Lawyers in France

Florian Bouaziz

Partner

Bredin Prat

Florian Brechon

Partner

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Florian Dessault

Partner advising and representing companies and their senior executives before French commercial and civil courts, as well as before arbitral tribunals. Florian Dessault's practice focuses in particular on complex business litigation (shareholder disputes, post-acquisition litigation, contractual disputes), and he has developed recognised expertise in handling sensitive disputes involving regulatory or competition law issues.

BDGS Associés

Florian Guais

Partner Lawyer at the Paris Bar and Dubai Legal Affairs registered

Steering Legal

Florian MAYOR

Florian Mayor is a business law lawyer. He supports the clients alongside Ariane. He intervenes on fundraising, sale or takeover of business. He has also supported search funds. He particularly enjoys advising entrepreneurs, and in particular the managers and founders of start-ups, in their development process. And be associated with them in the construction of their strategy.

Spark Avocats

Florian Renaux

A member of the Paris Bar, Florian’s practice focuses on international arbitration, and commercial and corporate governance disputes.​ In arbitration, Florian has acted as counsel in numerous commercial and investment arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and governed by the rules of the main arbitral institutions. He has developed specific expertise in investor-State dispute resolution and, more generally, in cross-border disputes raising issues of private and public international law.​ Florian also acts before French courts in proceedings relating to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitral awards in France, as well as in civil, commercial and criminal matters.​ He has a strong background in disputes related to the aerospace, energy and high-tech sectors.​ Prior to joining our firm, Florian practiced with leading international business law firms and international organisations in Paris and Geneva.​ He is a graduate of the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement de Genève (IHEID), and of the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. ​ He also spent a semester as an exchange student at the Boston University LL.M. program.

TALMA Dispute Resolution

Floriane Chartier-Chanot

DLA Piper

Floriane Codevelle

Partner / Paris Attorney-at-law (Paris Bar) UPC Representative European Trademark and Design Attorney

Casalonga

Foucaud Jaulin

Foucaud Jaulin joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2025. He advises on the development and financing of projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. His practice covers the entire project lifecycle, including structuring and development, discussions with public authorities, financing, construction and project management in the operational phase. He is also involved in privatisation and asset acquisition operations. Foucaud works with international companies, developers, investment funds, financial institutions and governments, mainly in Europe, Africa and emerging countries.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

Francesco Assi

Senior Associate

Ashurst LLP

Francine Le Péchon-Joubert

Partner

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés

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.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Franck Bourgeois

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland

Franck De Vita

Partner

White & Case LLP

Franck Denis

Franck, a partner at Cabinet Fairway since July 2019, focuses primarily on real estate acquisitions, development projects, construction matters and commercial lease negotiations. Experience• Advises on all legal aspects of acquisition, disposal and development transactions (including construction and real estate development) across all types of real estate assets, including offices, logistics and warehouse facilities, shopping centres, hotels and serviced residences. Franck is also regularly involved in property management matters and commercial lease work.• Advises institutional investors, real estate companies, developers, as well as major French and international end-users.

Fairway A.A.R.P.I.

Franck Dupret

Counsel

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

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.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Franck Janin

Partner | Attorney registered with the Lyon Bar Association

Chassany Watrelot & Associés (CWA)

Franck Le Mentec

Partner

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Franck Lepron

Franck Lepron joined UGGC in 2003 after spending three years in the Public-Private Partnerships department at Landwell. In 2011, he became a partner at UGGC. Since then, Thierry Dal Farra, Philippe Hansen, and him have overseen the Public Business Law department, which is one of the firm’s benchmark activities. Franck's practice focuses mainly on public procurement law and public contracts (concessions; procurement contracts; partnership agreements) and he assists private-sector operators and major national public operators. He also is specialised in regulatory law, including transport regulations, which is one of the team’s most extensive areas of expertise. Finally, Franck often works on matters related to how institutions operate and develop, including the structuring and management of projects, pooling and diversification of activities, codes of ethics for the public sector and public officials, etc.

UGGC Avocats

Franck Morel

Partner

Flichy Grangé Avocats

Franck Poindessault

Franck has 20 years’ experience advising and representing French and international companies and their management in business and liability litigation before the judicial and arbitral courts, whilst also offering alternative dispute resolution expertise, including mediation. He has special expertise in advising banks and other financial institutions on liability and insurance disputes, especially relating to financial risk. His expertise in insurance is recognised by the French National Bar Council. Franck’s practice also focusses on contract law matters, including disputes concerning the validity, enforcement and termination of contracts; M&A disputes arising from sellers’ representations and warranties; and business principles governing professional services in the French market, such as fair competition and consumer protections. He began his career in a law firm acting before France’s Highest Court and then worked in French and international law firms.

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Franck Sekri

Partner Franck Sekri is active in the fields of Private Equity (LBO, Management Package), Venture Capital and corporate M&A. Over the last few years, Franck Sekri has been involved in a large number of transactions on behalf of investment funds, listed or unlisted industrial groups and management teams. He also handles contentious corporate matters such as shareholders’ disputes and post-acquisition litigations.

Sekri Valentin Zerrouk

Frank Martin Laprade

Partner - Listed companies and capital markets law, Stock market litigation, Corporate litigation - Banking and finance litigation

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