Bertrand Delaunay is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, and a member of the firm’s Merger and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Energy, Securities Law and Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice Groups.

Bertrand is specialized in mergers and acquisitions, including joint-ventures, and private equity. He is also a specialist of corporate aspects of restructuring, infrastructure, energy and real estate transactions.

He acts on behalf of industrial companies, investment funds and banks.

Legal 500 EMEA 2023 recommends Bertrand for his ability to handle the corporate aspects of Insolvency operations and highlights him in its Mergers & Acquisitions category, adding he is a “key practitioner”, a “corporate expert” in connection with restructuring matters, “available and knowledgeable” ; “very technical and a great professional” and a “key point of contact”.

Best Lawyers in France consistently also recommends him for both M&A and Private equity.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn in 2017, Bertrand practiced with a leading Anglosaxon law firm since 1998, where he served as managing partner of the Paris office from 2010 to 2012.

A member of the Paris Bar, Bertrand graduated in 1993 from University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), with a DEA (postgraduate degree) in corporate law, in 1992 from Queen Mary and Westfield College – University of London with a LL.M, and in 1991 from University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), with a Maîtrise in corporate law.

He is fluent in English.