Avocats – France

Géraldine Piedelièvre

Partner

LPA Law

Géraud Saint Guilhem

Partner - M&A-Private Equity

Veil Jourde

Géric Clomes

Géric is an Employment and Incentives Partner in the Paris office with more than 15 years of experience. He focuses on strategic cross-border and multi-jurisdictional work for international clients such as banks, private equity funds and corporates. Géric has a strong experience on strategic transactional employment advice for international clients (including coordination work for multi-jurisdictional projects, managing information and consultation procedures, transfer of employees, etc.), crisis-management matters (e.g. moral/sexual harassment cases, investigatory work, negotiation of departures of senior executives, assistance during negotiation with trade unions) and strategic employment-related litigations (e.g. involving trade unions and works councils). Géric also developed the Incentives side of the Paris practice and plays a key role across the Linklaters network in assisting international clients on their global issues with respect to compensation and benefits.

Linklaters

Hadrien Bourrellis

Partner

Reinhart Marville Torre

Hadrien Schlumberger

Partner

Mayer Brown

Hadrien de Lauriston

Partner - Restructuring

Jeantet

Hamza Akli

DLA Piper

Hanan Chaoui

Adaltys Avocats

Hannah Cobbett

Partner focusing on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital market transactions, in particular in a cross-border context. She also represents clients in their corporate and commercial disputes and international arbitration. Hannah Cobbett is a native speaker of English and is fluent in French and Mandarin Chinese. Hannah Cobbett has recently advised Euricom on its acquisition of Ebly from Mars and Axereal Participations; Diageo on its joint venture with LVMH in Moët Hennessy, its worldwide distribution arrangements with Moët Hennessy and its delisting from Euronext Paris; Coty on its dual listing on Euronext Paris and issuance of 33 million shares via a public offering in the United States and a private placement reserved for qualified investors in the EEA; Thales on the sale of its Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) to Hitachi Rail; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on its acquisition in consortium with Vauban Infrastructure Partners of 45% of Bluevia from Telefónica, on its acquisition in consortium with ENGIE of Eolia Renovables, one of the largest independent renewable energy producers in Spain from Alberta Investment Management Corporation; Richemont on its partnership with Alber Elbaz for the creation of a joint venture, AZfashion; and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) as reference shareholder of Lagardère.

BDGS Associés

Harriet Gibson

Associate

Orrick

Hasna Nait Hammou

Hasna Nait Hammou has worked as an employment lawyer at Ogletree Deakins since October 2025. She initially joined the firm as an intern, later becoming a legal assistant before being sworn in and joining the profession. She provides advice and litigation services on all issues related to individual and collective labour relations. She assists French and international companies with the day-to-day management of their labour relations and with the analysis of cases, as well as with the preparation and drafting of conclusions in litigation relating to contract termination, dismissal disputes, harassment and discrimination. Hasna also contributes to articles in legal journals. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Hasna gained initial experience at a law firm specialising in employer defence and subsequently worked as a labour lawyer in the litigation department of a large group.

Ogletree Deakins

Hassan Ahtouch

Associate

Ogletree Deakins

Helene Daher

Founding Partner

Daher Avocats

Henri Bitar

Henri Bitar joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1999 and became a partner in 2008. He practices in tax law, with a focus on VAT, including cross-border VAT and property VAT. Henri Bitar advises and supports clients across a range of sectors, including the public sector, non-profits, industry, banking and insurance, and property.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

Henri Cazala

Partner advising distressed companies, their boards, their shareholders, their creditors and industrial or financial investors on debt restructurings, distressed M&A, out-of-court negotiations and insolvency proceedings. Recent work includes advising: Crédit Agricole Assurance on the restructuring, through a safeguard plan, of €600 million of debt held by Comexposium, a company co-controlled by Predica and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and on the adoption by Clariane of a plan to strengthen its financial structure amounting to €1.5 billion with the support of Predica as a reference shareholder; and Groupe Canal+ on the acquisition from Orange of the OCS pay-TV package and its film and series co-production subsidiary, Orange Studio.

BDGS Associés

Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues

Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues is a partner, he focuses on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and venture capital transactions. Henri regularly represents private equity sponsors in their domestic and international transactions and reorganizations. He has advised top executives, management teams and employees in leveraged management buyout (LMBO) and leveraged management buy-in (LMBI) transactions valued up to €6 billion. Henri is recognized as one of the key players in this field on the Paris market. He also regularly assists domestic and multinational corporations in their acquisitions, divestitures and corporate reorganizations. In addition, he represents family-owned groups and founding shareholders in relation to equity reorganizations and their partnering with private equity or venture capital institutions. For further details of Henri's biography, please view McDermott website here.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Henri-Louis Delsol

Henri-Louis DELSOL is co-head of the PARIS office’s "Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law" department and and Co-Managing Partner of the firm alongside Emmanuel KAEPPELIN. A lawyer with the PARIS and NEW YORK Bars, he has developed recognized expertise in : sales, acquisitions and restructurings (mergers, partial asset transfers, LBOs, etc.) ; stock-market transactions (particularly public offerings) ; fundraising amongst business angels, financial investors and manufacturers ; implementation of incentive mechanisms for staff and directors (management packages) ; cross-border operations, particularly transatlantic, working on behalf of both French companies expanding into the U.S. and American companies investing in EUROPE.

Delsol Avocats

Henri-Nicolas Fleurance

Partner

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés

Hervé Castelnau

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Hervé Castelnau advises French and international clients in multijurisdictional mergers and acquisitions for more than 20 years. His experience covers all aspects of corporate law, including M&A operation, joint ventures, privatizations, corporate restructurings, and commercial contracts. He principally advises clients in telecommunications, media, emerging technologies, food automotive, and luxury goods.

Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats

Hervé Chambon

Partner

Aliénor Avocats

Hervé Pillard

Partner - Finance

Veil Jourde

Hervé Pisani

Partner

White & Case LLP

Hervé Touraine

Partner

Orrick

Hubert Blanc-Jouvan

Partner

Ashurst LLP