Lawyers in France

Antoine Denis-Bertin

Partner

Franklin

Antoine Diesbecq

Partner

Racine

Antoine Dérot

Partner

Reinhart Marville Torre

Antoine Faure

DLA Piper

Antoine Fouassier

Partner

Franklin

Antoine Gautier-Sauvagnac

Partner

FTPA

Antoine Gosset-Grainville

Partner specialising in all aspects of French and EU competition law with a specific focus on state aid, complex merger control and antitrust litigation. Advises French and international clients in a broad range of sectors, including regulated industries such as transport, telecom, and financial services. He has recently advised CMA CGM on mergers, including Bolloré Logistics and Altice Media, as well as on various antitrust and regulatory issues; Carrefour on mergers, including the acquisition of its competitor Cora/Match; ENGIE on the in-depth state aid investigation opened by the European Commission in 2024 concerning the 10-year extension of the operation of two Belgian nuclear reactors; the Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution before the French Competition Authority in the Bisphénol A case, recently obtaining its total exoneration; the French State on the recapitalisation of Air France-KLM, as well as Corsair, the La Poste Group, SNCF and various public operators on State aid issues, notably in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. He also represents several key French banks in litigation before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU against a series of decisions by the ECB and the Single Resolution Board.

BDGS Associés

Antoine Gravereaux

Partner

FTPA

Antoine Juaristi

Partner, Paris

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Antoine KARR

Associate

Valoris Avocats

Antoine Lelong

Antoine Lelong is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He advises on a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, equity investments, equity issues and corporate restructuring, both in France and abroad. He has developed sector expertise in financial services and distribution, as well as in real estate, energy and infrastructure. He also regularly advises companies on corporate law and corporate governance issues. Antoine has acted for BPCE, Casino, Groupama, ADEO, Régie Immobilière de la Ville de Paris (RIVP), the world leader in logistics real estate GLP, My Money Bank, the Canadian air transport and tourism group Transat A.T., Credit Suisse, Hammerson, Conforama, Unibail-Rodamco, Safran, Steinhoff, Areva, SNCF, Total, Olympus, Vivendi, the Meridiam infrastructure fund and family shareholders or founders in connection with the sale of businesses or assets. Antoine is a graduate of HEC, a member of the Legal Committee of the Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions (ANSA) and a director and secretary of the Gide Pro Bono endowment fund. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Antoine Maisonneuve

Antoine Maisonneuve is specialized in Business Criminal Law. He regularly assists companies as well as private persons in Financial and Accounting Criminal Law. He has a solid experience in Disciplinary and Regulatory Litigation and in Sport Criminal Law. He also deals with General Criminal Law cases. He has been Partner of the firm since 2015. He often publishes papers in specialized press in those areas (Dalloz-Lexisnexis-Lextenso) and intervenes in Universities and professional organizations. He co-wrote a book publish by PUF titled “Repenser la responsabilité pénale de l’entreprise” (“Rethink firm’s criminal responsibility”). He is a member of international organizations et keeps an active relationship with foreign bars. Academic career Oath taking in 2011. Master II – Arbitration and International Trade Other Legal 500 : Next Generation Partners in Business Criminal Law (2022, 2021) Wansquare : read his profile (2020) Les Echos : la relève en droit pénal des affaires (« The next generation in Business Criminal Law), read his profile (2019) Anomia : listen to his podcast

Cabinet Maisonneuve

Antoine Martin

Antoine Martin advises on all aspects of corporate / M&A matters. He specializes in advising on share and asset acquisitions and disposals, corporate reorganizations and cross-borders transactions. These transactions often focus strongly on complex carve outs or distressed asset transactions, involving as such negotiations with French State Agencies and local authorities. He also focuses his practice on private equity transactions (acting for institutional investors, managers and portfolio companies). His business background has further developed his naturally pragmatic, business-focused approach. With over 30 years' experience in the M&A sector, he has advised a number of international industrial groups on their strategic development activities in France and abroad. He has acted for domestic and international clients operating in the following industries: aerospace and defence, agriculture, food & drink, automotive, retail, biotech and high-tech, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and miscellaneous services.

Addleshaw Goddard

Antoine Mary

Antoine Mary is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He advises and litigates in all fields of real estate law. He advises both institutional investors and major users on all their property transactions, with a particular focus on transactions (asset deals, share deals, outsourcing), commercial leases and development. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005, Antoine joined Gide in 2006. He holds a postgraduate degree (DEA) in Business Law from the Paris X Nanterre University.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Antoine Mercier

Partner

White & Case LLP

Antoine Pampouille

Partner

Gowling WLG

Antoine Pian

Associate

Dechert LLP

Antoine Robin

Lawyer

MCE CARREL

Antoine Rousseau

Partner

Alerion

Antoine Tézenas du Montcel

Antoine Tézenas du Montcel is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and securities law. He is mainly involved in acquisitions and mergers of listed companies. He also has experience of IPOs and private or public issues (private investment in public equity) of financial securities by listed companies. His recent assignments include advising TotalEnergies in the context of the disvestment of its Canadian oil sands assets (2023); Long Path Partners in the context of the acquisition by Keysight Technologies of a controlling stake in the listed company ESI Group followed by a tender offer (2023); Warner Music Group in the context of the business combination between Deezer and the SPAC I2PO (2022); Cast, a listed company, and its management in the context of the acquisition of a controlling stake in Cast followed by a mandatory simplified tender offer (2022); Talend for its acquisition by Thoma Bravo (2021); American Industrial Partners, on the French aspects of the sale of Gerber Technology to Lectra S.A (2021). He advises regularly Zimmer Biomet and Legrand. Antoine is a graduate of the Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires - D.J.C.E. from the Université Paris II Panthéon Assas and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2002.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Antoine Vergnat

Partner Antoine Vergnat focuses his practice on advice to French and non-French investment funds, corporate groups and entrepreneurs operating in the industrial, service and real estate sectors on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters. Antoine focuses his practice on transactional tax law, with an emphasis on matters relating to the acquisition and sale of assets, the financing and restructuring of groups, as well as the management of tax affairs and controversies before tax authorities. Antoine also regularly provides tax advice to high-net-worth individuals on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters and has significant experience in the structuring of equity compensation schemes for management teams. For further details of Antoine's biography, please view McDermott website here.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Antoine Winckler

Antoine Winckler’s practice focuses on European and French competition law, including cartel investigations, merger control, and market dominance. He has advised clients in numerous cartel cases, including those relating to cement, copper tubes, seamless steel tubes, paper, elevators, cables and freight forwarding. Antoine has extensive experience representing corporate clients and financial institutions, as well as governments and public entities, regarding EU state aid rules; and he has represented clients in disputes before the European Commission, the European Courts in Luxembourg, the French Competition Authority and the Court of Appeals in Paris.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Antoine de la Gatinais

Antoine de la Gatinais is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in private equity. He is regularly involved in leveraged transactions on behalf of French and foreign managers and investment funds. He also assists portfolio companies in their transactions. Antoine has recently assisted Investindustrial in a number of transactions in France and regularly advises the listed property company Icade on its acquisitions, particularly in the property development sector. Antoine has been with Gide since 1998. He headed the Shanghai office (China) for 6 years (2010-2016). He is a graduate of the ESSEC business school and the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Anton Nothias

Anton Nothias’ practice focuses on corporate and financial matters, including financing, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton