Bio

Former managing partner of the firm’s Paris office and head of the Corporate and Health Care Departments in France, Gilles Bigot advises and defends French and European leaders such as publicly and privately managed health institutions, laboratories, professional associations, medical equipment and pharmaceutical product manufacturers, and health care practitioners. He is considered to be an architect in the health care field. Gilles’s practice was recognized in 2023 as one of the best of the market (Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Europe, Décideurs Stratégie Finance & Droit, Option Droit & Affaires), which covers various aspects of the health care and life science sector in a cross-disciplinary manner. His experience includes counseling matters in connection with acquisitions, transfers or restructurings, litigation matters before civil and criminal courts, arbitration matters, as well as regulatory matters related to French or European laws. Considered as a “technically brilliant and skilled” attorney offering “outstanding client-oriented service” (Legal 500 EMEA), Gilles has developed a high-level know-how in corporate litigation, which leads him to regularly represent large French and international groups and their managers in contentious matters related to mergers and acquisitions and restructurings (e.g., finance litigation, management of conflicts between shareholders/managers, and contractual litigation). Gilles works with major players in the health care sector. Longstanding clients such as: the French Red Cross; a leader of the medico-social sector; the Générale de Santé group; and recently the Point Vision group, the first national network of ophthalmology centers; Mutuelle Nationale Hospitalière (MNH), the first French mutual society of the health sector; and The Union (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease), that have called on the services of Winston & Strawn’s teams to manage their transactional and litigation matters. He also received recognition for innovative matters such as the launch of various networks of medical biology, dentistry, ophthalmology centers and retail drugstores, which significantly improve access to health care services. Gilles is also top of his field (advisory, pre litigation, and litigation) in French and European rules and regulations concerning data processing and transfers, as well as IT. He has litigated for and advised clients on subjects concerning big data, technology, and IT, and has yielded landmark decisions in the sector.