Maximilien Schmitt

Maria acts as lead counsel in investor-state and commercial arbitration and litigation across a variety of industrial sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, banking, aviation and manufacturing. She also serves as arbitrator.

Grégoire Balland is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law. Grégoire practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Grégoire Balland since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Grégoire Balland is held by other lawyers.

For more than 25 years, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi has developed top-level expertise and experience in the fields of business criminal law, internal investigations, compliance and business litigation, involving sensitive and complex cases requiring a thorough understanding of the economic, social, financial and media environment. As such, he enjoys extensive practice in the criminal, commercial and civil courts, as well as in the numerous inquiries and investigations carried out by the judicia...

Catherine Castro has strong expertise in the real estate sector: acquisitions/takeovers of completed or in future state of completion buildings, acquisitions/takeovers of immovable assets portfolios, sale and leaseback, leases (commercial leases, including in future state of completion), construction and property development.Catherine Castro specializes in all kinds of assets: offices, warehouses, complex buildings. She participated in numerous transactions in the hotel industry in France and...

Etienne Boursican is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities Law. Etienne practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Etienne Boursican since 2013. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Etienne Boursican is held by other lawyers.

Pierre Gebarowski is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law. Pierre practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Pierre Gebarowski since 2012. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Pierre Gebarowski is held by other lawyers.

Jérémy Chiche is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Jérémy practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Jérémy Chiche since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jérémy Chiche is held by other lawyers.

Jean-Christophe CLEACH, a partner of CLEACH Avocats since 1998, heads the Corporate - Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Law practice. He acts for French and foreign companies, providing them in particular with support in their sale or acquisition processes, efforts to raise equity, negotiation of shareholders' agreements, corporate restructuring and negotiations with creditors (banks and government-owned companies in particular) as well as assisting them more generally in defining th...

Jean-Renaud Cazali is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law and Project Finance and Development Practice. Jean-Renaud practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Jean-Renaud Cazali since 2012. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jean-Renaud Cazali is held by other lawyers.

Thierry Lauriol is a recognised specialist in the fields of mining, energy and natural resources law, and in international, commercial and investment arbitration, and OHADA law. As Partner since 1997 and Manager of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Department, he has almost thirty years’ experience in France, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Thierry, who has a Doctorate in Law, teaches at Paris II – Panthéon-Assas University, where he co-leads a university diploma de...