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- Antitrust & Competition
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Maxence Jonvel Senior Associate
Paris
Admitted to practice in Paris and New York, Maxence brings an international perspective to his practice, focusing on aspects of French and EU competition law, including both transactional and litigation cases : merger control, antitrust, and state aid. He also has experience in the field of French restrictive and unfair practices.
Prior to joining Orrick as an associate, Maxence was a legal intern in a San Francisco-based law firm specialized in business immigration law. He previously interned with the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission and with the energy department of Becker Büttner Held (Brussels office).
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Infrastructure
- Energy
- Africa
- Real Estate
Olivier Jouffroy Partner
Paris
Olivier advises French and international clients on all aspects of corporate law. He mainly intervenes in national and international mergers and acquisitions (whether public or private M&A transactions), joint-venture and equity capital market transactions. He focuses in particular in the sectors of industry, financial institution (banks and insurance companies), energy and infrastructures, and real estate investments. He regularly advises French listed companies in connection with the preparation of their draft resolutions, the calling and holding of their shareholders’ meetings and their annual reports / URD.
He is recognized as a “rising star” in M&A in Legal 500 EMEA 2020, and a notable practitioner for M&A, private equity and ECM in IFLR 1000 since 2016.
According to Legal 500 EMEA 2019 & 2020, clients praise Olivier for being “very talented and hands-on” and “a very good professional who is able to manage pressure very well”.
Practice:
- Private Credit
- Banking & Finance
Martin Jouvenot Managing Associate
Paris
Martin’s practice focuses on debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, for private credit funds, private equity sponsors, corporates and special situations funds.
Prior to joining Orrick, he was an associate at another leading US law firm
Dieynaba Kane Associate
Paris
Dieynaba assists French and international companies before French and European courts and competition authorities, in case covering all aspects of competition laws (cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid).
Prior to joining Orrick, she was a lawyer in a French renowned law firm.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Technology & Innovation
- Technology Transactions
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Rami Kawkabani Senior Associate
Paris
Rami advises clients in drafting and negotiating their contractual terms and in the context of strategic transactions covering significant and complex technological issues including in terms of liability and intellectual property.
He also regularly advises clients on compliance with tech and data European and French regulations (Digital Services Act, AI Act, GDPR, Data Act, LCEN) and in the context of their commercial practices towards consumers.
Rami has spent time in-house with major tech companies, and is able to quickly understand his client’s requirements and priorities.
Practice:
- Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Offshore Wind
- Hydrogen
- Energy Storage
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Infrastructure
- Energy
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Africa
Adil Kourtih Managing Associate
Paris
Adil focuses on the development, construction and acquisition of projects in the energy and infrastructure sector as well as complex litigation. He has extensive experience of advising on complex infrastructure projects and corporate power purchase agreements, including notably the structuring / bankability analysis of project agreements and regulatory / public law aspects.
Adil advises clients on public law and highly specific regulatory issues, as well as on transactional matters (analysis and drafting of concession agreements, EPC, O&M, PPAs, etc).
Prior to joining Orrick, Adil worked for two leading law firms in Paris.
Adil is also Teacher/Lecturer in Law at the Ecole Normale Supérieure preparatory class of Lycée Turgot and at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Restructuring
Igor Kukhta Partner
Paris
He advises on a range of lender-side and borrower-side transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings with a specific focus on private credit, and special situations and distressed financings. He also has experience with corporate finance matters, debt restructurings and venture debt financings for high-growth companies.
Igor is fluent in French, English, Ukrainian and Russian.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
- Africa
Frederic Lalance Partner
Paris
Frédéric assists his clients in litigation arising from commercial, industrial and financial disputes, corporate law and insolvency proceedings, both before the French courts and in multi-jurisdictional cases – notably in Africa before the courts of OHADA jurisdictions.
He also assists his clients in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Frédéric advises French and foreign groups in investigations by administrative or judicial authorities involving bribery and corruption issues. He has deep experience in internal investigations (national and cross-border), and in the implementation of compliance programs.
Frédéric is serving a three-year term (2025-2027) as a member of the Paris Bar Council. He is consistently ranked as a leading litigator in France by the major legal benchmarking directories. He is the author of several publications on developments in litigation and anti-corruption regulation.
Maiten Le Brishoual Senior Associate
Paris
Maïten advises clients on French and international development, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and real estate investments. She also advises companies and high net worth individuals on the management and transfer of their assets, management incentives, tax audits and litigations.
She also has a strong experience on M&A Insurance/Contingent Tax Risk.
Prior to joining Orrick, Maïten worked in a leading French law firm.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Structured Finance
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Funds
Aurélie Le Griel Managing Associate
Paris
Aurélie advises French and international financial institutions, corporates, sponsors, investors and asset managers on French and cross border transactions. She advises on banking, structured finance and securitization transactions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Aurélie was an associate for five years in the Securitization and Structured Finance teams of two leading international law firms in Paris.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Oil & Gas
- Power
- Africa
- Latin America
Christophe Lefort Partner
Paris
For over 30 years, Christophe has advised public and private operators, government bodies, contractors and financial institutions on the construction and financing of major telecoms, energy (solar, renewable energy, biomass, etc.) and infrastructure (road, rail, port and airport, nuclear, etc.) projects in Europe, Africa and elsewhere.
In the Telecom sector, Christophe has advised Marguerite Adviser on multiple French delegations de service public (concession arrangements), in Alsace, Grand Est and the Haute Loire regions and Cellnex Telecom on most of their fiber and tower investments in France, Italy, Switzerland and Poland for a total amount of circa 10bn€
He is ranked as one of the top lawyers in international projects and energy by Chambers Global 2024, as well as in the Africa Business Top 100 Legal Powerlist of the most influential lawyers in French-speaking Africa (2023).
Prior to joining Orrick, Christophe worked for a leading law firm in Paris, and was previously General Counsel of Bouygues Travaux Publics and International Legal Manager for Veolia Environnement (CGEA) for many years.
Mayeul Lelievre Managing Associate, Technology Companies Group
Paris; Paris Tech Studio
Mayeul Lelievre Managing Associate
Paris; Paris Tech Studio
Mayeul advises startups and high growth technology companies in raising capital and building their businesses from formation through exit. He assists founders developing and implementing effective corporate governance strategies throughout the life of their startup and issuing customized equity instruments.