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Pierre Gide was born in 1886 to an army officer father.
Encouraged by an uncle who was a senior magistrate, he decided to become a lawyer. He was the first French lawyer also to be called to the Bar in London.
His firm was to specialise in international law and was to be structured into work teams, an avant-garde vision for the era (a century ago).
At the end of World War I, Pierre Gide opened his Firm in the Rue des Mathurins in Paris and transferred it to 21, avenue George V in the 1930s. In order to expand, the Firm moved to 26, cours Albert 1er in 1976.
After the end of the World War II (the legal staff had been dispersed in 1939 and some Jewish associates of the firm had met with a tragic end), Philippe Nouel joined the Firm on 1 March 1949. At that time its members included Lucienne Frochot, herself a member of the Paris Bar, and a few others.
A short time afterwards, Jean Loyrette joined the Firm.
It was still impossible to form a large firm at this time because any association between lawyers remained expressly prohibited. It was only in 1954 that a decree at last authorised the various Bars to allow firms to be created.
Pierre Gide, Jean Loyrette and Philippe Nouel formed the first firm of lawyers in 1957.
Despite mourning the death of Pierre Gide in January 1964, the Firm continued its rapid expansion.
In 1969, the Firm had 7 partners and 13 associates; in 1982, 28 partners and 32 associates. For the first time, more than 100 people were working for it.
Nowadays, some 1,150 people work for the Firm, including 650 lawyers and legal consultants.
In pursuit of Pierre Gide's international ambitions, the Firm opened its first office in Brussels in 1967. Since then, several other offices have been opened on four continents, one of the most noteworthy being the London Office in 2003.
The Firm has elected for independence.
The Firm remains very active in the French legal market. Over the years, it has counted among its partners a former Chairman of the Paris Bar (2004-2005) and a Vice-President of the Judiciary Committee of the French Parliament (Commission des Lois de l'Assemblée Nationale). Several partners are also former members of the Paris Bar Association.
Its international practice now means that it has lawyers of some 40 different nationalities in its various offices and realises approximately 40% of its turnover outside France.
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