De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés > Paris, France > Firm Profile

‘The team is always available and responsive.’

‘The dedicated team, led by Julien Horn, shows great responsiveness, as well as a great ability to adapt to the files that we entrust to them. The team has also been able to deploy high quality and remarkably creative writings in litigation involving one of our key brands, thus obtaining a very good decision in our favour.’

‘This team is proactive, very responsive and knowledgeable.’

‘I would give a special mention to Charles-Edouard Renault.’

‘Georgie Courtois is the lawyer with whom I was able to work and was able to appreciate his availability and his practical approach.’

‘DGFLA is unique on the French market as having a real project team-based approach, teaming up with clients and partners to deliver. They are able to cover the whole life span of products and services life cycle. Most other firms are organised in seperate departments that do not actually mix with others for one same matter. At DGFLA, the client is at the center and they organise themselves accordingly. The level of trust built with their clients and partners such as our firm is high and longstanding’

‘Very high-quality and technological French business firm, independent and entrepreneurial, close to its clients with a business-oriented spirit.’

‘Cécile Théard-Jallu is a top-notch international lawyer, with a high sense of client care and highly demanding of herself and her team. She shows both a commercial vision and high-level technical skills which enables her to handle complex healthcare & life sciences regulatory matters with a pragmatic approach.’

‘Very great accessibility of our interlocutors, fluid and efficient communications, a quality professional relationship with in particular Cécile Théard-Jallu and Kevin Ishac.’

‘They have terrific knowledge and expertise in the digital space, in addition to the more traditional knowledge in the healthcare sector, and this allows them to provide very high-level advice especially in the digital health sector. They are also very responsive and always available.’

‘We’ve mainly dealt with Cécile Théard-Jallu and Sophie Weill and we’ve always been satisfied. They are very thorough in their analyses, produce good writing and are easy to follow in their reasoning even if the documentation for the analysis is extensive. We’ve always felt confident that they have every aspect covered. Main contact has been with Cécile who is very experienced and hands-on. She’s made herself available within very short notice on a couple of urgent occasions and still been able to assist us with concrete advice of French law and on how to proceed.’

‘A diverse team with complementary skills; easy collaboration and good competence; no billing problems; good reactivity compared to other firms. The firm gives full satisfaction.’

‘Agnès Macaire demonstrates great competence and pedagogy in the fields of public law and public law procurement and PPP etc. Her help is invaluable during our internal meetings.’

‘The firm sets a very high standard in the field of compliance with a solid and efficient team. Pierrick Le Goff has a unique profile offering a combination of in-house practice, teaching and outside counsel experience. This makes his input and advice extremely valuable and always close to the realities of the corporate world while offering a high level of reliability of the legal advice.’                                                        

‘Available, pragmatic and responsive, Pierrick Le Goff anticipates our needs perfectly and advises us in a very pragmatic way. His memos are of high quality.’

‘Very appreciable versatility and multidisciplinary  team. The team showed a perfect knowledge of the decision-making processes within companies, and of the interactions between the stakeholders in charge of the deployment and control of a compliance program and vigilance plan.’

‘The associates aren’t exclusively assigned to a specific department or partner related to their specialty. They can diversify their activities and skills by working on other areas of business law for specific needs on files or during secondment missions in companies. This versatility and multidisciplinarity is very appreciated.‘

‘A highly competent team in the fields of energy transition.’

‘Sylvie Perrin is very available, flexible, pragmatic, and has good commercial sense.’

‘The work provided by the team is of very high quality: very high responsiveness, strong mobilisation and availability. We were extremely satisfied with the quality of the team and the work produced. The team has excellent knowledge of our industry, which is very valuable.’

‘We worked with Sylvie Perrin who is extremely reliable, responsive and efficient. Very good knowledge of the business. We will continue to work with her on our next deals.’

‘We benefit from the committed services of this team in terms of energy transition. Legal innovation is also essential to these developments and we are happy to count on them as partners in these efforts.’

‘Multidisciplinary team, foolproof responsiveness, night work to meet the timing objectives. Pragmatism appreciated compared to other law firms, this firm is a seeker and a finder of solutions.’

‘On the M&A side, Sylvie Perrin is an excellent lawyer, very assertive and didactic, she knows how to find the right words to convince the most picky clients.’

‘Excellent professionals who master their subjects perfectly, they are extremely efficient in handling matters.’

‘Efficiency, responsiveness, proactivity.’

‘Superb French law firm with an excellent knowledge of other laws. This makes it really good to deal with international transactions. The team is also always available and very commercial.’

‘Sylvie Perrin stands out for her excellence.’

‘May Jarjour is very good lawyer and has a great breadth of knowledge.’

‘Strong ability to find and offer innovative solutions; especially Sylvie Perrin who is a great professional recognised in her market.’

‘High level of expertise. Ability to take into account various legal issues into financial documents. Excellent knowledge of the market and the players (banks, investors, regulator).’

‘I have had the opportunity to work on various occasions with the firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés on transactions involving many parties. I have always been impressed by the efficiency with which transactions are conducted. In particular, May Jarjour and her team demonstrate great efficiency and knowledge of the matter.’

‘May Jarjour has an in-depth knowledge of banking law.’

‘A team that finds innovative and smart solutions.’

‘Availability and creativity. Very good follow-up of files.’

‘Both highly competent and pragmatic, the firm is a valuable and efficient aid in the negotiation of disputes and the handling of contentious procedures.’

‘Great availability. True professionalism.’

‘Good negotiation skills, strong experience and technique, responsiveness, availability and excellent work.’

‘Louis de Gaulle has a tremendous ability to rationalise the different perspectives of cross-border litigation and he infuses his team with that ethos. Their collective focus on the best result for the client, rather than the likely result of a particular motion or effort, builds confidence in the advice they give.’

‘Samantha Nataf and Pierrick Le Goff are both brilliant and great experts in international arbitration.’

‘Pierrick Le Goff is perfectly familiar with the corporate world in view of his past functions. He shows great rigor and availability. He is a seasoned professional and an expert in international arbitration.’

‘Availability and responsiveness. Established competence in the field.’

‘Responsive team with excellent interpersonal skills. Very good coordination between the different teams of the firm. Clarity of messages. Real support for decision-making.’

‘Excellent understanding of the needs and expectations of legal directors. Extremely sharp and careful work.’

‘Matthieu Dary is very involved in the files, he is very available, flexible and extremely educational with the operational staff, which is very important in our business sector.’

‘Excellent full-service approach to cases.’

‘Professional, skillful, proactive team providing very good advice and recommendations.’

‘Professional advice, patience, pedagogy, experience, together with nice and sympathetic relationships. This goes for both Henri-Nicolas Fleurance and Jean-Francois Paque.’

‘Pragmatism and adaptation to needs – high responsiveness and availability.’