Lawyers in France

Thomas Urlacher

Thomas Urlacher is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He has first-rate expertise in complex acquisitions, disposals, strategic mergers (joint ventures) and corporate engineering. His areas of expertise include services (bancassurance, telecoms, IT), energy and industry (automotive, pharmaceuticals, agri-food). Thomas also has considerable expertise in complex transactions involving real estate. Thomas spent three years in Gide's Casablanca office and headed the firm's Beijing office for five years. There he developed a unique experience of M&A practice in an international context. Thomas is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) and holds a DJCE/DESS in business law from the University of Strasbourg. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Thomas Vaseux

Lawyer - Senior Counsel

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés

Théo Mercier

Théo joined Addleshaw Goddard in September 2024 as a member of the Litigation team. His practice focuses on corporate criminal law, compliance issues and internal investigations. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, Théo worked in French and international law firms.

Addleshaw Goddard

Théobald Naud

DLA Piper

Théophile Jomier

Théophile Jomier focuses his practice on complex corporate transactions, in particular, on restructurings and refinancings. He has a wealth of experience in financial and commercial disputes and a strong background in international finance.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Tiana Rambatomanga

Tiana Rambatomanga is a partner in the Asset Management Department in Paris. Tiana’s practice covers all segments relating to private funds, with a particular focus on private equity, infrastructure, renewable energies, debt and real estate funds. She specializes in advising investment managers on legal, regulatory and commercial matters relevant to the creation and fundraisings of private funds and investment platforms. Tiana’s experience covers a broad range of products and strategies, from large private funds to smaller market players and bespoke products in particular regarding « retailization » of private markets. Ms. Rambatomanga has extensive experience in particular concerning the formation of general and sector-based French, Luxemburg and pan-European it regulated and unregulated funds, including LBO funds, mezzanine funds, venture capital funds, funds of funds, secondary funds, master/feeder structures. She regularly acts for LPs in relation to their funds’ investments and advises on secondary transactions. Ms. Rambatomanga also advises portfolio managers and institutional investors throughout their business development, including co-investments, joint-venture, club-deals, spin-offs, set-up of French approved management companies and investment advisers. Ms. Rambatomanga is a member of Level 20, a European association that promotes the presence of women in the private equity industry and is a member of the legal committee of France Invest. She regularly lectures on investment funds and GP/LPs relationships in France and the UK (Master ESCP Paris, MBA Oxford University) and has been involved in student mentoring programs to promote equal opportunities. In 2022, Ms. Rambatomanga lectured a virtual Masterclass "Finance Sociale et Durable/Sustainable Finance" session at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers on the ESG Revolution: Regulatory framework and key benefits for Private funds. Ms. Rambatomanga also authored an article in CF – Le Courrier Financier on the FCPR Evergreen funds dedicated to unit-like insurance policies, as she’s the first practitioner on the French market to have structured this type of new private equity products.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Tim Portwood

Partner

Bredin Prat

Timothée Gagnepain

Partner Timothée Gagnepain focuses his practice on complex restructurings and insolvencies, both national and international. Timothée has a broad-based insolvency and restructuring practice, representing mainly debtors, shareholders, private equity funds, some creditors and trustees. He acts as strategic advisor, negotiator and, when necessary, litigation counsel, and has significant experience before the French bankruptcy courts. He has a wealth of experience in LBO transactions, leveraged recapitalizations and bankruptcies as well as debt and corporate restructurings. Timothée handles complex matters for a range of clients across the real estate, retail and financial sectors. For further details of Timothée biography, please view McDermott website here.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Timothée de Prudhomme

Timothée de Prudhomme is a lawyer at Ogletree Deakins. He joined the Tax and Compensation practice group in September 2025, working alongside partner Nicole Goulard and senior attorney Amélie Fiamma.. He provides advice on all tax matters affecting executives and employees, with a particular focus on compensation policies, employee share ownership plans, and international mobility transactions. He also helps companies and their executives to structure and secure their compensation, management packages and asset transfers, taking into account the tax, social and governance aspects specific to each project. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Timothée gained significant experience at law firms specialising in compensation law and personal and international taxation. He worked on compensation, benefits, and executive mobility transactions.

Ogletree Deakins

Tina HOERNEL

Partner

Valoris Avocats

Tiphanie Mareuse

Tiphanie Mareuse is a partner in Gide’s Public Law team in Paris, working on major infrastructure contracts. She has extensive expertise in public contract law. Tiphanie specialises in all forms of public-private partnerships in French and international infrastructure projects, primarily in transportation and defence. She also has specific expertise in infrastructure for sports and major events and was involved in the organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tiphanie advises the MSC group (a major player in container transport) within the scope of the execution of its port concessions in France and worldwide. She also recently advised the Eiffage group on the signature of the partnership agreement for the construction of the new Grand Port Maritime de Marseille headquarters. Tiphanie holds a Master 2 in public economic law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a specialised master's degree in international business law and management from ESSEC Business School. She began her career in 2012 at Gide before going on to join the legal department of Bolloré Transport et Logistics in 2016. She returned to Gide in 2018.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Todd Wetmore

Todd Wetmore, a founding partner of Three Crowns, is based in Paris, where he has handled complex international commercial arbitration cases for over 25 years. As counsel, he represents clients in high-stakes disputes around the world in diverse sectors including high-tech manufacturing, automobile distribution, aviation, oil and gas, electricity, and mining. He has deep experience with disputes presenting challenging financial and technical issues, such as those arising from banking operations, teaming arrangements, supply and M&A deals, and gas pricing, under both common law and civil law systems. Todd is also a recognised specialist in infrastructure and construction disputes and has led teams handling some of the largest construction disputes in arbitration. Todd regularly sits as an arbitrator under the ICC, LCIA, Swiss, and UNCITRAL Rules. One prominent appointment includes the much-publicised van der Garde v. Sauber arbitration, which had an impact on the 2015 Formula 1 motor-racing season.

Three Crowns LLP

Tom Blanchet

Tom Blanchet is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology group. Tom focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, including infringement, invalidity and “saisie-contrefaçon” proceedings. He advises clients from various sectors, including life sciences, cosmetics, electronics, mechanics and telecommunications (FRAND issues). He also provides advice in dispute resolution and negotiating contracts.

Dentons

Tom Longmuir

Partner

Ashurst LLP

Tom Vauthier

Partner

Bredin Prat

Tony Janvier

Partner

OYAT

Tristan Bonneau

Tristan Bonneau focuses on structuring private debt, infrastructure, and private equity funds. He also advises management companies on financial regulations; approvals; marketing; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration; and portfolio investments and divestments. Tristan speaks French and English. For more information, view Tristan's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/tristanbonneau

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Tristan Dupré de Puget

PARTNER

FTMS Avocats

Tristan Segonds

Partner

Mermoz Avocats

Typhaine Geoffroy

Counsel

LPA Law

Térence Cabot

Admitted to the Paris Bar since 1999, Terence Cabot is dealing in Public Business Law and Administrative Law in general. Specialized in the Economic Public Law and Telecommunications Law, he also focuses on cases concerning Public contracts, Urban Planning Law, Public Competition Law. He supports as well public clients as private clients, in counselling as in contentious lawsuit. He teaches the electronic Communication Law at Poitier University.

Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats

Uriel SANSY

Partner

FACTORHY

Vaea Pery

Partner

NMCG Avocats

Valentin RENOUX

As a partner at LexCase since 2025, Valentin RENOUX leads the Environmental, Energy, and Infrastructure Law department.

LexCase