BCTG Avocats strengthens its expertise in public business law with the arrival of a team dedicated to public contract law.

With the arrival of Ludovic Babin as a partner and Marie Paquier as counsel, effective January 3, 2022, BCTG Avocats is building a team of recognized experts in public contract law. These arrivals strengthen the firm’s long-standing public business law department, which was previously headed by Paul Elfassi.

With 26 years of experience, including 14 years as a partner, Ludovic Babin assists his clients, both public (State, public institutions and public companies, etc.) and private (sponsors, lenders), in the financing, deployment and operation of infrastructure or public works, both as counsel and in litigation. His main area of expertise is assisting in the preparation of tender documentation, the drafting and negotiation of public contracts (PPP, concessions, public procurement, DSP, etc.) and the structuring of complex arrangements. He also advises on public economic law (spin-offs, restructuring, privatization, competition law applied to public entities, etc.). Ludovic Babin has a particularly recognized expertise in infrastructure, in the field of transport (rail, TCSP, airport), defense, telecommunications, sports, culture and hospitality (commercial catering, stores).

Marie Paquier has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2004 and has worked alongside Ludovic Babin since 2005. She has particular expertise in the preparation of competitive bidding procedures, the drafting and negotiation of complex public contracts (PPP, concessions, government contracts, etc.) and the resulting industrial contracts. Marie Paquier also assists public and private actors in litigation related to the award or performance of public contracts.

The arrival of Ludovic Babin and Marie Paquier will both consolidate and complete BCTG Avocats’ service offering and create new synergies with the firm’s various areas of expertise in order to strengthen the quality of the support offered by its teams to clients with increasingly diverse profiles and needs. “I am delighted to be joining BCTG Avocats, a firm which, by virtue of its size, its full-service positioning and the very strong cross-functional culture of its teams, has both cutting-edge practices – I am thinking in particular of energy – and the flexibility needed to support clients seeking high-level, multidisciplinary advice,” says Ludovic Babin. “Today, it is essential to be able to provide the clients we work with in the field of public contracts with concrete solutions for numerous related issues, such as urban planning and the environment, corporate law and trademark law. The very strong affectio societatis of BCTG Avocats’ partners and the richness of the exchanges between practices are essential assets to achieve this, and perfectly illustrate my entrepreneurial vision of the legal profession.”

“The arrival of Ludovic Babin and Marie Paquier rounds out BCTG Avocats’ public business law practice,” adds Paul Elfassi, partner in the Public Business Law Department and co-head of the firm’s Energy practice. “These two professionals bring to the firm much more than just a high level of expertise. They have remarkable experience and references on projects, particularly infrastructure projects, in France but also in Africa and overseas, markets in which BCTG Avocats aims to further strengthen its status as a key player, as they present very strong development challenges“. With these two arrivals, BCTG Avocats’ Public Business Law Department now has nine lawyers, including two partners.