Sami L Toutounji

Practice Areas

Sami Toutounji is partner in charge of our Employee Share Ownership and Remuneration and related Governance practice. He advises major French companies on the design and international roll-out of their employee share ownership and remuneration plans, as well as on related corporate governance issues.

Sami is a benchmark in his field, highly recommended and recognised by his peers. For several years, he has been a leader in the continental market for share ownership plans, both in terms of the number of plans implemented each year and their complexity. He also has in-depth knowledge of the treatment of share ownership and remuneration plans in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

Career

Before joining Gide in 2022, he was a partner at Shearman Sterling LLP and co-manager of the Paris office.

Sami holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA in Finance and Marketing from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

He is a member of the New York and Paris bars