Gide has advised Apollo alongside Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP on the conclusion of a partnership agreement with a view to acquiring a minority equity interest in European venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners, which specialises in life sciences and is based in Paris, London and Milan, and to committing to invest to Sofinnova's investment funds.
Set up in 2012 with the idea of consolidating all of Gide's public interest initiatives into a single programme, Gide Pro Bono is our firm's sponsorship programme. It is made up of: 1. Annual financial sponsorship granted each year to selected projects and charities, which must meet one of the following three guiding principles: