Baker McKenzie is able to cover a wide spectrum of issues, spanning regulatory, public procurement, and urban and environment law issues. The firm has a strong advisory practice but also managed public procurement performance issues and appears before administrative courts. It acts for a prominent client base, comprising many leading corporations as well as some public local entities including cities and regions. The team also provides strategic regulatory and compliance advice on issues such as export control and international sanctions. It has a particularly strong know-how in the TMT and energy sectors, notably advising on matters including sovereign cloud and electricity grid issues. The practice is jointly headed by Emmanuel Guillaume and Arnaud Cabanes , with counsel Michaël Perche providing strong support. Francis Donnat left the firm in 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Great professionalism, responsiveness, very good contact and handling of files with great seriousness and excellent ability to understand the issues. In advice as in litigation, the writings are clear, precise and highly relevant. Exchanges are easy and fluid.’
‘Emmanuel Guillaume and Michaël Perche are valuable advisers who always demonstrate the same involvement and real commitment. Very professional and very available.'
'A multidisciplinary team in both public and private law, with skills and solid references in many areas of law, including criminal law, which makes this firm a an ideal adviser in the world of public procurement law in particular when issues are often embracing all these disciplines.'
'In all areas of expertise that it covers, the firm stands out for its excellent quality of expertise, as well as for the finesse, robustness and relevance of its analyses.'
'This firm stands out for its immense availability, its extraordinary responsiveness, as well as its ability to assume an incredible workload with both strategic and complex issues entrusted to it.'
Key clients
- Accenture
- ADP (Aéroports de Paris)
- Agence Nationale de Santé Publique (SPF)
- ATOS
- Bollegraaf
- Canal +
- Capgemini
- Citelum (subsidiary of EDF)
- CGI
- Conseil Départemental de l'Aube / Syndicat
- Mixte de l'Aérodrome de Troyes Barberey
- (SMATB)
- Conseil Départemental d'Eure-et-Loir
- Cote d'Azur Airport (ACA)
- Covage
- Département de l'Aube
- Grand Port Maritime de Marseille
- Ile-de-France Mobilités
- Khephren Ingénierie
- Klésia
- La Banque Postale
- MEL
- Merck Sharp Dohme (MSD)
- Métropole Européenne de Lille
- Orange
- Racing Club de Lens
- Région Ile-de-France - IDFM (Ile-de-France-Mobilités)
- Salesforce
- Sanef
- Semardel
- SNCF
- SOLOCAL
- TDF
- Veolia
Work highlights
- Representing ADP before the Administrative Court of Appeal of Paris in litigation against several companies of Prologis Group regarding ADP refusal to waive its unilateral termination right of Prologis France occupancy permit before its change of control.
- Representing Solocal before the Administrative Court of Appeals of Versailles in a litigation against the French State following the cancellation by administrative court of State approval given to a redundancy plan prepared by Solocal
- Assisting Capgemini in multiple regulatory export-control matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Arnaud Cabanes, Emmanuel Guillaume