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Nicolas Baverez

Partner · August Debouzy

FrancePublic / Regulatory, Administrative LawFrench, English

About

Partner in the Public Regulatory Environment department at August Debouzy (joined January 2023). He specialises in economic public law — including privatizations, public-private partnerships, administrative law, competition and complex transactions — and has advised or represented the French State, regulatory authorities, governmental bodies and state-owned and private entities. Prior to August Debouzy he spent 18 years heading public economic law, competition and PPP teams in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Paris office and previously led public economic law practices at other Paris firms; he was also a magistrate at the French Cour des Comptes.

Practice areas

Public / RegulatoryAdministrative LawCompetition / AntitrustPublic-Private PartnershipsPrivatizationCorporate / M&A

Office

Expertise

Economic public lawPrivatizationsPublic-private partnerships (PPPs)Competition / antitrustRegulatory environmentComplex transactionsAdvising state bodies and state-owned entities

Education

  • Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), 1980–1984
  • Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Graduated 1982
  • Agrégation - Economic and Social Sciences, 1983
  • Master’s degree (DEA) in Social Sciences, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1983
  • PhD in History, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1986
  • Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), "Michel de Montaigne" promotion, 1986–1988

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Paris Bar (1998)

Languages

FrenchEnglish