With 25 years’ experience, Michel Matas brings to the unified group of lawyers and notaries a solid expertise in space, telecommunications, market regulation, economic and competition law.
After obtaining a master’s degree in law from the University of Strasbourg and a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in European law from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes, and lecturing at the University of Strasbourg, Michel Matas worked as a partner in an English law firm, where he headed the telecoms practice of the Paris office. He was also legal director, compliance officer and member of the Comex of the Altice Group, a key player in the telecoms and media sectors, as well as the Indexia Group, European leader in the design and distribution of services for mobile telephony, multimedia and the web.
In addition to his knowledge of the telecoms and media sectors, he is involved in both transactional and contentious cases, covering aspects of private law, public law and competition law. He also has a solid experience in litigation involving technical and/or economic issues.
“Michel Matas’ unique experience is an asset that should enable us to strengthen our space business, a fast-growing sector, as well as our telecoms business,” say Louis de Gaulle and Henri-Nicolas Fleurance, co-founders of De Gaulle Fleurance.
“Space is a particularly innovative sector, whose issues often raise new challenges and call for creative solutions in terms of the deployment, operation and maintenance of new types of networks, as well as in terms of legal, technical and regulatory uses,” says Michel Matas, Partner at De Gaulle Fleurance. “The space market is set to grow considerably in the coming years, and De Gaulle Fleurance, with the recognized diversity and quality of its talent, is the perfect platform for cultivating this innovative, cross-sector practice.”
