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Benoît BOUSSIER is co-manager of the Real Estate Law department in the Paris office. He has acquired widely recognised experience in the field of commercial leases and complex real estate transactions. He deals with every real estate aspect of corporate life (merger, restructuring, asset divestment) and asset management. He is also a Real Estate Agent and negotiates the sale of real estate assets. His other working languages are English and Spanish. Benoît BOUSSIER holds a Master&...

After having been Legal Director of a multinational group for many years, Julien Girard works in public business law, construction and real estate law in the context of major infrastructure projects, both in terms of advice and litigation, as well as in matters of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). His multidisciplinary training, his teaching activities as well as years of experience as legal director have enabled him to acquire very operational legal expertise, both with large industrial...

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.

Member of the UGGC Avocats’ Restructuring team for more than 15 years, Marine Simonnot joined the firm as a trainee lawyer before becoming an associate, consultant and then partner in 2020. She advises clients on all aspects of insolvency law, from the prevention of difficulties to their treatment in the context of collective proceedings, both as counsel and in litigation. Marine supports companies of all sizes, their managers and/or shareholders, investment funds, creditors, legal repr...

Hélène Parent is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of the Firm’s Private Capital industry group. Dual-qualified in Paris and Madrid, Hélène’s practice focuses primarily on highly regulated industries, including technology and life sciences. Hélène advises private equity funds, family offices, and fast-growing companies on sophisticated private equity matters, with a particular emphasis on venture capital, growth investments, an...

Chair of Winston & Strawn's Paris Corporate Practice, Jérôme Herbet has advised French and foreign private and public corporations as well as private equity funds in connection with various domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and stock exchange transactions. He also regularly advises companies for the purposes of corporate finance transactions, including private placements and complex financing structures. Over time, he has participated ...

Michel Ponsard is one of the partners in charge of the UGGC Avocats Competition Law Departement, present since the law firm's inception after an experience in Brussels. His practice mainly focuses on competition law and distribution, but also on the law of commercial contracts and commercial practices, as well as to the right of promotion and publicity. More precisely he works for a French and international clientele in fields as diverse as the automotive sector, the pharmaceutical sector, pe...

Sandra Strittmatter is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Sandra practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Sandra Strittmatter since 2020. 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 Sandra Strittmatter is held by other lawyers.

Mathilde Houet Weil is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. Mathilde practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Mathilde Houet Weil since 2024. 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 Mathilde Houet Weil is held by other lawyers.

Mikaël Pelan is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. Mikaël practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Mikaël Pelan since 2023. 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 Mikaël Pelan is held by other lawyers.