Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Jean-Daniel Bretzner

Partner

Arnaud de La Cotardière

Arnaud is one of the most renowned corporate litigators in France. Having acted for 30 years alongside his clients on their most sensitive matters, he is recognised for his determination and sense of strategy. He regularly pleads before French courts (civil, commercial and criminal) and the AMF (French stock exchange authority). He also regularly acts, whether as counsel or as arbitrator, in arbitral proceedings. First and foremost concerned for his clients’ interests, Arnaud systematically includes the possibility of a settlement within his strategic approach. He is also very experienced in mediation. His clients praise his “quick and pugnacious mindset” and reckon he is “a great listener” as well as describing him as a “bright and without pretention” and an “outstanding professional”. They also add that Arnaud is “very business-oriented; he finds the key points very quickly” and “is senior enough to know what we can manage and what to negotiate”. Although he now devotes all his time to his matters, Arnaud was Managing Partner of the Paris office for 10 years and member of the Executive Committee of the Firm for 4 years. This management experience is greatly helping him to understand his clients concerns.

Thomas Rouhette

Partner

Gabriel Hannotin

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2011, and Barrister (England & Wales) since 2018, Counsel Gabriel Hannotin specialises in commercial litigation and white collar crime. He regularly assists the firm's clients at pre-litigation stage (negotiations, mediations and conciliations) and throughout procedures before criminal, civil and commercial courts. Having spent nearly 3 years at Gide's London office, Gabriel acts in particular in international disputes for major French and foreign groups, and regularly works with lawyers established abroad. Since joining the firm, Gabriel has handled a wide variety of cases, be they of a commercial nature (shareholder disputes, banking and finance disputes, contractual liability, professional liability, construction, etc.) or of a criminal nature (French anticorruption proceedings, internal investigations, white collar litigation in the field of  libel / defamation, works accidents, misappropriation of corporate assets, fraud, etc.) . He is regularly instructed on issues relating to the execution of French and foreign court decisions, as well as of arbitral awards. Gabriel has graduated from ESSEC Business School (MBA), Cambridge University (BA, MA (Cantab)) and Université Paris II - Panthéon Assas (M2 Droit des affaires).

Eve Duminy

Partner

Frédéric Gros

Partner

Marc Henry

PARTNER

Julien Martinet

Partner

Florian Bouaziz

Partner

Bruno Cavalié

Partner Founder of Racine

Noémie de Galembert

Founding partner

Arthur Dethomas

Partner

Eric Deubel

Partner - Litigation department

Diane Lamarche

Partner

Kyum Lee

Partner specialising in complex commercial, mergers and acquisitions, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust disputes. Represents clients in diverse industries, including banks and financial institutions, media companies and industrial firms, before courts and arbitral tribunals.  

Olivier Loizon

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003, Olivier Loizon is a recognised expert in business litigation. He advises and assists his clients - companies, managers and shareholders - in managing and resolving the complex and sensitive disputes they face. Prior to joining Gide, he practised for nine years with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2003-2012), before founding SLVF in 2012 and merging with Viguié Schmidt & Associés in 2017.

Didier Malka

Partner

Sylvie Gallage-Alwis

Partner

Jacques-Antoine Robert

Jacques-Antoine is a partner in the Paris office, he is a general commercial lawyer, acting mainly for major industrial groups - notably high tech and pharmaceutical companies - shareholders of such groups or investment funds. He represents his clients in regulatory matters, transactions and disputes involving commercial and/or liability issues. Jacques-Antoine works in contract law including termination of agreements, transfer of agreements, advertising and distribution networks. He has notably participated in recent major operations, concerning regulatory and competition law for a high tech manufacturer. He has been involved in major product liability cases and has recently won a highly publicized case before the French Supreme judicial court on behalf of a multinational industrial firm (September 2003).