Laurent Modave is a partner in Gide's "Tax Law" team in Paris. He specialises in French and international taxation.

He is mainly involved in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and the tax structuring of real estate investments, in particular real estate funds and private equity funds. He advises French real estate professionals on defining and implementing the tax regime for the new Organismes de Placement Collectif Immobilier (OPCI). Laurent is a frequent speaker at tax conferences and seminars.

Laurent is a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux. He joined Gide in 2000. He holds a DJCE - DESS postgraduate diploma in business and tax law and a Master's degree in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999.