Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. features a large and deep bench which allows the firm to handle a comprehensive range of issues. The firm is particularly recognised for its high-level public procurement concession and projects know-how, acting mainly for sponsors but also occasionally handling work for the French state, public entities or lenders. Recent work includes advising on the tender process linked to major rail, sports and transport infrastructure. Increasingly, the team has seen an uptick in instructions to advise on strategic regulatory issues including before administrative courts. Thomas Courtel, Bénédicte Mazel and Frédéric Mion are the key contacts for the above. The firm also houses prominent urban planning law expertise and is sought after to conduct large real estate projects, with Emmanuel Vital-Durand and Alexandre Gauthier leading in this area. Counsel Tiphanie Mareuse and associates Alexandre Rennesson and Thomas Brusq provide key support.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Responsiveness, attentive to the customer, good understanding of issues, excellent level. On urban planning law issues concerning real estate development, the team is among the best on the market.’
- ‘Bénédicte Mazel and Tiphanie Mareuse: professional, clear, excellent ability to follow a file over the long term. ’
- ‘Emmanuel Vital Durant has always given us a clear vision of the risk and the possibilities of recourse.’
- ‘An excellent team, excellent responsiveness and an excellent balance between the applicable framework and more political solutions.’
- ‘Thomas Courtel: excellence in the overall understanding of issues and the conduct of negotiations Alexandre Rennesson: excellent mastery of the details of a file, good expertise and proposals, with responsiveness.’
- ‘Thomas Courtel assisted by Alexandre Rennesson understand the specific challenges of a project, integrate them and have a tremendous capacity to find innovative and adapted solutions that work, outside the paths already marked out by their colleagues. They are perfectly integrated members within larger teams which lead large-scale projects, contributing very positively to the common goal.’
- ‘Excellent knowledge of the French market, very good expertise and great capacity for innovation in terms of legal-financial structuring. One of the best teams on the market’.
- ‘Thomas Courtel: excellent knowledge of the market and players in project finance, concession or PPP arrangements; great expertise and great capacity for innovation in terms of legal-financial structuring. Transparent, reliable and friendly.’
Key clients
- Grand Est Region
- Société Nautique de Mérignac
- International Chamber of Commerce
- Société du Canal de Provence
- Viasat Inc and Skylocig France
- Carrefour
- OL Group
- Kering
- Consortium AGRE/Novaxia/Cogedim/Icawood
- Vinci and Bouygues
- French Ministry of Transports
- Elsan
- Kaufman & Braun
- Icade
- Bouygues Immobilier
- HEC
- Viparis
- BNPP
Work highlights
- Assisting Elsan in challenging the validity of the framework for funding public health facilities in France.
- Advising the Consortium Vinci and Bouygues on all aspects of the tendering procedure for the acquisition or the renewal of the concession of the Stade de France.
- Advising the lenders of Grand Est Mobilité with the drafting of a concession agreement and the corresponding financing documentation.
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Leading individuals
Thomas Courtel specialises in two main fields: infrastructure and public companies. As regards infrastructure and public facilities, his team offers a comprehensive service, from the contractual structuring and financing of projects, operational support, through to asset disposals and refinancing. As regards public companies, Thomas works on the nationalisation, privatisation and reorganisation of groups and supports their development: industrial partnerships, debt restructuring, public procurement.
Leading individuals: Urban planning
Alexandre Gauthier is a partner within Gide's Public and Environment Law practice group, specialising more particularly in real estate development and public law. Alexandre advises developers, property companies and investors on their development projects, as regards land control, designing urban development concepts and the legal conditions thereof (defining the required approvals, monitoring procedures and authorisations review). He has developed a recognised expertise in the conversion and restructuring of public assets, in particular via the creation of complex contractual systems in the public or private domain of public entities with a view to enhancing value. In this regard, Alexandre has assisted in a number of public asset disposal plans, namely of real estate. Additionally, Alexandre practices litigation, giving him an overall overview of stakes when structuring operations.
Emmanuel Vital-Durand is a member of Gide's Public Law and Environment, Real Estate Transactions & Financing, and Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) practice groups. He specialises in regulatory and operational urban planning, the development of the public domain, and institutional issues. He advises public and private authorities on developing and carrying out their real estate and planning projects: feasibility analysis, instructing and obtaining authorisations from the relevant authorities, land acquisition terms and conditions, urban planning participations. In these fields, Emmanuel also draws on significant expertise in dispute resolution on behalf of public and private bodies throughout France.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Courtel, Alexandre Gauthier, Bénédicte Mazel, Frédéric Mion, Emmanuel Vital-Durand