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Guillaume-Denis Faure

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Guillaume-Denis has developed a leading practice in the defense of investment funds, their management companies, managers and investors.

His long experience in healthcare regulatory litigation has also made him a leading expert in the law of healthcare establishments (practitioners, clinics and hospitals, medical biology laboratories, radiology, dentistry, ophthalmology, veterinary practices, etc.) and healthcare groups (pharmaceutical laboratories, medtechs, manufacturers and operators of medical devices, etc.), whether in issues linked to their corporate and regulatory structuring, in their litigation, in transactions in which they are involved, or in their relations with professional orders, bodies and unions.

Bar admissionsAvocat admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising the management of a French private equity fund on a fraud resulting in the liquidation of a securitization mutual fund.
  • Advising the management of several German investment funds on a liability action against an investment fund that had made illiquid bond investments.
  • Advising a European medical biology group on a settlement agreement of a dispute following an acquisition transaction.
  • Advising a medical biology group with respect to several legal proceedings and/or arbitration within its subsidiaries.
  • Advising a medical biology group within a professional organization bringing together its key stakeholders with respect to the profession's response to regulatory changes.
  • Advising a French medical imaging group on its relations with certain professional orders and trade unions.
  • Advising family offices on its investment strategy in the medical biology sector.
  • Advising an American private equity fund on the regulatory aspects of its investment in a French group operating aesthetic clinics. *
  • Advising a Canadian private equity fund on the regulatory structuring of its investment in a European medical biology group. *
  • Advising major shareholders in a Mettech with on a dispute initiated by its former managers and minority shareholders. *

*Matter from a previous law firm

Languages
  • French
  • English
Education
  • Master degree in Business Law
  • Master degree in International Law

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Décideurs:
    • Conseil aux établissements de santé : Band 1 – « Incontournable »
    • Commercial Litigation : Band 2 – « Excellent »
  • Best Lawyers 2024 - Litigation

Prior Experience

  • Before joining DLA Piper, Guillaume-Denis was a partner in the Paris office of major English and American law firms.

Memberships

  • President of the Think Tank of business lawyer (TTCA)
  • Former General Secretary and co-founder of Paris Place de Droit
  • Former Chief of Staff to the President of the Paris Bar association
  • Former Secrétaire de la Conférence of the Paris bar association

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