Office

Paris
15 rue de Laborde
75008 Paris

Partner

Thomas Courtel

Partner

Thomas Courtel

Office

Paris
15 rue de Laborde
75008 Paris

Practices

Thomas Courtel is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris. He specialises in two areas: infrastructure and public companies.

In terms of infrastructure and public facilities, it is involved in the construction, financing and operation of roads, motorways and engineering structures, rail links and airports, electronic communications networks, charging stations for electric vehicles, public lighting, district heating and hydrocarbon transport, stadiums and concert halls, prisons, courthouses and ministerial buildings, hospitals, schools and universities.

Thomas also advises on public companies, working closely with Gide's Mergers & Acquisitions team and with the state aid specialists in our Brussels office. On behalf of these companies, their shareholders, investors and lenders, he takes part in the nationalisation, privatisation and reorganisation of public companies. It also supports their development in all forms: industrial partnerships, debt restructuring, public procurement.

He holds a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies in Public Economic Law from the University of Paris II (1998). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001.

Awards

  • Chambers France 2025

    Public Law

    Band 1

    Thomas Courtel is one of the best public law lawyers in Paris. His in-depth knowledge of the sector, combined with an ability to provide concrete and innovative solutions in changing situations, is unique.

  • Chambers Europe - France 2024

    Public Law

    Band 1

    Thomas Courtel remains one of the leading public law practitioners in the French market. He has commercial awareness and the ability to deliver and structure innovative solutions." "He is a top-level lawyer.

  • Legal 500 EMEA - France 2024

    Administrative & Public Law

    Leading Individual

    Thomas Courtel has an excellent knowledge of the market and players in structured financing (asset finance, project finance, etc) and arrangements in concessions or PPPs. He shows great expertise and great capacity for innovation in terms of legal-financial structuring.

  • Best Lawyers - France 2025

    Best Lawyers

    Thomas Courtel is recognised in the following practices : Administrative Law, Private Funds, Project Finance & Development Practice, Public Finance Law, Public Law.

  • IFLR1000 - France 2024

    Banking & Finance

    Highly Regarded

    Thomas Courtel is recognised in the following practice : Project Finance.