Thibaud d'Ales

Practice Areas

Thibaud d'Alès specialises in commercial litigation (domestic and cross border).

His areas of expertise include disputes in relation to distribution agreements, termination of contractual relationships, "private enforcement / follow-on" actions, mergers and acquisitions, product liability, misleading advertising and/or unfair competition, more specifically in matters related to the telecommunications, aviation, and sport industries.

Career

University of Paris, Panthéon Sorbonne (Masters in Business Law), 1998

University of Paris, Panthéon Assas (Postgraduate DESS in Insurance Law), 1999

HEC Business School Group (Masters in Management of International Risks), 2000

LVMH Moët Hennesy – Louis Vuitton, San Francisco and Paris, 2000

Joined Clifford Chance 2003

Admitted as an Avocat in Paris 2004

Partner since 2015

Professional Memberships

Member of the Paris Bar and the Arbitration Committee of CMAP (Centre for mediation and arbitration of Paris)

Active member of a working party launched by the Commercial Court of Paris, related to French justice modernization

Publications

Over the last past 12 months, Thibaud has authored numerous articles published in legal gazettes or French generalist newspapers (notably related to the consequences of COVID-19 on justice transformation).

Personal

Speaks French and English

Won the HEC 2016 Lawyer Award (one of the most prestigious Academic award)

Teaches at the ENM (French national school for the Judiciary)