Emmanuel Vital-Durand is a partner practising public law and real estate law in Paris. He specialises in litigation and public real estate transactions and financing.

It advises real estate operators and public bodies on the implementation of complex projects involving national and local authorities (feasibility analysis, examination of administrative authorisations, land acquisition and financing arrangements, etc.). In these areas, it also conducts a significant amount of litigation throughout France.

It assists numerous project owners in the development and implementation of their projects, advises local authorities on the award and performance of contracts relating to the development of their public or private property, and monitors development projects involving public authorities: restructuring of the Gare d'Austerlitz on behalf of the construction consortium, construction of the Lyon-Turin rail link, development of the PSG training centre and logistics centres.

Emmanuel was a research fellow in town planning law and then deputy director of development and public facilities at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A graduate of the IEP in Paris and with a DEA from Paris II Panthéon-Assas, he was admitted to the Paris Bar and joined Gide Loyrette Nouel in 1999.