Xavier Comaills is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm's Investment Funds Practice Group.
Xavier has extensive experience in the formation and fundraising of private equity, infrastructure and private credit funds across European markets, advising both GP-led and LP-led structures. He is a market leader on secondary transactions, including the sale of portfolio interests, GP-led secondary transactions and GP stake sales. He also advises institutional limited partners with respect to their investments in private equity funds, and is an expert on carried interest structuring and the opening-up of capital structure to members of investment teams.
Chambers France has ranked him Band 1 in Investment Funds for sixteen consecutive years, with clients noting that "Xavier Comaills is super knowledgeable of market trends and very available for clients.", "Xavier is a partner who is fully invested and present at every stage of the transaction" and " Xavier Comaills has a wealth of impressive skills". The Legal 500 EMEA and IFLR both include Xavier in their Hall of Fame for Private Equity: Fund Formation.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Xavier practiced as a partner for eighteen years at leading international law firms in Paris.
Admitted to the Paris Bar, he graduated from University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne with a DEA in business law in 1997.
He speaks French and English fluently.
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Credentials
Education:
- Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - 1997 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Admissions:
- France - Avocat au Barreau de Paris