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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Career

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

1994 - 1995

Counsel, Thomson, Paris, Singapore and France Telecom (FCR)

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Education

1995	Admitted to Bar, Paris
1991	Admitted as a lawyer, Aix Marseille
1991	PhD in business law, Aix-Marseille University

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Business & professional services Hotels, hospitality & leisure Manufacturing & industrials Aerospace & defence

Experience

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.
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.