Nicolas Baverez

Partner

Prior to joining August Debouzy in 2023, Nicolas Baverez headed the public economic law, competition, and public-private partnerships teams in the Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for 18 years. Before that, he was the partner in charge of the public economic law practice of two Paris-based law firms.

He also served as a magistrate at the French Cour des Comptes, was a member of the cabinet of the President of the French National Assembly and held the position of Director of Communication and Development at the FIMALAC group.

Nicolas Baverez specializes in economic public law. With recognised expertise in privatizations, public-private partnerships, administrative law, and complex transactions and disputes, he advised or represented the French State, regulatory authorities, governmental bodies and state-owned and private entities in their development, the management of their regulatory environment and their proceedings before administrative and judicial jurisdictions.

Practice Area

• Public Law and Public Procurement Law
• Projects (Energy & Infrastructure)
• Dispute Resolution

EDUCATION                   

• Graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), "Michel de Montaigne" promotion, 1988
• Phd in History - University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1986
• Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), 1984
• Agrégation - Economic and Social Sciences, 1983
• Master’s degree (DEA) in Social Sciences, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1983
• Graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), 1982

ADMITTED TO THE BAR

Paris, 1998

LANGUAGES

French | English