Jérôme Delaurière

Jérôme Delaurière is a French qualified partner in the Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Mr. Delaurière has advised international companies and investment funds with respect to the tax structuring of various French and international mergers & acquisitions transactions, restructuring transactions, private equity/venture capital transactions and structured finance transactions. He worked on the first industrial LBO financed in France in a Shari’ah compliant manner.

Mr. Delaurière is advising major French, European and US real estate investment funds with respect to the structuring and completion of their investments in France in the context of asset deals, share deals, VEFA agreements and property trader transactions. He has developed significant experience in share incentive schemes for directors and employees. 

Mr. Delaurière’s practice is also focused on complex tax controversy matters. He is accustomed to obtaining complex tax rulings for international and French clients.

In addition to his real estate tax structuring experience, he also has significant expertise in providing real estate legal advice and overseeing a variety of different projects: acquisitions, joint-ventures, disposals, financing and development projects.

Mr Delaurière writes frequently on French and international tax matters and his work regularly features in publications such as Option Finance, Tax Notes International and Worldwide Tax Daily/Tax Analysts.

Mr Delaurière is recommended as a leading lawyer for France: Tax by EMEA Legal 500 (2012), which has described him as "excellent and responsive", and he is also recommended in the Tax Directors Handbook. He is a member of the IACF or French Institute of Tax Lawyers.

Mr. Delaurière teaches international tax treaty law at the University of Caen. He is fluent in English.