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Eric Bouffard

Eric
Bouffard

Partner

CONTACT INFO

ebouffard@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+33 (0) 1 56 43 13 00

FAX:+33 1 56 43 13 33

Paris

16, avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

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PRACTICE

Litigation Class Actions Energy Energy, Regulation and Litigation Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) International Arbitration Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement Securities Litigation Transnational Litigation White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Eric Bouffard is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, where he serves as a member of the firm’s Litigation, International Arbitration, Enforcement, Environmental and Social Governance and Business Restructuring Practice Groups.

Eric is particularly active in cross-border litigation, commercial arbitration, commercial law (including insolvency and recovery of debt), industrial risk (latent defects, interruption of production, delay and disruption claims, consequential losses), international trade and insurance before both judicial courts and arbitral tribunals.

He is regularly involved in M&A disputes, shareholder and more generally project partner disputes.

Eric has provided clients with legal and strategic advice for responding to crisis or anticipating them. He is knowledgeable in the conduct of risk assessments and the review and implementation of compliance programs in fast-changing regulatory environments. He advises various French multinationals on Loi Sapin II aspects.

Legal 500 EMEA 2023 distinguishes Eric in its Commercial litigation (Band 2) and International Arbitration (Band 5) categories, highlighting he is “highly recommended.” Previous editions described him as an “experienced” lawyer that “provide[s] strategic and spot-on advice” and an “excellent litigator”. “[He] assists both French and international clients with an array of contentious matters”. He is noted for his expertise in restructuring matters and disputes connected to the banking and finance industry. He is appreciated by clients for his “pedagogical skills to explain complex matters” ; “He’s accessible and a straight-talker. He gives constructive advice.”

Benchmark Litigation Europe has consistently named him a “Litigation Star” while Best Lawyers in France has also consistently recommended him for International Arbitration.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn in 2017, Eric practiced with Ashurst from 2005. He previously practiced in the Paris office of Holman Fenwick & Willan, Clyde & Co., and RBM2L. He is a member of the Association Française d’Arbitrage

(AFA), Association Française du Contract Management (AFCM), International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and Association Française de Droit Maritime (AFDM).

A member of the Paris Bar, Eric graduated in 1993 from University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) where he received a DESS (postgraduate degree) in litigation and arbitration. He is the co-author of Tactics in M&A Arbitration, a book which gives a pan-European view on the questions which systematically arise in M&A arbitration proceedings.

He speaks English fluently.

EDUCATION

Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas - 1993 DESS

Université Paris-Sud XI - 1989 DEUG

ADMISSIONS

France - Avocat au Barreau de Paris

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - July 25, 2023 | Lawdragon 500 Names 39 Partners Among its 2023 Leading Global Litigators
Firm News - June 28, 2023 | Best Lawyers in France 2024 Recognizes 17 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Firm News - June 23, 2022 | Best Lawyers in France 2023 Recognizes 18 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Firm News - October 26, 2021 | Benchmark Litigation Europe 2022 Recognizes Gibson Dunn
Firm News - June 24, 2021 | Best Lawyers in France 2022 Recognizes 18 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - March 10, 2021 | Part Two – Mandatory Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence: What Now and What Next? An International Perspective
Firm News - February 23, 2021 | Sixteen Partners Named Among the Lawdragon Global Litigation 500
Firm News - June 25, 2020 | Best Lawyers in France 2021 Recognizes 17 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - July 24, 2019 | Digital Services Taxes May Violate Investment Treaty Protections
Firm News - July 1, 2019 | Best Lawyers in France 2020 Recognizes 16 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Webcasts - January 23, 2019 | Webcast: Class Action Litigation in Europe: Recent Developments and Emerging Trends
Client Alert - June 28, 2018 | French Supreme Court Holds That Ultimate Controlling Shareholder of a Liquidated French Subsidiary Should Compensate Employees for Job Loss
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