The Lawyer Network is delighted to announce that Gilles Thieffry of 'GT Law' has joined the Lawyer Network. Gilles has joined the Lawyer Network as our exclusive Commodity Disputes member in Switzerland.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales
- Attorney and counselor at Law, New York bar
- Avocat à la Cour, Ordre des Avocats de Paris
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- Partner (2004 to 2007)
- Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Geneva, Switzerland - Partner specialised in finance. Practice covers commodity finance, structured finance and M&A.
- Non- executive Director (2004 to 2005)
- Nelson Resources Limited, Bermuda, active in Kazakhstan - Non-executive director of Nelson Resources, a listed independent oil company (Toronto and London), active in Kazakhstan
- Served as chairman of the committee of independent directors that negotiated with Lukoil (major Russian oil company) the take-over of Nelson Resources.
- Non- executive Director (2006 to present)
- RMG The Risk Management Group (Suisse) SA. Non-executive director of this medium size company specialised in capital markets advice to local authorities and SMEs in Europe.
- Head of the Legal Department, Member of the Executive Committee (2002 to 2004)
- BNP Paribas, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Partner, Global head of Capital markets. (2001 to 2002)
- Andersen Legal, London, UK - Joined to create the global capital markets practice of Andersen Legal, part of Arthur Andersen. As a result of Enron, Andersen Legal was disbanded in the UK in June 2002.
- Partner, Head of ISG (1995 to 2001)
- Norton Rose, London, UK - Partner . Established this top 20 City law firm in capital markets, derivatives and securitisation.
- Head of Legal Department (1992 to 1995)
- BNP Capital Markets Limited, London, UK - Head of legal department in charge of documenting the activities of BNP Capital Markets.
- Counsel (1992 to 1992)
- EBRD, London, UK - Lawyer in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
- Director (1988 to 1992)
- UBS Phillips & Drew, London, UK - Director and deputy-head of the Corporate Finance transaction management team.
- Officer (1987 to 1988)
- Credit Suisse First Boston, London, UK - Joined the transaction management team as a lawyer.
EDUCATION
- LL.M, Master, Law 1985
- University of Pennsylvania, Law School, Philadelphia, PA, USA. - Post graduate law programme at this Ivy league University (Wharton).
- Diploma, Law and International relations1984
- Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI), Geneva, Switzerland - Diploma of the Institute. Diploma awarded with very high honours.
- LL.B, Law 1982
- Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Droit, Besançon, France - Licence en droit (Bachelor of law), awarded with honours.
- Baccalauréat D, Sciences 1978
- Lycée d'Etat, Saint-Gaudens, France - Baccalauréat (D, major in Sciences). Awarded with honours..
AFFILIATIONS
- Member, Law Society of England and Wales, Ordre des Avocats au barreau de Paris, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association. Associate member of the Geneva Bar association.
- Teaching position at the University of Geneva Law School on Commodities finance and on Structured finance.
- Member, Oriental Club, London.
If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Gilles directly or with the Lawyer Network committee:
Gilles' Profile
info@thelawyer-network.com
We welcome Gilles to the network and look forward to working with him on future transactions.
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