Gide Loyrette Nouel

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Gide Loyrette Nouel

Headquarters	Paris
No. of Offices	21
No. of Attorneys	1200
Major Practice Areas	General practice
Revenue	€250 million (2007)
Date Founded	1957 ( Paris)
Company Type	LLP
Website	www.gide.com

Gide Loyrette Nouel is an independent French law firm based in Paris. Though Pierre Gide's legal practice began as early as 1920, the firm was itself founded in 1957 by Gide, Jean Loyrette and Philippe Nouel after the Barreau de Paris amended its rules allowing lawyers to form associations and practice in a collective. The firm currently employs 1200 people, including 700 attorneys in 21 countries. Gide Loyrette Nouel's revenue was €250 million in 2007. The firm operates as a limited liability partnership in London and as its French equivalent, an association d'avocats à responsabilité professionnelle individuelle (A.A.R.P.I.) in France.^[1]

1 International Strategy
2 Notable clients and transactions
3 Offices
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] International Strategy

The firm is one of the few French-based firms to maintain its independence and to develop a strong international network and brand name. From its origins, the firm and its partners have always maintained a cross-border orientation. Named partner Pierre Gide was admitted to the solicitor's roll in London. In 1967, the firm launched its international practice with an office in Brussels. The firm currently maintains offices in civil law jurisdictions (such as those in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa and Southeast Asia) as well as in those financial centers where firm clients require legal services (New York and London).^[2] To help build its international credentials, the firm retained former French foreign minister Hubert Védrine in 2003.^[3]

Though the firm has a large roster of foreign and multinational clients, it also has remained a French operation, representing some 38 of the CAC 40 companies.

[edit] Notable clients and transactions

Represented Pernod Ricard in its €5.6 billion acquisition of the V&S Group including Absolut Vodka from the Government of Sweden (March 2008).
Legal counsel to the The Linde Group as to French law in its €4 billion sale of its forklift division to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Goldman Sachs (November 2006).
Counseled AIG Infrastructure Funds LLC in its $230 disposal of a stake in Orascom Telecom Algeria (April 2006).
Legal counsel to the government of France on corporate and antitrust matters in the €73 billion merger of Gaz de France and Suez (February 2006).
Advised the Government of France as shareholder of Air France in its €784 million merger with Dutch airlines KLM (September 2003).