Thomas Courtel Bio

Thomas Courtel is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. He specialises in two areas: infrastructure and public companies. In terms of infrastructure and public facilities, it is involved in the construction, financing and operation of roads, motorways and engineering structures, rail links and airports, electronic communications networks, charging stations for electric vehicles, public lighting, district heating and hydrocarbon transport, stadiums and concert halls, prisons, courthouses and ministerial buildings, hospitals, schools and universities. Thomas also advises on public companies, working closely with Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions team and with the state aid specialists in our Brussels office. On behalf of these companies, their shareholders, investors and lenders, he takes part in the nationalisation, privatisation and reorganisation of public companies. It also supports their development in all forms: industrial partnerships, debt restructuring, public procurement. He holds a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies in Public Economic Law from the University of Paris II (1998). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001.