Gilles August

Founding partner - Senior Partner

Co-founder of August Debouzy together with former diplomat Olivier Debouzy, Gilles August has headed the firm since 1995. Member of the Bars of Paris and New York, Gilles heads the Corporate division, which is currently staffed by 35 lawyers including 9 partners. His core specializations are mergers & acquisitions and private equity but his practice area also spans company law, commercial litigation, arbitration and white-collar crime. For the past 25 years Gilles has been supporting key players in the French and international economy.

Driven by a modern vision of legal services, Gilles has always placed his firm at the service of innovation and entrepreneurship, as shown by the public positions he has taken and the initiatives taken by the firm, including the Start you up program he launched in 2013 to help French startups grow and the Olivier Debouzy award he hands out every year to the most original and impertinent legal thinker.

Practice Area

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M), Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C, 1986
University of Paris II, Panthéon, DEA (post-graduate degree) in Business Law, 1984
Graduate of École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC), 1983
University of Paris II Panthéon, Master in Private Law, 1981

Bars admission

Bruxelles, 2001
New York, 1986
Paris, 1984

Languages

French I English

LEGAL 500 EMEA 2022

• M&A: Tier 4/5

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2022

• Corporate/M&A: Band 5

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS GLOBAL 2022

• Corporate/M&A: Band 5

IFLR 1000 2021-2022

• M&A: Tier 5/5

• Individual rankings - Notable practitioner

Gilles August: M&A

OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2021

• Mergers and acquisitions with a majority of transactions of less than 200 million euros: Tier 1/5

BEST LAWYERS 2023

• Gilles August

DÉCIDEURS STRATÉGIE FINANCE DROIT

• M&A – Operations between 75 and 500 million euros: Leading

• Acquisition financing (M&A and LBO): Highly recommended