26 November 2009 - Gide Loyrette Nouel Paris advises Total Raffinage Marketing on its acquisition of 37 service stations from the Shell network:

On 26th October, the French Competition Authority approved the acquisition by Total Raffinage Marketing of 37 service stations from Société des Pétroles Shell. This operation, which was the subject of a memorandum of understanding between the two companies on 6th July, forms part of Shell's transfer of the majority of its non-motorway network of service stations.

Gide Loyrette Nouel advised Total Raffinage Marketing with a team comprising Antoine Lelong (partner), Antoine Tézenas du Montcel and Lucile Gaillard (corporate) and, in charge of filing the operation with the Competition Authority, Antoine Choffel (partner), Emmanuel Reille and Anne-Sophie Chauleur.