About

Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel

Our firm operates with a global reach, enabling us to support our international client base through our 10 offices and close relationships with top law firms across the world.


Gide can rely on its international presence and close partnerships with the leading firms that together form the European Network: Chiomenti in Italy, Cuatrecasas in Spain and Portugal, and Gleiss Lutz in Germany. Our coordinated actions enable us to offer our clients global support thanks to 27 offices in 19 countries and a total of more than 2,000 lawyers.


Gide is the exclusive member firm in France for the Lex Mundi network: the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 125+ countries worldwide. We can provide our clients with preferred access to more than 23,000 lawyers around the world - all from a single point of contact.


Gide is widely regarded as a key player throughout the African continent, having advised a broad, blue-chip client base on a range of complex and challenging transactions for some 50 years. We cover the whole continent, from the Maghreb region to English-speaking and French-speaking Africa.  In 2021, we signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the South African law firm Bowmans, strengthening our position in English-speaking Africa. We also work with a long-standing network of local partners, renowned for their legal expertise and their working relationships with government departments and agencies.

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What the Team is Known For

Gide Loyrette Nouel is an independent law firm headquartered in Paris with a network of international offices that has built up a significant international pedigree. With a team of highly reputable lawyers that has occupied a long-standing high-end position in the French market, the firm serves a large and broad array of French and international clients. Its full-service practice has a strong appeal for clients across a wide range of cross-border transactional and contentious matters.

Gide's geographic presence spans Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the USA, including offices with local law capabilities as well as French law offices that maintain close relationships with partner firms across regions. The Paris team frequently collaborates with its own offices and with local independent firms when coordinating cross-border work, and has established a particularly strong rapport with leading firms elsewhere in Western Europe. The law firm demonstrates excellent abilities acting as lead counsel on outbound work and as French counsel on inbound matters.

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