Julien David

Practice Areas

Julien David is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate practice and worked in the Casablanca office of the firm (2003 - 2014), which he managed and headed from 2011 to 2014. Julien specializes in M&A transactions, in particular cross-border transactions, involving listed or unlisted companies, in strategic joint-ventures creations and more generally in corporate law matters. He assists his clients for their operations in France, in Morocco and in a number of jurisdictions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

He regularly advises, in France and in Africa, European or African groups for the implementation of their equity partnerships or for their external growth transactions.

On the Africa continent, Julien notably advised Total group on the initial public offering (IPO) of Total Maroc, its Moroccan subsidiary, on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, the Wendel group on its investment in the pan-African insurance group Saham, the company Société Nationale d'Opérations Pétrolières de la Côte d'Ivoire (PETROCI), a State-owned company, on the establishment of a liquid natural gas supply facility in consortium with international groups, the HeidelbergCement group on several transactions across Africa.

Career

Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel (since 2009)

Associate of the Paris M&A practice and resident associate in the Hanoi Office (1999 - 2003)

Resident associate in the Casablanca office (2003 - 2008)

Partner and managing partner of the Casablanca office (2009 - 2014)

Professional Memberships

Administrator of the Gide Pro Bono endowment fund and member of the firm's Pro Bono Commission since 2014.