Gilles Amsallem

Gilles is our Managing Partner in France and heads both the corporate and US groups. Gilles advises large media entertainment and technology clients and is a renowned lawyer for US investors who want to settle down in France.

Gilles can help you with corporate law including M&A, LBOs transactions, restructuring, drafting contracts and handling negotiations.

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2011 Managing Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 Partner, Head of Corporate, Taylor Wessing

1995 - 2003 A "Big 4" firm leading Legal Media Communication Network for Europe and responsible for the development of the Sports sector

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2011 Managing Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 Partner, Head of Corporate, Taylor Wessing

1995 - 2003 A "Big 4" firm leading Legal Media Communication Network for Europe and responsible for the development of the Sports sector

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1995 Admitted to Bar, Paris

1995 LLM, Business Law, Aix-Marseille University

1991 Admitted as a lawyer, Aix Marseille

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Awards

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2025

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Experience

Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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Mark Barron

Dr. Christian Traichel

Gilles Amsallem

Elinor Picton

Dr. Rebekka Krause

Dr. Christian Dietz

Marc André Gimmy

Dr. Klara Pototzky

Dr. Michael Kieffer

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)

Dr. Adrian Birnbach, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr. Nicolai Wiegand, LL.M. (NYU)

Corcentric acquires SaaS platform

Corcentric, a fast-growing provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions, on its USD32m acquisition of Determine, Inc, a global SaaS solutions provider in Source to Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management.

Mark Barron

Gilles Amsallem

Claudia Jonath

Marc Schuler

Christophe Flaicher

Anne-Juliette De Zaluski

Sarah Cole

Knotel, on the acquisition of its majority stake in Deskeo

Knotel, the flexible workspace operator, on its European expansion by taking a majority stake in French start-up Deskeo, the largest office space rental operation in Paris. The move allows the American giant to take root in Europe, after a launch in London in late 2018 and the recent acquisition of Ahoy! in Berlin.

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Anne-Juliette De Zaluski