August Debouzy

Public Regulatory Environment

Partner

Nicolas Baverez joined the Public Regulatory Environment department of August Debouzy as a partner in January 2023.

Prior to joining our firm, he headed the public economic law, competition, and public-private partnerships teams in the Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for 18 years. Prior to his experience at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Nicolas Baverez was the partner in charge of the public economic law practice of two Paris-based law firms.

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

Nicolas Baverez specializes in economic public law. With recognised expertise in privatizations, public-private partnerships, administrative law, and complex transactions, 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 disputes.

French | English

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998

Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), 1980 - 1984

Graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) - 1982

Agrégation - Economic and Social Sciences – 1983

Master’s degree (DEA) in Social Sciences, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne – 1983

Phd in History - University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne – 1986

Graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), "Michel de Montaigne" promotion, 1986 – 1988