Benoît Thirion
Public law, HOCHE AVOCATS
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Benoît Thirion, partner, joined Hoche Avocats in 2023 to head the Public Law practice.
Benoît practiced law for 8 years in the Public Law departments of Hogan Lovells (2010-2013) and Clifford Chance (2013-2017). From 2017 to 2023, he was a partner in the Infrastructure and Services practice of Altermind, a strategy consulting firm.
Through his career, Benoît has developed a first-rate understanding and mastery of the strategic and legal issues of infrastructures and associated services (transport and mobility, energy, telecoms, environment services). He has close relationships with many players in the ecosystem of these sectors.
Benoît advises public and private clients on all aspects of public law, in respect of strategy definition, project implementation and litigation. He specialises in public contract law, public sector law, regulatory law, environmental law and public competition law.
He works closely with the other departments of the firm and in particular with the Corporate/M&A, Business and Trade Law and Employment Law departments.
Benoît is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holds a Master 2 in Public Business Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne, as well as the International Certificate in Corporate Finance certificate from HEC.
He has taught public law and ecological transition (since 2023) and public contract law (2011-2019) at Sciences Po Paris and digital regulation at University Paris 2 Panthéon Assas (since 2019). He collaborates with think tanks and university chairs, and regularly publishes articles and op/eds in the press.