Jean-Nicolas Clément is a partner in Gide's Environment and Public Law teams in Paris.

He advises on and litigates in the fields of industrial environmental law (ICPE, water and waste law), nuclear law and energy law (regulation of the electricity sector, renewable energies: wind power, solar power, hydroelectricity, etc.) as well as mining and quarrying law.

Jean-Nicolas is a member of the Ministry of the Environment's working group on polluted sites and soils, and teaches environmental law at the University of Paris I (Master II "Real Estate Law" and M2 Environmental Law), as well as at the Sciences-Po law school. He is regularly cited as one of the leading specialists in environmental law by various French and Anglo-Saxon legal guides and publications (Chambers, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, etc.). Jean-Nicolas is also a member of the board of directors of the association Droits d'Urgence.

Jean-Nicolas is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (public service section), and holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in environmental law from the Université Paris II-Panthéon Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1990.