Gide Loyrette Nouel — France

Alexandra Munoz

Alexandra Munoz is a partner in Gide's Arbitration team in Paris. She specialises in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Alexandra advises major French and foreign companies as well as governments in commercial and investment disputes related to contract law, JV, public service concessions, public contracts and construction. She has developed an extensive experience in the cement industry, in the energy and oil and gas sectors as well as infrastructures and constrution. She represents clients before arbitral tribunals (ICC, OHADA, ICSID) or in conciliation and mediation procedures. She also represents clients before French courts (i.e. annulment procedures). Alexandra recently acted for an African state in an investment dispute relating to a mining concession. She also acted for an north-african industrial group in a partnership dispute with a Saudi company and in a disppute relating to the construction of a cement plant. She represents a state-owned oil company in its dispute with another african oil company worldwild. Alexandra is a graduate of Université Paris II, Erasmus Universiteit and the University of Connecticut School of Law. She is a CMAP-trained mediator and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2002. · International Arbitration

Alexandre Bochu

Alexandre Bochu is a partner in Gide's Tax Law team in Paris. He specialises in French and international corporate and personal taxation. His main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, investment fund structuring and real estate taxation. Alexandre has extensive experience of group taxation and investment structuring. He regularly acts for funds and management companies and has recently advised BlackRock, Swiss Life Reim and KKR on acquisition transactions and the creation of property funds, as well as leading banks on fund structuring and the implementation of management incentive schemes. He has also been involved in major property transactions alongside listed real estate companies, in particular acquisitions and reorganisations. Alexandre is a graduate of the Magistère DJCE at the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2011. · Tax

Alexandre Durand

Alexandre Durand is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and stock market law. He mainly advises listed and unlisted companies, family groups and private equity funds on their strategic and cross-border projects. He advised Accor on the sale of a 10.8% stake in Ennismore to a consortium of Qatari investors. He has also acted for the French State in connection with its stake in Laboratoire du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies and for Vivendi in connection with its acquisition of Editis. Alexandre has practised with Allen & Overy and Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier. He is a graduate of EDHEC Business School and holds a master's degree in business law and taxation from Paris Dauphine University. Alexandre is a member of the Paris Bar. · Corporate / M&A

Alexandre Gauthier

Alexandre Gauthier is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. His practice focuses on matters with an underlying real estate component, in particular the valuation of public property and town planning law. Alexandre advises property developers, real estate companies and investors on their property development projects, assisting them with land management, designing the contractual package and obtaining planning permission (defining the necessary permits, monitoring procedures and assisting with the administrative authorities, auditing permits and litigation). Alexandre has recognised expertise in infrastructure and complex contractual arrangements. Alexandre has developed recognised expertise in the conversion and restructuring of public assets, in particular by assisting his clients with numerous outsourcing operations involving public assets, mainly real estate, at the development or financing stage. Alexandre assists investors with all issues of town planning law during the development of projects, particularly in Paris. He also practises litigation, giving him a full appreciation of the issues involved in structuring transactions. Alexandre holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in public economic law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005. · Public Law

Alexandre Rennesson

Alexandre is Counsel in Gide's Public Law, Energy & Environment team in Paris. He is particularly active in two areas: infrastructure and public enterprises. In the area of infrastructure, Alexandre assists his clients throughout the project life cycle, from the structuring of calls for tender, the drafting and negotiation of contracts through to their execution. Alexandre advises public bodies, industrialists and investors, and lenders. Alexandre also advises major public companies and their shareholders on all operations relating to their development and governance: capital transactions, changes in legal form or governance, reorganisation, etc. Alexandre has worked on the structuring of a number of public projects and has recently been involved in several operations in the rail sector, such as the development of the Charles-de-Gaulle Express project (on the public authority side), the financing of the acquisition of rail equipment by several Regions (on the lender side) and the conclusion of the first rail line concessions open to competition (on the sponsor side). More generally, Alexandre is regularly involved in the transport, sport and energy sectors. Alexandre is a graduate of Sciences Po (Master Affaires Publiques) and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Master 2 Droit public des affaires). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017. · Public Law

Alexis Pailleret

Alexis Pailleret is a partner in Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity team in Paris. He works on M&A transactions (acquisitions, disposals and partnerships). With over 20 years of experience, he is recognized as a leading expert in the energy and infrastructure transactional sectors. Alexis regularly advises investment funds, strategic investors, public entities, lenders and developers on M&A / Private Equity transactions in France and other jurisdictions. Alexis teaches mergers and acquisitions as part of the Master II in Business Law at Université Paris-Dauphine. He is graduated from the Paris-Sorbonne University and the Paris-Dauphine University. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004. · Corporate / M&A

Alice Bouillié

Alice Bouillié is Of Counsel in Gide's Public Law and Environment teams in Paris. She advises on and litigates before the administrative, civil and criminal courts, in environmental law (ICPE, water law, soil pollution, waste, industrial risks, natural areas, protected species/biodiversity), nuclear law and energy law, as well as in mining and extractive activities law, and in matters relating to the circular economy, CSR/ESG and sustainable development (Gide Impact). In addition to her advisory and litigation work, Alice is a contributor to the Bulletin de droit de l'environnement industriel, and has written the books Lamy Transition énergétique and Offshore Wind Licensing (Edward Elgar Publishing). She is a member of the Club des avocats environnementalistes (CDAE) and the Cercle interprofessionnel du droit de l'environnement (CIDDE), and co-responsible for the Commission Environnement et Risques industriels of the Paris Bar Association. She has taught a course in nuclear law at Paris Descartes University since 2016. Alice holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in environmental law from the Universities of Paris I and Paris II (1997) and a diploma from the Institut de Droit des Affaires (IDA) at the University of Paris II (1996). She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002. · Environment

Anne Tolila

Anne Tolila is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. She specialises in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity. She is mainly involved in mergers and acquisitions, particularly for publicly-owned entities (the State or strategic companies) and major industrial groups, as well as in private equity transactions for both French and international clients (industrial companies or investment funds). Anne has also developed particular expertise in the healthcare sector. Anne advised EP Equity Investment (EPEI), a financially strong and recognised European industrial holding company with a long-term approach, on its acquisition of 100% of the Tech Foundations business of Atos SE, based on an enterprise value of EUR 2 billion (2023), and MSC Group on its acquisition of Bolloré Africa Logistics from the Bolloré Group (2022). Anne is a graduate of Sciences-Po Paris - Section Economique et Financière and the University of Paris II-Panthéon Assas, and holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in international taxation from HEC. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1993. · Corporate / M&A

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. · Corporate / M&A

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. · Real Estate

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. · Corporate / M&A

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. · Corporate / M&A

Arnaud Duhamel

Arnaud Duhamel is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He advises both issuers and banks on IPOs, capital increases, private placements, dual listings, convertible bond issues and block sales. His expertise also covers debt financing and restructuring, from EMTN programmes to hybrid securities, high-yield bonds, debt repackaging, as well as structured finance and products incorporating derivatives. Arnaud is very active in emerging markets. Arnaud is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies and the University of Paris II. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995. · Capital Markets

Aurélie Pacaud

Aurélie Pacaud is a Counsel in Gide's Technology, Media and Telecommunications team in Paris. She specialises in technology, personal data and media law. She advises on IT projects (drafting and negotiating contracts) and on data protection (GDPR compliance, analysis of complex projects, data breach management, CNIL controls). She assists clients with their digital activities (artificial intelligence (AI), e-commerce), and in matters of image rights and copyright. She works on financing and other transactions relating to tech companies. Aurélie has recently worked with biotech companies on high-stakes partnership contracts, on the raising of €15 million by Cure51, on the negotiation of an art direction contract for a luxury group, and on the sale by Société Générale of its subsidiary in Benin. Aurélie has also lectured on artificial intelligence and is working on compliance with the DORA regulation. Aurélie is a graduate of the Universities of Paris II-Panthéon Assas (multimedia and IT law), Paris-Nanterre (French/Anglo-American law), and NYU (LLM). She has been a member of the New York Bar since 2013 and of the Paris Bar since 2014. · Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Axelle Toulemonde

Axelle Toulemonde is a partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. Her practice covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity. She is regularly involved in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in the technology, real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors. She also advises financial investors and growth companies on equity financing, acquisitions and exits. Axelle recently worked for Equativ (a leading independent adtech platform) and its shareholders on the sale of Equativ to Bridgepoint and their reinvestment, for Sézane and its shareholders on the entry of Téthys into the share capital of Sézane, and for Crédit Mutuel Arkea on the acquisition of Budget Insight and its subsequent sale to the PSG fund and reinvestment. Axelle is a graduate of HEC business school, specialising in international legal and tax strategy. She holds a master's degree in business law from Paris XI. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999. · Corporate / M&A

Bastien Raisse

Bastien Raisse is Counsel in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He advises arrangers, investors and borrowers, both French and foreign, on the structuring of market transactions, the drafting and negotiation of documentation and all related regulatory issues. Bastien is mainly involved in all debt products and market segments (Investment Grade - Corporate and FIG with a particular focus on regulatory capital issues in the banking or insurance sector, Euro PP and High Yield) but also in securities giving access to capital, whether in the context of issues, restructuring or buybacks. He also specialises in innovative transactions that incorporate sustainability components (ESG or SLB bonds) or rely on disruptive technologies such as blockchain (security token issues and refinancing through DAOs). Bastien holds an M2 in Financial Law from the Université Paris-Saclay/ESCP Business School. He lectures at the MDBF of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at Sciences Po Paris. Bastien was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010. · Capital Markets

Benjamin Delaunay

Benjamin Delaunay is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He specialises in Investment Funds and Financial Services law. He advises management companies, credit institutions, investment firms and French and foreign investors on all issues relating to banking and financial regulations, and in particular in the fields of financial services law and asset management. He assists his clients in three main areas: (1) structuring and documentation of investment funds; (2) banking and financial litigation during the control and investigation phases, and in disciplinary proceedings; (3) regulatory aspects of their activities, and on issues relating to authorisation, the European passport, organisation and internal control, compliance, KYC / money laundering, the marketing of financial products, and the implementation of corporate transactions. Benjamin holds a Magistère in Business Law and a Master 2 in Business and Economic Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as a Master in Asset Management from ESCP Europe. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009. · Banking & Finance

Benjamin Krief

Benjamin Krief is a partner in Gide's Employment Law team in Paris. He specialises in employment law, dealing with both individual and collective labour relations. In particular, he assists transnational groups in managing their strategic disputes, such as collective disputes initiated by staff representation bodies, industrial tribunal disputes concerning senior executives or sensitive issues such as harassment, discrimination or the status of whistleblowers. Benjamin is also very active in defending intermediation platforms in disputes brought by drivers/delivery personnel seeking recognition as employees. In addition to his litigation work, Benjamin also assists his clients with the implementation of their reorganisation plans (sale, voluntary redundancy scheme, etc.) and has built up a speciality in information and consultation procedures with staff representation bodies. Benjamin holds a doctorate in law from the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar 2012. In addition to his litigation work, Benjamin also assists his clients with the implementation of their reorganisation plans (sale, voluntary redundancy scheme, etc.) and has built up a speciality in information and consultation procedures with staff representation bodies. · Employment

Bertrand Jouanneau

Bertrand Jouanneau is a partner in Gide's Tax Law team in Paris. Bertrand joined Gide in 2003 and spent a year in our New York office. His main areas of practice are real estate investment structuring, real estate taxation, real estate investment funds, mergers and acquisitions and group restructurings. He also advises companies on tax audits and disputes. He has advised Groupe Casino and Foncière Atland on the outsourcing of several property portfolios, Naos Hotels Groupe, Centaurus, Angelo Gordon, Ghelamco, Experimental Group and Brookfield on hotel and related projects, Priams and GDG on property development projects, and a large number of property companies. Bertrand is also a regular speaker at tax conferences and seminars on property taxation. He also created the Gide Real Estate blog, a medium dedicated to legal and tax news in the real estate sector. Bertrand graduated from the University of Cambridge (LL.M. in Business Law and Taxation) in 2003 and from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (DESS, Magistère, DJCE) in 2001. He joined Gide in 2003 and spent a year in our New York office. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003. · Tax

Bertrand Oldra

Bertrand Oldra is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He advises on a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions, property development and real estate restructuring. Bertrand specialises in real estate transactions and plays an active role in the development of practices in this area (co-working, co-living, smartgrids, etc.) and has recognised expertise in resolving disputes involving real estate assets, both before the courts and through mediation. He regularly acts for international clients, both in France and abroad. His main recent activities are the acquisition and disposal of a number of properties (direct acquisition or acquisition of shares in companies) with a view to their restoration, letting or sale, the acquisition of property development companies, the monitoring of construction operations for office buildings and shopping centres, the development of a number of hotels, including a luxury hotel in Paris, crisis exit strategies and general property litigation. His clients include J.P. Morgan Asset Management, AEW, Apsys, Arkea, Angelo Gordon, Bouygues Immobilier, Crédit Agricole, Caisse d'Epargne, Decathlon, Foncière Atland, Qatari National Bank, Disney and Tikehau. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2000, Bertrand is a graduate of ESSEC business school (MBA). · Real Estate

Bruno Quentin

Bruno Quentin is a partner in Gide's Litigation team in Paris. His areas of expertise cover pre-litigation and litigation activities, as well as business criminal law and commercial litigation. He assists both corporate entities and individuals before all criminal, civil and commercial courts and before financial regulators. He assists his clients in mediations organised to settle complex, high-stakes disputes. He also advises on criminal tax law and anti-corruption (setting up anti-corruption programmes, risk analysis, internal investigations), and on adapting companies to the duty of care. He handles cases involving stock market litigation, company law, banking and finance, liability and press law. He has also defended the interests of individuals implicated in the exercise of their public and political functions (ministers before the Court of Justice of the Republic, members of Parliament, presidents of local authorities). Bruno was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995. · Litigation

Bénédicte Mazel

Bénédicte Mazel is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. She advises private and public sector players in all areas of public business law as applied to infrastructure or public service projects in France (contracts, concessions, operations on public property and all forms of public-private partnerships), throughout the project life cycle (structuring, financing, construction, operation), including litigation. She also advises financial institutions on public sector financing transactions. Bénédicte works on energy transition projects (solar, wind, hydrogen, heating networks, IRVE) for investors, owners, producers or consumers (connection to networks, PPA, obligations under the APER law, CEE); sports and event facilities (stadiums, training centres, nautical centres, casinos, hospitality) and supported Paris 2024 for 4 years for the delivery of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; and airport, port, road and rail concessions. Bénédicte holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in public economic law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999. · Public / Administrative Law

Capucine Bernier

Capucine Bernier is a partner in the Insurance team. She specialises in insurance law and civil liability. Her practice focuses on non-life insurance litigation (property, civil and professional liability, special and industrial risks) and life insurance. She advises and assists insurance companies, bancassurers and various industrial operators in the management of sensitive disputes or disputes with high strategic and economic stakes. Capucine is a member of UJARF (Union des Jeunes Assureurs et Réassureurs Français), AJAR (Association des Juristes d'Assurance et de Réassurance), AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances), and vice-president of ADIAP (Association des Diplômés de l'Institut des Assurances de Paris). She is a frequent speaker at conferences and contributes to the writing of specialist articles. She is a graduate of the Institut des Assurances de Paris (valedictorian), has a Master 2 in Insurance Law from Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne and a Master 2 in Business Law. Capucine has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1998. · Insurance

Carole Malinvaud

Carole Malinvaud is a partner at Gide Paris, where she coordinates the firm's international arbitration activities and chairs Gide's Pro Bono endowment fund. She practises international commercial law, with a particular focus on international arbitration. Carole has recently concentrated on construction, energy and defence arbitrations under ICC and ICSID rules. She also acts as arbitrator in a number of ICC and ICSID arbitrations. Carole is a lecturer at the University of Paris II as part of the Master 2 in International Business Law and at Sciences Po Paris as part of the LLM in Transnational Arbitration. She has been Vice-Chair of the ICC Court of Arbitration since 2021 and an elected member of the ICCA Board since 2017. She has also been an elected member of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) since 2015, President of the Ordinary Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) since 2016 and President of the ad hoc Division of the Paris Olympic Games (2024). Carole is a graduate of the University of Paris II (DEA in private law - 1986) and Harvard (LL.M., Harvard Law School, Lavoisier and Fulbright scholarships - 1988). She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1986 and to the New York Bar in 1990. · International Arbitration

Charles Terdjman

Charles Terdjman is Counsel in the Antitrust & International Trade practice. he specialises in French and EU competition law. He advises his clients in all areas of competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control). He has developed an extensive expertise in merger control, whether in the context of multi-filings or complex cases requiring commitments. He also specialises in antitrust litigation and has a vast experience regarding dawn raid litigation. In addition, He also advises various clients on distribution and consumer law, notably regarding consumer goods. In merger control, Charles was recently involved in the following transactions : Avril / Axéréal Elevage, Phoenix Pharma / McKesson, HIG / France Elevateur, St-Gobain / Chryso, Fnac-Darty / France Billet, Generali / Europ Assistance, Guerbet / Mallinkrodt, etc. In antitrust, Charles has advised groups such as Stihl, Drouot, Nintendo, JDE, Avril and Castel. A graduate of Science Po Paris, Charles also obtained an M2 in EU law from the Université R. Schumann in Strasbourg and an M2 in competition law from the Université Paris Descartes. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2012. · Competition / Antitrust

Charles-Eric Delamare-Deboutteville

Charles-Eric Delamare-Deboutteville is Of Counsel in Gide's Maritime Transport Insurance team in Paris. He advises on all types of regulatory issues relating to insurance law, in particular restructuring operations in the insurance sector, the implementation of distribution schemes and all regulatory issues relating to insurance distributors, the regulation of insurance undertakings and, more generally, all insurance law issues. Charles-Eric has recently been involved in setting up distribution schemes for insurance/assistance products for leading banking and industrial operators. He regularly advises on all market issues and the main M&A operations in the insurance sector (e.g. assistance with the creation of a P&C insurer for a major banking group, assistance with the sale of a P&C insurance company or a life insurance company). Charles-Eric also assists with ACPR inspections. Charles-Eric is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Master of Business Law and Insurance Law). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004. · Insurance

Charlotte Dupont

Charlotte Dupont is a Partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. She specialises in private equity transactions, with particular expertise in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and growth capital investments. Charlotte advises numerous investment funds and founders within the scope of LBO and growth capital transactions, as well as industrial players on their build-up strategies and corporate reorganisation operations. Charlotte has recently been involved in the LBO of the Argon & Co group structured by Bridgepoint Development Capital and Ardian Growth, the LBO of the Myrium group structured by Capza alongside Amundi Private Equity and Bpifrance, and the merger of 3P Biopharmaceuticals and Biovian structured by Keensight Capital and Elyan. She has over 15 years of experience within leading French and US law firms. Prior to joining Gide, she was an Of Counsel within Paul Hastings' Corporate department. Charlotte has a specialised Master's degree in International Law and Management from ESCP Europe and a Master's 2 in Business law and Taxation from Université d'Orléans. · Corporate / M&A

Chloé Bouhours

Chloé Bouhours is counsel in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Gide’s Paris office. She is involved in M&A transactions, fund-raising and setting up strategic partnerships, mainly in the infrastructure and energy sectors. She advises investment funds, major groups, public bodies and project developers in France and abroad. Chloé is also a member of the Infravenir association and provides teaching in mergers and acquisitions within the master 2 in business law of Université Paris-Dauphine. She is a graduate of the University College and the Master's degree in economic law, business, markets and regulations at Sciences Po Paris, as well as the Master's degree in international corporate operations and taxation at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. She also studied public affairs and international relations at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and worked in the economic department of the French Embassy in Colombia. Chloé was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018. · Corporate / M&A

Christian Camboulive

Christian Camboulive is a Partner in Gide's Arbitration team in Paris. He coordinates the activities of the Arbitration team. He advises and act as arbitrator in international, institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, as well as before French courts in arbitration-related disputes, such as setting aside proceedings. He has acted in over a hundred arbitrations, conducted in particular under the ICC, AFA, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules, relating to the protection of investments, infrastructure and construction projects, joint ventures and acquisitions, distribution, licensing or reinsurance agreements, in a wide variety of sectors. A former vice-chairman of the International Bar Association's Arbitration Committee and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy, Christian is a member of various associations specialising in arbitration (i.e. Comité Français de l'Arbitrage, Institut pour l'Arbitrage International, London Court of International Arbitration, Association Suisse d'Arbitrage) and sits on the Editorial Committee of Cahiers de l'Arbitrage/Paris Journal of International Arbitration. Christian is a graduate of Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and IEP Bordeaux. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1988. · International Arbitration

Christophe Eck

Christophe Eck is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities law and corporate law. He is involved in acquisitions and mergers of listed and unlisted companies, as well as restructurings. He is regularly involved in cross-border transactions in various parts of the world, including Asia and Africa. He has also developed a litigation practice in these areas before national courts and arbitration tribunals, as well as expertise in infrastructure and mining projects. He advises or has advised numerous groups on their mergers and acquisitions (Auchan, Société Générale, Groupama, Addax & Oryx, BPCE, BMCE, Total, Anglogold Ashanti, ENI) as well as government authorities. Christophe is a graduate of the University of Nancy and the University of Paris. He is a member of the Paris Bar and is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and an Advocate of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in India. Christophe was Managing Partner of the firm in 2010 and 2011. · Corporate / M&A

Christopher Szostak

Christopher Szostak is a partner in the Real Estate team of Gide in Paris. He advises on investments, developments and joint ventures. He also has a lease and litigation practice. Christopher is active in a wide breadth of industry segments including offices, retail, residential, industrial, self-storage, hotels and serviced residential. He acts on behalf of investors (listed property companies, funds, financial institutions), operators and end-users. He was recently involved in the sale of a Paris shopping centre, and various acquisitions (office building in the Paris CBD, industrial asset forward sale, self-storage assets). He also advised on hotel projects (acquisitions, disposals, developments, hotel management agreements) and forward leases (e.g. industrial lease for around 120,000 sq.m., shopping centre anchor, office building in Paris CBD, self-storage asset). Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002, Christopher has been a Solicitor since 2000. He holds an LL.B. in English and French law from King's College, London and a master's degree in private law from Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne). · Real Estate

Constantin Miliotis

Constantin Miliotis is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris and in Gide's London office. He assists French and international players with all legal issues relating to the real estate value chain: investment and arbitration, structuring joint ventures and investment vehicles (regulated and unregulated), setting up and developing real estate projects, construction, asset management and financing. He works on all types of real estate assets, for a wide variety of players in the real estate industry. In 2024, Constantin assisted Hammerson France and Patrizia with the sale of the O'Parinor shopping centre to Klépierre and Sofidy. In 2023, he assisted the consortium formed by BNPPRE in the acquisition and restructuring of the former AP-HP headquarters in Paris. Since 2019, Constantin has been assisting the Icawood fund with all its acquisition, development and marketing operations (Marcadet, Aquaboulevard de Paris, Arboretum, CB3, etc.). Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007, Constantin holds a Master's degree in real estate and construction law from the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas. · Real Estate

David Jonin

David Jonin is a partner in Gide's Employment Law team in Paris. He specialises in employment law and social security law. In France, he advises and litigates with French and international companies on the implementation of large-scale projects. He is also regularly involved in international cases. Over the past decade, he has assisted clients in some sixty countries (Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, South America and Central America). David has recently advised international groups on restructuring, reorganisation, unfair competition and criminal employment law. He advises and litigates with French and foreign companies on issues of employment law (corporate restructuring and reorganisation, unfair competition, criminal employment law, international mobility, staff representative bodies and trade unions, working conditions, employee savings schemes, health and safety, professional elections) and social security law (social security contributions, accidents at work and occupational illnesses, Urssaf inspections, provident schemes, pensions). He holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in private international law from the University of Paris II. He joined the firm in 1999 and has been a partner since 2007. · Employment

David-James Sebag

David-James Sebag is a Partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team and divides his time between the New York and Paris offices. His practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and private equity, with a particular emphasis on cross-border transactions. David-James represents a large number of international groups and private-equity funds for their investments in France, and advises French companies on their fund-raising and acquisitions in France and the United States. He regularly advises investors and entrepreneurs on M&A, venture and growth equity transactions, particularly in the tech, AI , healthcare sectors or sensitive businesses (for foreign investment control). David-James has recently advised Talend (NASDAQ), on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo for USD 2.4 billion; TPG Capital and Planview, a US-based strategic portfolio management (SPM) platform, for the acquisition of Sciforma Corporation; Hitachi Vantara, the French subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. on the sale of oXya SAS, an SAP infrastructure solution provider, to Montefiore Investment; Tenable Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ) in the acquisition of Alsid, a French cybersecurity company; Hana Group and its management for the LBO of TA Associates, the subsequent build-up acquisition of Genji in the US and the secondary buy-out of Permira; Temasek for its investments in French leading companies Alan and ManoMano; Vitalliance, its founder and shareholders for the LBO with ISAI and secondary LBO with Parquest; MWM, Spendesk, Odaseva and other growth companies for their equity financings in France and the US. David-James is a lawyer at the Paris and New York bars. · Corporate / M&A

Diane Jouffroy

Diane Jouffroy is counsel in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. Her activities mainly cover private equity matters. She is particularly active in venture capital and venture growth. Diane assists both investors (French and foreign) and start-ups with fund-raising, governance issues, profit-sharing structures, external growth operations and exits. Prior to joining Gide, Diane worked for a leading start-up incubator. Diane was also seconded to the VC team of an investment fund in 2024. She holds an LL.M. from New York University and a BA, M1 and M2 in French law / Anglo-American law from the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. She has been a member of the New York Bar since 2015 and of the Paris Bar since 2017. · Venture Capital

Didier Martin

Didier G. Martin is a Partner in Gide's Corporate/M&A and ESG, CSR, Sustainability teams in Paris. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, securities law, corporate law and corporate governance. He deals with acquisitions, joint ventures and business combinations, particularly involving listed companies, and has extensive experience of cross-border transactions. He assists several listed issuers with their stock market law, corporate governance and financial and non-financial communication issues. Furthermore, he coordinates the firm's ESG, CSR and Sustainability practice. Didier has recently advised leading French and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, including URW, Accor, Swiss life, Carlisle Inc, Zimmer Biomet and Normec. Didier is a graduate of HEC (major in finance) and holds a master's degree in business law from the University of Paris 2. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1992. · Corporate / M&A

Dimitri Dimitrov

Dimitri Dimitrov is a partner in Gide's Competition & International Trade team in Paris. He advises on competition and distribution law. He represents companies in proceedings before the French and European competition authorities (cartels and abuse of dominant position) and state courts (compensation claims, restrictive competition practices, etc.). He regularly assists French and foreign companies with the notification of complex, multi-jurisdictional merger transactions. Dimitri advises leading clients on competition and distribution law, both in transactional matters and major litigation. In particular, he has developed a practice aimed at manufacturers and distributors of healthcare products (medicines and medical devices). Dimitri is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Aix-Marseille. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003. · Competition / Antitrust

Elise Marie

Elise Marie is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Media & Technology team. She advises clients and has extensive experience in non-contentious matters (audits of intellectual property portfolios, contracts) and contentious matters (proceedings before French, European and foreign courts and offices). She also practises copyright and unfair competition law. Elise advises and manages the industrial property rights portfolios of some of the world's leading brands, particularly in the sports, finance, fashion and consumer goods sectors. Elise graduated in law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and in intellectual property law from the University of Aix-Marseille. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2013. · Intellectual Property

Elise Mignard

Elise Mignard is counsel in Gide's Insurance team in Paris. Her practice covers insurance and civil liability law. She is particularly involved in non-life insurance litigation (construction insurance, damage, civil and professional liability, special and industrial risks), and regularly takes part, on behalf of clients, in legal expert meetings. He also provides legal advice to insurers and other clients. Elise recently assisted an architect in drafting the insurance clauses of a contract relating to the construction of a battery production and recycling plant for electric vehicles. She also assisted an insurer in a dispute relating to a hydroelectric power station and handled an insurance dispute relating to the construction of a port in West Africa. Elise holds a Master 2 in Public Economic Law from the University of Paris I (2006) and a Master 2 in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from the University of Paris II (2005). She regularly publishes in her areas of expertise. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007 and has been a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales since 2021. · Insurance

Elizabeth Gautier

Elizabeth Gautier is a partner in Gide's Competition and International Trade team in Paris. She specialises in French and European competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position and merger control) and FSR and FDI regulations. She acts on behalf of national and international operators, both as counsel and in litigation before the French courts, the Competition Authority, the European Commission and their appeal courts. She also assists companies in connection with mergers which may give rise to commitments and/or the opening of an in-depth examination phase, whether before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission or national and regional authorities, particularly in Africa. Finally, Elizabeth assists operators in connection with their filing obligations under the FDI and FSR regulations. Elizabeth has recently acted in the following emblematic antitrust cases before the French competition authority: the household electrical appliance case, the rendering case, the Bisphenol A case, the hygiene and cleaning products case, the Echange Image Chèque case, etc. She has also recently intervened in a number of follow-on cases before the civil and commercial courts, notably in the online betting, hygiene and cleaning products, legal and economic information on companies, banking and consumer goods sectors. Elizabeth is a member of the APDC (Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence). She is a graduate of King's College London, Paris V and Université Rennes I. She is a member of the Paris Bar since 2010. · Competition / Antitrust

Emmanuel Larere

Emmanuel Larere is a partner in Gide's Intellectual Property team in Paris. Emmanuel advises and litigates in patent and trademark law. A renowned specialist in these areas, he defends and advises some of the world's leading companies, particularly in the pharmaceuticals, healthcare, luxury goods and sporting goods sectors. He is a member of several associations: AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle: member of the Amicus Curiae Committee at international level, former vice-chairman of the French group; former chairman of the Trademarks Committee of the French group); AAPI (Association des Avocats de Propriété Intellectuelle), INTA (International Trademark Association). Emmanuel is a graduate of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1991. · Intellectual Property

Emmanuel Reille

Emmanuel Reille is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Paris. His practice covers French and European competition law, competition law in Africa and commercial litigation. He regularly advises on antitrust issues in litigation before the French competition authorities and the courts, as well as on merger notification. He is also regularly involved in litigation and merger proceedings before the competition authorities in Africa. Lastly, he is involved in commercial litigation (breach of commercial relations, unfair competition) before the courts. Emmanuel has solid experience in the following sectors: banking, insurance, energy, real estate, construction, agro-industry and agri-food, digital and consumer goods. Emmanuel is a member of the Association des Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence (APDC). He is a graduate of the University of Paris X-Nanterre and the University of Kent, Canterbury. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999. · Competition / Antitrust

Emmanuel Vital-Durand

Emmanuel Vital-Durand is a partner practising Public Law and Real Estate Law in Paris. He specialises in litigation and public real estate transactions and financing. It advises real estate operators and public bodies on the implementation of complex projects involving national and local authorities (feasibility analysis, examination of administrative authorisations, land acquisition and financing arrangements, etc.). In these areas, it also conducts a significant amount of litigation throughout France. It assists numerous project owners in the development and implementation of their projects, advises local authorities on the award and performance of contracts relating to the development of their public or private property, and monitors development projects involving public authorities: restructuring of the Gare d'Austerlitz on behalf of the construction consortium, construction of the Lyon-Turin rail link, development of the PSG training centre and logistics centres. Emmanuel was a research fellow in town planning law and then deputy director of development and public facilities at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A graduate of the IEP in Paris and with a DEA from Paris II Panthéon-Assas, he was admitted to the Paris Bar and joined Gide Loyrette Nouel in 1999. · Public Law

Eric Bolis

Eric Bolis is Counsel in Gide's Structured Finance team in Paris. He joined the firm in 2017 and specializes in structured and real estate financing transactions. Eric advises French, foreign and supranational financial institutions as well as sponsors on complex real estate financing (hotels, offices, retail, residential) and venture debt transactions. Eric has been named in the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch ranking since its inception (2021). Eric holds a Master 2 in Corporate Engineering from the University of Aix-Marseille. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018. · Banking & Finance

Eric Cartier-Millon

Eric Cartier-Millon is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He specialises in structured finance and project finance. In structured finance, he represents senior lenders and/or mezzanine lenders in LBO financing transactions; he also has extensive experience of structured finance, whether or not associated with securitisation transactions. In project finance, he advises several lenders or sponsors in various financing transactions in France, including a paper mill in Golbey, a Daimler-Benz plant in Sarreguemines, the Stade de France and the A28 motorway. He also has extensive experience of debt rescheduling agreements. He advises creditors or borrowers in a number of debt restructuring transactions on behalf of major French listed and unlisted companies. Eric also represents clients in arbitration proceedings before the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Eric is a member of the Paris Bar. · Banking & Finance

Eric Martin-Impératori

Eric Martin-Impératori is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He has specialised in real estate and town planning law, construction law, the acquisition and financing of real estate projects and commercial leases since 1990. Involved in all aspects of real estate matters, Eric has extensive experience of large-scale projects, including the development of shopping centres, office buildings and data centres, from the design stage through to completion and marketing. He assists a wide range of real estate players (developers, investors, management companies, asset managers) on all types of assets (shopping centres, logistics, offices, hotels, data centres, leisure, etc.). His in-depth knowledge of the entire production cycle of a property enables him to provide precise advice tailored to each situation. Eric is consistently listed as one of the leading property experts in the international legal guides Chambers Europe, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Who's Who Legal Real Estate in France. Eric has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1990. · Real Estate

Franck Audran

Franck Audran is a partner in Gide's Competition & International Trade team in Paris. He specialises in EU competition law (cartels, dominant positions, merger control). Franck assists our clients in litigation proceedings in France, whether before the French Competition Authority (cartels and abuse of dominant position) or the Commercial Court (claims for damages, restrictive competition practices, etc.). The also act on complex mergers, some of which require commitments and/or the opening of an in-depth investigation phase before the French Competition Authority, the Commission or the national competition authorities of EU Member States (Romania, Greece, Poland, etc.), as well as outside the EU (China, Korea, Brazil, Serbia, Bosnia, Turkey, etc.). He also has extensive experience of antitrust litigation before the French competition authority (railway, household electrical appliances, dairy supply, rendering, BPA) and private enforcement before the commercial courts (hygiene products, zinc, energy and Google ADX). Franck is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Erlangen in Germany. He is a member of the Paris Bar. · Competition / Antitrust

Franck Guiader

Franck Guiader is Head of Gide 255 team in Paris. He specialises in advanced technologies, digital finance and the regulation of innovation. He advises public and private companies and institutions on their development projects, which require them to incorporate specific technology-related features into their legal structure (marketplaces, blockchain, security tokens, ICOs, stablecoins, NFT, Metaverse, roboadvisors, crowdfunding, AI). Franck is a member of the AMF's "Management and Institutional Investors" and of the "Technological Innovations and Regulatory Developments" Committee of the French Asset Management Association (AFG). He also chairs the AFG's Artificial Intelligence Working Group. Franck was Division Director between 2011 and 2018 at the AMF in charge of "Asset Management Regulation" and "Fintech, Innovation and Competitiveness". He holds degrees in business law, finance and mathematics from the universities of Paris Panthéon-Assas and Paris Cité, and from Neoma Business School. · Banking & Finance

François Voiron

François Voiron is counsel in Gide's Criminal and Commercial Litigation team in Paris. He specialises in business criminal law and, more broadly, litigation. He is involved in a wide range of criminal business law cases at all stages of the proceedings, dealing with a wide variety of issues including breaches of probity, financial offences, but also unintentional offences (industrial accidents, accidents) and press law (defamation, slander). He also conducts internal investigations for clients, particularly in the context of suspected wrongdoing or fraud.He also conducts internal investigations on behalf of clients, particularly in cases of suspected wrongdoing or fraud, and assists clients in civil and commercial disputes before the courts, particularly in parallel with criminal proceedings. François has handled a number of complex cases involving multiple proceedings for major French and foreign companies and their directors, most recently assisting a major French bank in a criminal trial for disseminating misleading information, and a foreign investor accused of laundering tax fraud in connection with very substantial property investments in the south of France. François holds a Master 2 in European Business Law from the University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas and a University Diploma in International Business Litigation from the University of Paris-Est-Créteil. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2014. · White-Collar Crime

Françoise Even

Françoise Even is a partner in the Employee Share Ownership team in Paris. She specialises in employee share ownership, remuneration and governance, mergers and acquisitions and stock market law. She advises major European listed (CAC 40/SBF 120) and unlisted companies on the design of their employee share ownership plans, including plans with complex leverage and guarantee arrangements. Her expertise covers all aspects of French law (company law, stock exchange law, etc.) and she coordinates operations in France and abroad. Françoise assists major companies in structuring the remuneration of their executives (bonus share plans, stock options, supplementary pension schemes, non-competition clauses, etc.). It assists listed companies in drafting their "say on pay" resolutions and remuneration policy reports, as well as in all matters relating to corporate governance. It also advises them on setting up procedures for appointing directors representing employees and employee shareholders, and for appointing members of the supervisory boards of company investment funds (FCPE). Françoise practised with Shearman and Sterling LLP. She is a member of the Paris Bar. · Employee Share Ownership

Frédéric Nouel

Frédéric Nouel is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He has also been the firm's senior partner since 2021. His practice focuses mainly on M&A, financial and real estate transactions for listed and non-listed players in the European real estate market and on investment funds. Frédéric played a key role in the creation in France of real estate investment funds (OPCI, OPPCI - non-listed REITs), which now have almost €100billion in assets under management. He has developed significant expertise in investment fund creation and development of professional alternative investment funds (FIA) in all sectors of the real estate and hotel industries. Frédéric is involved in a number of major market transactions. Recent clients include Kering, Accor, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Icamap, BPCE, Klepierre, Engie, ADEO, Swiss-Life, Domus-Vi, BNP Paribas, KKR and SFL. Admitted to the Paris Bar, Frédéric is a graduate of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris-Dauphine Universities. · Real Estate

Guillaume Goffin

Guillaume Goffin is a partner in Gide's Banking and Finance team in Paris. He specialises in financial services law and has developed a specific expertise in asset management (UCITS and alternative investment funds, in particular real estate funds, debt funds, infrastructure funds and private equity funds). Guillaume acts for fund managers, promoters, credit institutions, insurance companies and other institutional investors in structuring, documenting and distributing investment funds and management mandates. His work covers the transactional and regulatory aspects of these operations, including obtaining AMF approval for products and participants. Guillaume also acts for financial regulators in supervisory and sanction proceedings. Guillaume is a graduate of the University of Paris II and the University of Exeter. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009. · Banking & Finance

Guillaume Navarro

Guillaume Navarro is a partner in Gide's Employment Law team in Paris. His practice focuses on employment litigation and criminal law (in this context, he represents his clients in litigation before all courts), as well as day-to-day corporate monitoring (labour law and human resources issues, employment contracts, individual and collective redundancies, relations with staff representatives, strikes, professional elections and trade union disputes). He is also regularly involved in corporate restructuring and the management of social issues during corporate transactions. Guillaume is a graduate of the Universities of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris II - Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004. · Employment

Guillaume Pichat

Guillaume Pichat is an associate in Gide's Structured Finance team in Paris. He joined the firm in 2019 and primarily involved in real estate financing transactions (hospitality, offices, retail, logistics). Guillaume advises French and foreign financial institutions and sponsors on structured finance transactions. Guillaume holds a Master 2 Business, Tax & Financial Market Law from the University of Paris XI and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2020. · Structured Finance

Hubert Merveilleux du Vignaux

Hubert du Vignaux is a partner in Gide's Capital Markets team in Paris. He acts for the most active issuers, arrangers and investors on a wide range of capital market transactions, mainly on debt securities (Bonds, MTNs, Commercial Paper), with a particular emphasis on structured or innovative products and operations (ESG, SLB, Euro PP, high yield, subordinated bonds, covered bonds, mortgage bonds, restructuring, buy-backs) as well as on equity securities (IPOs, share capital increases etc.) and equity-linked securities. Hubert is regularly consulted by market authorities and associations, and is a teacher at Université Paris I and Sciences Po Paris. Hubert worked for a number of years at Slaughter and May. He is a graduate of Université Paris II and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1995. · Capital Markets

Hugues Moreau

Hugues Moreau is a corporate and transactional partner mostly active in tangible assets industries: real estate, hospitality, F&B, retail & infrastructures. In these sectors, he assists domestic and international operators at all stages of the value creation chain: mergers & acquisitions, operations & asset management (leases, HMA, franchise scheme, etc.). His practice extends to the structuring of joint ventures and investment vehicles, both regulated and unregulated. Since 2000, Hugues has been involved in numerous acquisition, disposal or restructuring projects, venture or private equity investments, and international expansion (acting in particular for investors, developers or operators of real estate and infrastructure assets, players of the hotel, F&B and leisure sectors, and leading actors in the luxury, fashion and hospitality sectors). Hugues is a member of the Paris Bar and holds an MST in Franco-British business law, a DESS in business law (DJCE) and an LLM in international business law. · Corporate / M&A

Hugues Scalbert

Hugues Scalbert is a partner in Gide's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He specialises in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, and has developed particular expertise in M&A transactions in the insurance, retail, higher education and defence sectors, as well as in transactions in the Gulf region (particularly Saudi Arabia). Hugues recently advised ABN Amro and AXA on the sale of their life insurance subsidiary Neuflize Vie, Ageas on the sale of its life insurance subsidiary Ageas France, VYV on the sale of Egamo, Europ Assistance on the signing of a strategic partnership with Crédit Agricole Assurances, and AXA and BNPP on the sale of their life and non-life insurance subsidiaries in Ukraine. He regularly advises players in the mutual and cooperative insurance sector (VyV, MGEN, Unéo, La Mutuelle Générale, AGMF Prévoyance, Klésia, Malakoff Médéric, etc.). Hugues also advised the VYV group on its acquisition of Groupe Patrimmofi. He is a graduate of Université Paris II and was a lecturer at HEC. He gives lectures in the Paris 1 master of social protection. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce and he is a member of the Paris Bar since 1989. He attended the 62nd national session of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. · Corporate / M&A

Jean-Baptiste de Martigny

Jean-Baptiste de Martigny is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions team in Paris. He also advises in securities law. He regularly advises listed and unlisted companies, family groups as well as private equity and infrastructure funds. Before joining Gide, Jean-Baptiste de Martigny was a partner at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, after practising at Allen & Overy and then Counsel and Clifford Chance. Jean-Baptiste holds an LL.M from University College London and is a graduate of IEP Paris and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003. · Mergers & Acquisitions

Jean-François Levraud

Jean-François Levraud is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris and has been the firm's managing partner since 2021. He is mainly involved in property transactions and assists his clients with construction and development operations. In recent years, Jean-François has worked with AccorInvest, Blackrock Investment, BNP Paribas, DWS GmbH, Pernod Ricard, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Seafrigo Investment, Union Investment Real Estate and Unibail-Rodamco. Jean-François joined Gide's Morocco office in 2013 to strengthen the real estate practice. He headed the Casablanca office until summer 2018, before returning to practise in Paris. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003, he is a graduate of IEP of Bordeaux, ESCP Business School and the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris 5 Universities. · Real Estate

Jean-François Louit

Jean-François Louit is a partner in Gide's Corporate team in Paris. Together with Caroline Lan, he heads the practice dedicated to assisting executives, managers, company founders and family shareholders. He is involved in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions in a variety of contexts (groups owned by investment funds, listed companies, family groups, etc.), particularly with regard to access to capital, management incentives and governance. Jean-François was recently involved in KKR's investment in the April group and in the merger between the Flowbird and EasyPark groups, and also advises a number of leading listed companies on governance issues and incentive and employee share ownership plans. Prior to joining Gide, Jean-François Louit was a partner in the Corporate & Securities department of Mayer Brown Paris. Jean-François holds a Magistère in business law, taxation and accounting from the Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto (Canada). · Corporate / M&A