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Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent Offices
10 PLACE DES ETATS UNIS
75116 PARIS
France
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Jean-Baptiste Guillot
Work Department
Sports & e-sport law / Corporate
Position
Partner – Corporate and Sports law.
He has a specific knowledge in international M&A, sports industry, international contracts, commercial law, Canadian investments in France and lobbying.
Career
Jean-Baptiste Guillot is a partner of the firm since 2020
Jean-Baptiste Guillot handles mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, commercial law, company law and contract law matters, with a particular focus on international transactions for Canadian, British and French companies.
In addition, Jean-Baptiste Guillot is the founder and head of the firm’s sports law department. He is recognized as one of the leading experts in sports law in France by several international and national guides and publications. He represents a number of leading clubs and businesses in the sports industry.
Jean-Baptiste Guillot also has significant expertise in lobbying, and helps his clients to have valuable input into the legislative and regulatory environment governing their activities.
Jean-Baptiste Guillot spent seven years as a lawyer with leading North American law firms (White & Case LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP) before joining Reinhart Marville Torre as partner of the corporate and sports law practice teams (1997 to 2020).
From late 1996 to 2010, Jean-Baptiste Guillot was also the European partner of the international Canadian firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.
Languages
French, English
Memberships
- Vice-President and Member of the Executive Committee of the France-Canada Chamber of Commerce since 2002
- Founding member of the France-Canada Investment Forum of the Canadian Embassy in France
- Member of the French Sports Lawyers Association and the association for reform of French sports law “Rénovons le Sport Français“
Education
A lawyer at the Paris Bar, Jean-Baptiste Guillot holds a LLM degree (Master of International Law) from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, as well as postgraduate degrees in business law (Paris V Descartes University) and comparative law (Paris II Panthéon-Assas University). He holds French and Swiss citizenship.