Olivier Cousi

Partner

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Partner Olivier Cousi helped set up Gide’s Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Media & Technology pratice group.

He is particularly in charge of the Media & Entertainment practice, as well as telecommunications, audiovisual regulation, press, libel and publishing, music, theatre and cinema law, such as the management of copyright and related law, art law or issues related to sponsoring, partnership and advertising.

He is widely acknowledged for his experience in handling both criminal and commercial disputes with regard to the press, intellectual property, the right of personal portrayal, disparagement, advertising, telecommunications and the Internet. His strong experience in these fields makes him a renowned expert, in particular in managing reputational risks before French and international authorities, institutions, and courts. He is also a mediator at the French centre for mediation and arbitration in the above-mentioned fields.

A former Secretary of the Paris Bar young lawyers' association and former member of the Paris Bar Council, Olivier is regularly ranked individually in the main legal directories. One client comments: "He stands out to me and everyone else working with me. He goes beyond the mandate to explain what he is doing."  Chambers Europe 2013 Media - France.