gilles menguy

9 rue de Téhéran 75008

Gilles Menguy qualified in Paris in 1998 and London in 2005. He is an international franchise lawyer based in Paris.

He is the founder and managing partner of GM Avocats, a niche franchise law outfit of 10 lawyers. The team's legal skills are transactional (working in over 40 countries), private equity & cross border investments, litigation and unfair competition.

The motto of his practice is passion for entrepreneurs, creativity in the art of drafting and fighting spirit in court.

The global turnover of clients is 50 billion euros, taking pride in assisting with the same resolve the one man entrepreneur to NIKKEI, CAC40 and NASDAQ listed companies.

Adjunct Professor of Franchise and Unfair Competition Law at Paris 10 University since 2012, Gilles is a regular speaker at ABA & IBA events (2011 & 2012) and writes articles.

He is listed as an international expert in the International Who's Who of franchise lawyers (2013) and as "Excellent" by the french legal magazine Décideurs (2013).

Gilles lived 5 years in the US and 12 years in Asia. Although a french national, he speaks Indonesian and english is his mother tongue.

  • Work
    • attorney - managing partner
  • Education
    • Sorbonne University
    • Harvard