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Taylor Wessing Offices
69 AVENUE FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
75008 PARIS
France
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Gilles Amsallem
Position
Gilles Amsallem is the Managing partner and Head of Corporate for Taylor Wessing in France.
Gilles is highly specialized in business and company law, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs operations, restructuring, contracts drafting and negotiation. Gilles acts primarily for major Media Entertainment and Technology clients including press, publishing, advertising, IT and sports companies. He is also renowned for advising US investors who want to settle down in France.
Career
After completing PhD in business law with the Aix-Marseille University, Gilles has served as in house counsel for Thomson in Paris then Singapore and France Telecom (FCR). In 1995, Gilles joined one of the “Big 4” firms where he has been leading Legal Media Communication Network for Europe and was responsible for the development of the Sports sector. He was one of the founders of Taylor Wessing France in 2003 and is Managing Partner and Head of Corporate since then.
Gilles regularly publishes articles in the French press (Les Echos, Option Finance, Le Magazine des Affaires) and is acting as a Consultant of the ESSEC French High School.
Languages
English, French
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Media and entertainment: Cinema
- Media and entertainment: Television/radio
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Insolvency
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- EU, competition and distribution
- Real estate
- Mergers and acquisitions