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Sami L Toutounji
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Employee Share Schemes & Incentives

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Sami Toutounji is Partner and co-head of Gide's "employee share ownership" team in Paris.

He advises major French companies on the design and international roll-out of their share ownership and equity compensation plans, as well as on related corporate governance issues.

Sami is a benchmark in his field, highly recommended and recognised by his peers. For a number of years, his team has been a leader in the continental share ownership plans market, 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 and restructuring operations. Sami is a former member of the Retail Investors Commission of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.

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

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Employee Share Schemes & Incentives - France

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Individual Editorial

Sami Toutounji wins acclaim for his deep knowledge and experience in employee shareholding initiatives. He assists large clients across the automotive, retail and technology sectors with equity issuances and international employee stock purchase plans.

Editorial individuel

Sami Toutounji est reconnu pour ses connaissances approfondies et son expérience des sujets d’actionnariat salarié. Il assiste d’importants clients dans les secteurs de l’automobile, de la grande distribution et de la technologie dans le cadre d’émissions d’actions et de plans internationaux d’achat d’actions pour les employés.

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Strengths

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Sami Toutounji has extensive expertise and is creative.

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Chambers France

Sami demonstrated excellent responsiveness, quick understanding of the issue and great competence on subjects related to international issues.

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Chambers France

He has very good skills and knowledge of the market.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers France

Sami Toutounji possède une grande expertise et fait preuve de créativité.

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Chambers France

Sami a fait preuve d’une excellente réactivité, d’une compréhension rapide de la question et d’une grande compétence sur les sujets liés aux questions internationales.

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Il a de très bonnes compétences et une connaissance du marché.

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