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.’

‘Excellent arbitration team which has, among other qualities, good practice in arbitrations in relation to Africa.’

‘Alexandra Munoz and Astrid Westphalen are remarkable lawyers of intelligence, especially situations. They are very talented.’

‘Sacha Willaume speaks excellent English, is very client friendly and responsive and provides good advice promptly.’

‘Good communication skills, time management skills, problem solving skills’.

‘Carole Malinvaud is the grand lady in the French arbitration world. She is highly intelligent and extremely persuasive. Sacha Willaume works extremely hard, has great eye for detail and he is very good with clients.’

‘Highly professional and highly competent. The team demonstrates great flexibility and responsiveness.’

‘Carole Malinvaud has considerable experience in the field concerned, which reinforces the value and depth of her opinions and advice, always precise and informed as close as possible to practice and realities.’

‘Alexandra Munoz: great ability to listen attentively and understand complex details of a case, methodical approach and wise advice that gave great peace of mind, clarity and relevance of her  advice, as well as ability to anticipate and resolve legal obstacles that arose.’