Who we are
Founded in Paris in 1920, Gide is a premier international law firm with 14 offices spread throughout the world.
Where we work
Gide is physically present in six regions of the world, with 12 offices, enabling it to act on cases globally.
Founded in Paris in 1920, Gide is a premier international law firm with 14 offices spread throughout the world.
Gide is physically present in six regions of the world, with 12 offices, enabling it to act on cases globally.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999, partner Emmanuel Vital-Durand is a member of Gide's Executive Committee and specialises in public law. He focuses on regulatory and operational urban planning, the development of the public domain and institutional matters. He acts for public institutions and real estate operators in the implementation of complex projects requiring the intervention of local and national administrations. In this context, he also carries out a significant litigation activity throughout France.
He regularly advises clients during the development and implementation stages of major transactions. He recently advised on restructuring Paris' Gare d'Austerlitz station on behalf of the constructor consortium (120,000 sq.m. with the adjoining property programme), the rail link between Lyon and Turin for the Franco-Italian public operator (EUR 8 billion), the modernisation of the Roland Garros tennis stadium on behalf of the French Tennis Federation, the conversion of PSA Peugeot-Citroën's Aulnay production site, and the planning of PSG's football training centre in Poissy. He has also acted on a number of other commercial and tertiary transactions.
Emmanuel Vital-Durand regularly drafts and publishes articles in his fields of expertise, and is a lecturer at Master's level in urban law at Paris XIII University.
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