Pierre-Antoine Degrolard is a partner in Gide's Corporate/M&A team in Paris and coordinates all work relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) control within the firm’s integrated Antitrust, FSR & FDI practice.

Pierre-Antoine has handled numerous FDI cases across a broad range of sectors (defence, healthcare, new technologies, data, semi-conductors, etc.) and for clients comprising major international funds and French, European and international corporations on every continent. He has also managed multi-jurisdictional cases in nearly 100 countries in the context of large-scale transactions.

Recently, Pierre-Antoine has advised clients such as Warburg Pincus, BC Partners, GTCR, CapVest, Antin Infrastructures Partners, Vista Equity Partners, Vallourec, APE, NEC, Waters Corporation, and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company on the FDI aspects of their transactions involving targets such as Clasquin, Africa Global Logistics, Biogaran, Zentiva, Electronic Arts, Becton Dickinson, Sebia, Stada, Eutelsat, Uvex, ZF, and Robert Bosch.

He is a graduate of ESCP Europe, Université Paris-Dauphine and Université Paris II. Pierre-Antoine was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012 and to the London Bar (Foreign Lawyer) in 2020.