is a graduate of Sciences Po (Master Affaires Publiques) and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Master 2 Droit public des affaires). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017.

Marie Robert-Schmid

Marie Robert Schmid is counsel in the Paris office's Financial Litigation team. She assists the firm's clients in financial litigation, whether before civil, commercial or criminal courts, as well as in sanction, investigation or control proceedings brought by supervisory or regulatory authorities (AMF, ACPR, CRE, etc.). In particular, she intervenes at all stages of disciplinary proceedings relating to market abuse or compliance by regulated institutions with their professional obligations, as well as in any civil aspects of such disputes. A graduate of Master II Economic Litigation and Arbitration at Sciences Po Paris Law School, Marie also holds a Master II in International Trade Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2015.

Tomasz Roszczyc

Advocate, Associate in the Real Estate Department

Piotr Sadownik

Piotr Sadownik is a Partner in the Warsaw office. He specialises in dispute resolution, infrastructure projects, public law and IP/IT law. He represents clients in proceedings before arbitration tribunals, ordinary courts and the Supreme Court, as well as before administrative bodies, administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court. For many years now, he has been supporting private investors at all stages of complex infrastructure projects, such as obtaining financing for various types of investments. Piotr also advises clients on issues relating to copyright, patent law, the protection of trademarks, designs and geographical indications, as well as the protection of personal data, media and telecommunications. He has been advising the largest players on the Polish market over the years, both in infrastructure investment project cases and in litigation and arbitration proceedings. Recently, Piotr advised on major development projects of one of the biggest Polish blue chips, as well as Poland's largest private energy group developing offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. Piotr is a member of the Court of Arbitration at the Office of the General Counsel of the Republic of Poland. He is a graduate of Warsaw University and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He is an advocate admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association.

Hugues Scalbert

Hugues Scalbert is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, and has developed particular expertise in M&A transactions in the insurance, retail, higher education and defence sectors, as well as in transactions in the Gulf region (particularly Saudi Arabia). Hugues recently advised ABN Amro and AXA on the sale of their life insurance subsidiary Neuflize Vie, Ageas on the sale of its life insurance subsidiary Ageas France, VYV on the sale of Egamo, Europ Assistance on the signing of a strategic partnership with Crédit Agricole Assurances, and AXA and BNPP on the sale of their life and non-life insurance subsidiaries in Ukraine. He regularly advises players in the mutual and cooperative insurance sector (VyV, MGEN, Unéo, La Mutuelle Générale, AGMF Prévoyance, Klésia, Malakoff Médéric, etc.). Hugues also advised the VYV group on its acquisition of Groupe Patrimmofi. He is a graduate of Université Paris II and was a lecturer at HEC. He gives lectures in the Paris 1 master of social protection. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce and he is a member of the Paris Bar since 1989. He attended the 62nd national session of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale.

Sophie Scemla

Sophie Scemla is a partner in the Litigation team in Paris. She specialises in corporate criminal law, investigations, compliance and human rights and ESG litigation. She advises on complex French and international litigation, particularly in the areas of fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, international corruption, international sanctions, human rights violations and due diligence. Sophie also assists her clients in conducting internal investigations in France, Africa and Asia and helps them set up compliance programmes and undergo audits by the AFA. It assists them in conducting internal investigations in France and abroad. She also assists clients in negotiating and concluding negotiated agreements, such as Public Interest Judicial Agreements « CJIP » and « Deferred Prosecution Agreement », in particular with the PNF, the US authorities, multilateral development banks and foreign authorities. With dual qualifications at the Paris and New York Bars, she has represented French and foreign companies and their directors in domestic and international corruption cases.

David-James Sebag

David-James Sebag is a Partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team and divides his time between the New York and Paris offices. His practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and private equity, with a particular emphasis on cross-border transactions. David-James represents a large number of international groups and private-equity funds for their investments in France, and advises French companies on their fund-raising and acquisitions in France and the United States. He regularly advises investors and entrepreneurs on M&A, venture and growth equity transactions, particularly in the tech, AI , healthcare sectors or sensitive businesses (for foreign investment control). David-James has recently advised Talend (NASDAQ), on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo for USD 2.4 billion; TPG Capital and Planview, a US-based strategic portfolio management (SPM) platform, for the acquisition of Sciforma Corporation; Hitachi Vantara, the French subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. on the sale of oXya SAS, an SAP infrastructure solution provider, to Montefiore Investment; Tenable Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ) in the acquisition of Alsid, a French cybersecurity company; Hana Group and its management for the LBO of TA Associates, the subsequent build-up acquisition of Genji in the US and the secondary buy-out of Permira; Temasek for its investments in French leading companies Alan and ManoMano; Vitalliance, its founder and shareholders for the LBO with ISAI and secondary LBO with Parquest; MWM, Spendesk, Odaseva and other growth companies for their equity financings in France and the US. David-James is a lawyer at the Paris and New York bars.

Melinda Stege-Arsouze

Melinda Arsouze is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. Its activities cover capital markets. She manages the US law practice. Melinda advises on financings involving placements in the US by French and EMEA companies, such as capital increases, IPOs, debt issues, securitisations and liability management. She has a strong practice in the healthcare sector. Melinda also advises foreign issuers on their SEC reporting obligations in the US. She works closely with the international offices, including New York, London, Istanbul, Warsaw and North Africa. Melinda has recently worked on a number of capital increases (such as Axway, Air France, Veolia, Argan, Atari and Waga), block trades (such as AIG/Lectra), IPOs (such as Antin Infrastructure Partners) and 144A high yield and corporate debt issuances and liability management (such as Veolia, COEDB, Pernod Ricard). In the healthcare sector, Melinda has advised on a large number of recent transactions (such as Carmat, GenSight, Medincell, Phaxiam). In the early years of her career, Melinda worked in the International Capital Markets team of a leading New York law firm. She is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law and is a member of the Paris and New York bars.

Christopher Szostak

Christopher Szostak is a partner in the Real Estate team of Gide in Paris. He advises on investments, developments and joint ventures. He also has a lease and litigation practice. Christopher is active in a wide breadth of industry segments including offices, retail, residential, industrial, self-storage, hotels and serviced residential. He acts on behalf of investors (listed property companies, funds, financial institutions), operators and end-users. He was recently involved in the sale of a Paris shopping centre, and various acquisitions (office building in the Paris CBD, industrial asset forward sale, self-storage assets). He also advised on hotel projects (acquisitions, disposals, developments, hotel management agreements) and forward leases (e.g. industrial lease for around 120,000 sq.m., shopping centre anchor, office building in Paris CBD, self-storage asset). Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002, Christopher has been a Solicitor since 2000. He holds an LL.B. in English and French law from King's College, London and a master's degree in private law from Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Rémi Tabbagh

Rémi Tabbagh is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He practises banking and finance law. He specialises in structured finance, particularly real estate structured finance. He mainly advises financial institutions and real estate investors on the structuring, negotiation and restructuring of complex financing transactions. His expertise in real estate structured finance extends to all types of assets and transactions. Rémi has recently advised French and foreign credit institutions and/or international investors on major real estate structured finance transactions, such as the financing of the construction of the Tour Triangle, the refinancing of the Coeur Défense property complex, the financing of the Ile Seguin development project and the financing of a number of well-known hotels (Hôtel Ritz, Hôtel Westin, Hôtel Costes, Hôtel George V, Hôtel Hoxton, Hôtel California, Pullman Tour Eiffel). Rémi holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in banking and finance law and a Masters in business law from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003.

Charles Terdjman

Charles Terdjman is Counsel in the Antitrust & International Trade practice. he specialises in French and EU competition law. He advises his clients in all areas of competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control). He has developed an extensive expertise in merger control, whether in the context of multi-filings or complex cases requiring commitments. He also specialises in antitrust litigation and has a vast experience regarding dawn raid litigation. In addition, He also advises various clients on distribution and consumer law, notably regarding consumer goods. In merger control, Charles was recently involved in the following transactions : Avril / Axéréal Elevage, Phoenix Pharma / McKesson, HIG / France Elevateur, St-Gobain / Chryso, Fnac-Darty / France Billet, Generali / Europ Assistance, Guerbet / Mallinkrodt, etc. In antitrust, Charles has advised groups such as Stihl, Drouot, Nintendo, JDE, Avril and Castel. A graduate of Science Po Paris, Charles also obtained an M2 in EU law from the Université R. Schumann in Strasbourg and an M2 in competition law from the Université Paris Descartes. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2012.

Dariusz Tokarczuk

Dariusz Tokarczuk is a partner in the Warsaw office. He specialises in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, competition and commercial contracts, capital markets and tax law. Dariusz advises on the most complex M&A transactions on the Polish market. He represents leading Polish and foreign investors during mergers and acquisition projects, financial operations and investment processes in Poland, as well as in cross-border multijurisdictional transactions. He provides comprehensive legal and business advice at every stage of the investment process. He has extensive corporate experience in various industry sectors, with a special focus on mining and heavy industries. Dariusz also advises on all aspects of competition law and commercial contracts and supervises the firm’s Tax practice. In recent years, he has advised KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. on various development projects and Qemetica (formerly CIECH S.A.) in obtaining strategic financing. Dariusz graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Wrocław and completed postgraduate studies in management at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Sciences Po, the École des Ponts ParisTech, MINES ParisTech and the Collège des ingénieurs de Paris. He is a member of the Warsaw Bar.

Anne Tolila

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). Anne is a graduate of Sciences-Po Paris - Section Economique et Financière and the University of Paris II-Panthéon Assas, and holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in international taxation from HEC. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1993.

Axelle Toulemonde

Axelle Toulemonde is a partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. Her practice covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity. She is regularly involved in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in the technology, real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors. She also advises financial investors and growth companies on equity financing, acquisitions and exits. Axelle recently worked for Equativ (a leading independent adtech platform) and its shareholders on the sale of Equativ to Bridgepoint and their reinvestment, for Sézane and its shareholders on the entry of Téthys into the share capital of Sézane, and for Crédit Mutuel Arkea on the acquisition of Budget Insight and its subsequent sale to the PSG fund and reinvestment. Axelle is a graduate of HEC business school, specialising in international legal and tax strategy. She holds a master's degree in business law from Paris XI. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999.

Sami Toutounji

Sami Toutounji is partner and co-head of Gide's Employee Share ownership team in Paris. He advises major French companies on the design and international roll-out of their share ownership and equity compensation plans, as well as on related corporate governance issues. Sami is a benchmark in his field, highly recommended and recognised by his peers. For a number of years, his team has been a leader in the continental share ownership plans market, both in terms of the number of plans implemented each year and their complexity. He also has in-depth knowledge of the treatment of share ownership and remuneration plans in the context of mergers and acquisitions and restructuring operations. Sami is a former member of the Retail Investors Commission of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers. Before joining Gide in 2022, he was a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP and co-manager of the Paris office. He began his career in Shearman's New York office. Sami received a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 1989 and a BA in Finance and Marketing from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. He also teaches US financial law at Assas Paris 2 and is a member of the New York and Paris Bars.

Antoine Tézenas du Montcel

Antoine Tézenas du Montcel is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and securities law. He is mainly involved in acquisitions and mergers of listed companies. He also has experience of IPOs and private or public issues (private investment in public equity) of financial securities by listed companies. His recent assignments include advising TotalEnergies in the context of the disvestment of its Canadian oil sands assets (2023); Long Path Partners in the context of the acquisition by Keysight Technologies of a controlling stake in the listed company ESI Group followed by a tender offer (2023); Warner Music Group in the context of the business combination between Deezer and the SPAC I2PO (2022); Cast, a listed company, and its management in the context of the acquisition of a controlling stake in Cast followed by a mandatory simplified tender offer (2022); Talend for its acquisition by Thoma Bravo (2021); American Industrial Partners, on the French aspects of the sale of Gerber Technology to Lectra S.A (2021). He advises regularly Zimmer Biomet and Legrand. Antoine is a graduate of the Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires - D.J.C.E. from the Université Paris II Panthéon Assas and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2002.

Thomas Urlacher

Thomas Urlacher is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He has first-rate expertise in complex acquisitions, disposals, strategic mergers (joint ventures) and corporate engineering. His areas of expertise include services (bancassurance, telecoms, IT), energy and industry (automotive, pharmaceuticals, agri-food). Thomas also has considerable expertise in complex transactions involving real estate. Thomas spent three years in Gide's Casablanca office and headed the firm's Beijing office for five years. There he developed a unique experience of M&A practice in an international context. Thomas is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) and holds a DJCE/DESS in business law from the University of Strasbourg. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002.

Süleyman Cem Uzel

Cem Uzel is an associate in the litigation team. He specialises in dispute resolution and employment law. He is involved in conducting due diligence and providing legal assistance to companies in their day-to-day operations. He also specialises in disputes relating to bankruptcy, insurance , commercial claims, employment and real estate. Cem assists clients in managing the termination processes of senior white-collar executives and developing their human resources policies. Cem's practice also includes commercial disputes, contract negotiation and litigation arising from contractual relations. Cem graduated from the Faculty of Law of Istanbul Bilgi University . During his university studies, Cem studied as an exchange student at the Faculty of Law of the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. Cem has been a member of the Istanbul Bar since 2019.

Dawid Van Kędzierski

Dawid Van Kędzierski is Counsel in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Warsaw. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and financial regulation. He has assisted in significant transactions on the mergers & acquisitions market, especially in relation to banks and public companies. He advises private equity and venture capital fund sponsors in buy-side and sell-side mandates as well as fund formation. He has acted on behalf of issuers and financial institutions in connection with public and private offerings of securities, including shares, bonds and subscription warrants. He also advises on financial regulation, including MAR, MiFID, AML/CFT, AIFMD and CRR. Dawid recently represented Kulczyk Investments in its take-private deal for Ciech (later re-branded as Qemetica), and KGHM in its PLN 1 billion issuance of unsecured 7-year bonds. Dawid graduated in law from Warsaw University and in English law from Cambridge ICE University. His PhD thesis on leveraged buyouts and recapitalisations was defended at the University of Łódź.

Stéphane Vernay

Stéphane Vernay is a partner in the Gide's Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) team in Paris. With over 30 years of experience, he specializes in major construction, concession and partnership projects in the energy, natural resources, transport, defense, and aerospace sectors. More specifically, He intervenes in the development, structuring and financing of projects. He advises developers, financial institutions, and public authorities. Familiar with sovereignty and export control issues, he developed a particular expertise in the aerospace and defense industry. Stéphane regularly advises EDF on its EPR/EPR 2 nuclear plant projects in India, the UK, China, the Czech Republic, and Poland, as well as on several hydro, solar and wind power projects. He also advised MSC on its acquisition of Bolloré Africa Logistics and is advising the group on several transactions in Europe and Africa. He intervenes for Naval Group, which he advised regarding the Australian Future Submarine Program, as well as for Ariane Group which he advised on several industrial projects. Stéphane has also worked in the Beijing and Hong Kong offices of Gide for over 12 years. He is a co-author of the book, "Négociation vécue par les professionnels - Partage d'expérience autour du traité pratique de négociation" (Editions Larcier, 2021). He is member of the Paris Bar since 1994.

Laurent Vincent

Laurent Vincent is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He regularly advises financial institutions and French and foreign companies on the issue, placement and listing of debt securities (senior bonds, hybrid or regulatory capital securities, Programme EMTN, ESG or SLB bonds, Euro-PP ...), as well as on liability management transactions, consent solicitation transactions and debt restructurations. Laurent also deals with all transactional and regulatory legal issues associated with the structuration and the conclusion of derivatives and collateral arrangements. Laurent holds an LL.M in commercial and financial law from King's College London, a DESS in banking and financial law and a DEA in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2008.

Emmanuel Vital-Durand

Emmanuel Vital-Durand is a partner practising Public Law and Real Estate Law in Paris. He specialises in litigation and public real estate transactions and financing. It advises real estate operators and public bodies on the implementation of complex projects involving national and local authorities (feasibility analysis, examination of administrative authorisations, land acquisition and financing arrangements, etc.). In these areas, it also conducts a significant amount of litigation throughout France. It assists numerous project owners in the development and implementation of their projects, advises local authorities on the award and performance of contracts relating to the development of their public or private property, and monitors development projects involving public authorities: restructuring of the Gare d'Austerlitz on behalf of the construction consortium, construction of the Lyon-Turin rail link, development of the PSG training centre and logistics centres. Emmanuel was a research fellow in town planning law and then deputy director of development and public facilities at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A graduate of the IEP in Paris and with a DEA from Paris II Panthéon-Assas, he was admitted to the Paris Bar and joined Gide Loyrette Nouel in 1999.

François Voiron

François Voiron is counsel in Gide's Criminal and Commercial Litigation team in Paris. He specialises in business criminal law and, more broadly, litigation. He is involved in a wide range of criminal business law cases at all stages of the proceedings, dealing with a wide variety of issues including breaches of probity, financial offences, but also unintentional offences (industrial accidents, accidents) and press law (defamation, slander). He also conducts internal investigations for clients, particularly in the context of suspected wrongdoing or fraud.He also conducts internal investigations on behalf of clients, particularly in cases of suspected wrongdoing or fraud, and assists clients in civil and commercial disputes before the courts, particularly in parallel with criminal proceedings. François has handled a number of complex cases involving multiple proceedings for major French and foreign companies and their directors, most recently assisting a major French bank in a criminal trial for disseminating misleading information, and a foreign investor accused of laundering tax fraud in connection with very substantial property investments in the south of France. François holds a Master 2 in European Business Law from the University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas and a University Diploma in International Business Litigation from the University of Paris-Est-Créteil. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2014.

Paweł Wasiel

Paweł Wasiel is an associate in the Warsaw office. He specialises in secured and structured finance, including real estate, acquisition and project finance. He has significant experience acting for borrowers and lenders on domestic and cross-border finance transactions. He also worked on numerous bond issues, the lease-back of real estates and securitization transactions. Paweł has recently advised Goldman Sachs Bank on financing of one of the biggest acquisitions of loan portfolios in recent years by affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, KI Chemistry on the process of obtaining financing for the acquisition of shares in Ciech, BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. in connection with loans granted to 32 companies from the photovoltaic energy industry for the financing of their renewable energy projects as well financing granted to companies from the NGI group to finance several shopping centres in Poland, mLeasing on several lease-back transactions, Santander Bank Polska S.A. on loans granted to company from PHN Group for the refinancing of the operations of the logistics centers located in Parzniew. Paweł is a graduate of Law at the Warsaw University. He is an attorney-at-law admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association.

Sacha Willaume

Sacha Willaume is counsel in the International Arbitration team of Gide in Paris. He specialises in international arbitration and dispute resolution. He regularly acts as counsel and tribunal secretary in commercial and investment arbitration cases in various sectors (energy, transport, infrastructure, distribution, intellectual property, construction) applying the laws of several jurisdictions. His experience also extends to arbitration-related litigation before French courts (challenge or enforcement of international arbitral awards, claims against arbitral institutions) and to private international law. Sacha is currently representing the French Republic in an arbitration under the France-Russia bilateral investment treaty relating to mining concessions. Sacha has also recently advised an Irish company and a Turkish national in two ICC arbitrations involving a dispute over USD 150 million relating to consultancy services in the aviation sector (ICC, Geneva, French law), is a member of the board of the Comité français de l'arbitrage des moins de 40 ans (CFA40) and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Sacha holds two master's degrees from the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne in international economic law (in partnership with Columbia Law School) and business law, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from King's College London. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2011.

Marta Wojtkowiak

Marta Wojtkowiak is associate of Gide's Litigation and Arbitration and IP/IT teams in Warsaw. She represents clients, including financial institutions and clients in the real estate, energy and construction sectors, in disputes relating to the non-performance of contractual obligations. She advises clients in matters concerning intellectual and industrial property rights, including patents, copyright, advertising and media law, as well as infringement of personal rights of companies. Marta advises a construction company in negotiations and litigation concerning infrastructure projects. She works for luxury goods companies, representing them in competition law disputes and advising them on their commercial activities. Marta has gained experience working as an in-house lawyer and then as a legal advisor. She holds a law degree from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and a Master 2 in Litigation and Arbitration from Toulouse-Captiole University.

Edyta Zalewska

Edyta Zalewska is an associate in Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law and Private Equity / Venture Capital teams in Warsaw. She specializes in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint venture, as well as in corporate law. She also has experience in the corporate aspects of restructurings. Edyta advises clients on all aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity at every stage of the project. She has worked for renowned international investment funds (Apax Partners, Enterprise Investors) and corporates (Total, Bonduelle, Auchan, Vinci Energies) as well as major local players (KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.) in various manufacturing and service sectors. Edyta graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw and completed Postgraduate Studies (DESS) in French and European Commercial Law (University of Poitiers). She an attorney-at-law admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association.

Jingjing Zhao

Jingjing is a member of the PRC Bar and senior associate at Gide's Shanghai office. She holds both a bachelor's degree in Law and master's degree in International Business Law from the University of Lyon III - Jean Moulin in France and a bachelor's degree in French from the Beijing Language and Culture University. Jing Jing's areas of expertise include foreign direct investment in China, foreign exchange control, labour and M&A in various sectors and in all phases of investment projects (new establishment, restructuring, transfer of shares or assets, dissolution and liquidation). She is familiar with PRC laws and regulations, has extensive practical experience in terms of drafting of transaction documents, contract review and restructuring planning, etc., and has participated in legal due diligence and reorganisations of many private, state-owned and foreign-invested enterprises in different sectors. She also assists Chinese subsidiaries or representative offices of foreign companies in their daily corporate management.

Bülent Özdirekcan

Bülent Özdirekcan is a partner in the Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions team of Özdirekcan Dündar Şenocak, Gide's affiliate in Türkiye. He specialises in corporate, mergers & acquisition and restructuring operations for listed and non-listed companies with private or public capital, particularly in the automotive, banking & insurance, energy and real estate sectors. He advises major local and foreign companies on their investments in Türkiye, particularly in the automotive, banking and insurance, energy and real estate sectors. He also handles all tax aspects of the above transactions, including those relating to foreign financing. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Franco-Turkish Chamber of Commerce in Turkey since 2012. He has advised numerous companies, notably French, Korean and Chinese, in the creation of joint ventures with Turkish partners in Turkey. He has also assisted such companies with restructuring and tax issues in Turkey. Bülent is a graduate of the Université Paris Val-de-Marne, the Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Université Paris Panthéon-Assas and Istanbul University. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998 and to the Istanbul Bar in 2003.

Ozan Ünal

Ozan Ünal is an associate in the Intellectual Property team. He specialises in commercial, civil and criminal law. He assists the intellectual property team in the seizure and destruction of counterfeit products throughout Turkey on behalf of major multinational companies. Ozan helps with the problems arising from the unfair use of trademarks belonging to international companies. Police raids and seizure of counterfeit goods throughout Turkey and filing lawsuits before criminal courts on behalf of international companies operating in various sectors such as luxury goods, perfume and cosmetics, textiles, and car parts. Ozan worked for 2 years in a law firm providing advice on business law and commercial matters, he also worked as a legal consultant in one of Turkey's largest media companies for almost 3 years. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Bahcesehir University. Ozan has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2017.

Arpat Şenocak

Arpat Şenocak is a Partner in Gide's Corporate/M&A team and its Turkish affiliate Özdirekcan Dündar Şenocak Ak. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and investment structuring. His activities cover mergers and acquisitions and investment structuring. He has been advising Turkish and international clients for over 20 years in various sectors such as financial services, technology and industry. Arpat recently assisted AXA in its takeover of Groupama's insurance business in Turkey, IBM in its acquisition of Software AG's StreamSets and webMethods platforms, Believe in its acquisition of DMC Music from the Turkish group Dogan and Carel in its acquisition of sole control of CFM Sogutma. Arpat is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Neuchâtel and holds an equivalence diploma from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University. Arpat is also President of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Turkey. He has been a member of the Neuchâtel Bar since 2003 and of the Istanbul Bar since 2008.