Mr Patrick Mousset > Gowling WLG > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Gowling WLG
38 AVENUE DE L'OPÉRA
75002 PARIS
France

Work Department

Corporate - M&A - Private Equity

Position

Co-managing Partner

Career

Patrick Mousset is a partner specialized in Corporate M&A / Private Equity and the co-managing partner of the Paris Office of Gowling WLG.

Patrick’s main areas of expertise are private equity and mergers and acquisitions, in particular to support French and foreign clients in setting up, build-up and disposal operations. For more than 20 years, he has been advising investment funds notably on the structuring of their investments and divestments, as well as active majority or minority shareholders, officers and managers of companies under LBO, and companies on their expansion projects, including build-up and joint ventures.

His experience includes advising management teams on the structuring, negotiation and evolution as well as on the restructuring of their incentive packages, distinguishes him from leading players in main national and international lawyer rankings, including Legal 500 (LBO, Venture/Growth Capital), IFLR 1000, Leaders League (Décideurs).

Admitted to both the Paris and Montreal Bars, he began his career with leading Canadian law firms in Montreal and Toronto before joining American and Anglo-Saxon law firms in Paris.

Languages

French, English

Education

Admitted: Paris Bar – 2009

Admitted : Montreal Bar – 1997

LLB, Law Montreal – 1995

Master 2, Droit, Université de Poitiers – 1994