About

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Gide China is a multidisciplinary team of foreign and Chinese lawyers working out of two offices (Beijing and Shanghai), working closely with Gide’s teams in Paris and other international offices that has:

·  an established record of acting for foreign clients on notable complex, cross-border transactions involving China (assisted by our international offices) and on all corporate and M&A matters related to their business operations in China

·   the ability to advise on all types of corporate/M&A matters—general day-to-day corporate matters, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, corporate structuring, financing, dissolution and liquidation, corporate governance—and to offer business-oriented solutions in a fast-changing legal environment

·    a growing China outbound practice encompassing ground-breaking investments by Chinese investors (both state-owned and private companies) in France in particular, but also elsewhere in Europe, Africa, and South-East Asia

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms) - China
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Band 5
What the team is known for

Gide Loyrette Nouel's corporate practice primarily acts for French corporates on inbound transactions, including acquisitions, joint venture formation and equity investments. It also represents Chinese clients in outbound transactions. The client roster includes both multinational and domestic clients in the automotive, fashion, biotechnology, and oil and gas sectors. Bel, Datawords and Sterimed are among the firm's key clients.

Work Highlights

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  • Gide Loyrette Nouel acted for Aedeo Services on the sale of Leroy Merlin Consulting and the transfer of its property in Beijing to Ministorage Investment V.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David Boitout
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David Boitout
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Foreign expert for France

David Boitout provides expert advice to French companies on their acquisitions and business operations in Greater China. He leads the Asia practice at Gide and splits his time between Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

"David has very high commercial finesse. He provides services of very high quality whatever the complexity of the file."

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Corporate/M&A (International Firms)

David Boitout
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David Boitout
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Foreign expert for France

Members

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David Boitout

Jiannian Fan

Min Guo

Industries

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Aeronautics & defence

Automotive

Banking & finance

Distribution & retail

Health & pharmaceuticals

Industry & manufacture

Steel

Tourism & leisure