Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP > London, England > Firm Profile

‘Both professional and very sympathetic to work with. Very available. ’

‘Karine is a highly skilled professional and her team is great.’

‘Gide has an excellent structured finance practice in London with a great depth of expertise.’

‘Dimitrios Logizidis is an exceptional partner: His curiosity, motivation and his open mind make him the go-to lawyer when there is a new opportunity that requires thinking outside of the box. He has seen an impressive number of transactions and of clients and handles tense situations very well. He is very diplomatic and despite his experience, he remains humble. He is reliable and will help close on time. Alex Tompkins and Rosalie Johnstone are excellent associates in the securitisation team. They are very responsive and will anticipate your needs. They point out for you what you need to be looking at and they are very organised and straightforward which is very useful when you have several closings simultaneously.’

‘Great experience, technical competency, and client dedication.’

‘Dimitrios Logizidis has wide experience and client dedication.’

‘Hardworking and approachable team with deep legal expertise.’

‘Dimitrios Logizidis was exceptional in managing the transaction and providing advice in a commercially sound manner.’

‘I worked with Gide on a complex securitisation of household electricity receivables transaction. The transaction was innovative on various fronts. Gide provided great support. I was very happy to work with them and believe they deserve recognition.’

‘I enjoyed working with Dimitrios Logidizis (partner) and Jérémie Bismuth (counsel), with support from Imane Bellafqih (associate). Dimitrios is very smart. He is available whenever needed and follows the transaction closely. He thinks thoroughly with a problem-solving mindset and provides valuable input to progress the transaction. Jeremie is hands on. He is very responsive and knows the African securitisation market inside out. He works hard and was the transaction leader, bringing the transaction to close.’

‘Very focused team. They are responsive and well-versed in the issues. They are also very well apprised of the market conditions in the LNG business.’

‘Matteo Matteucci is well-versed and very professional in his work.’

‘Excellent LNG knowledge.’

‘The very strong international upstream legal expertise and ability to deliver within very demanding timeframes is what makes this team exceptional.’

‘Colin Graham demonstrates an impressive depth of international upstream and midstream experience and he has a fantastic ability to provide advice on complex cross-border legal issues, with relevance to, and identification of, pertinent commercial issues.’

‘They have a diverse team of energy expats that has been a delight to work with. Colin Graham has superbly led the team, whose day to day dealings have been ably handled by Matteo Matteucci.’

‘The team has a strong command of key issues in solar energy projects.’

‘Colin Graham has been very practical in his approach and keen to find solutions to issues that arose as part of a due diligence exercise.’

‘Gide is the number one French firm for international arbitration and has been for many years. It services the top tier of French companies and many multinational companies for their French-related work.’

‘The Gide team is comprised of lawyers with civil law and common law backgrounds, who have broad experience in different industrial sectors, making them well suited for handling complex international cases.’

‘The team from Gide is impressive – produces well-drafted submissions and argues the client’s position effectively. On case management issues, the approach is always constructive, seeking to advance the client’s case, but with a view to assisting the tribunal by taking reasonable positions.’

‘The team gives the impression of being well organised, as it always respects any deadlines that are set.’

‘Great ability to allocate the individuals with the appropriate specific knowledge and experience.’

‘Rupert Reece in the London office has a rare grasp of both civil and common law, and the ability to operate with equal ease in French and in English.’

‘Rupert Reece – absolutely outstanding in blending legal expertise with the detailed understanding and analysis of very complex technical issues.’

‘Rupert Reece is able to extract the relevant core from a maze of information quickly. He always puts together a strong team and leads it well. A gifted and highly effective advocate (both in his written and oral advocacy), he is also a skilled cross-examiner.’

‘Gide’s arbitration department is undoubtedly among the best specialized teams on the market in international arbitration. The partners who make it up, like the collaborators, are all excellent professionals. The department has a perfect command of the technologies that allow it to work best on large-scale projects. ’

‘The teams in the UK and France are able to collaborate seamlessly and have enormous experience and knowledge of their respective markets as well as the international one. ’

‘Rupert Reece is excellent. He possesses and applies his huge knowledge and experience in a way that benefits his clients. He is also easy to work with.’

‘Christian Camboulive: detailed knowledge of files and extensive experience of arbitration practices.’

‘Saadia Bhatty is eloquent, persuasive in her answers and very responsive’.

‘Carole Malinvaud leads a diverse and brilliant team. She has terrific judgement and cuts a very authoritative figure in the hearing room. She invariably has the ear of the Tribunal and is very good at putting together and leading the best teams for any given case.’

‘Christian Camboulive, Alexandra Munoz and Astrid Westphalen stand out for their extensive knowledge of arbitration in various economic sectors and the particularities that these different sectors can represent.’

‘Alexandra Munoz is very experienced in international arbitration cases. She has a very keen sense of analysis.