Paris, November 7, 2025 – Vivien & Associés is pleased to announce that Elie Lounis was appointed as a partner of the firm, active in its Corporate/M&A team, effective January 1, 2026.
Since inception, the firm has been committed to pursuing primarily organic growth and offering its internal talents real opportunities for advancement. This commitment to internal promotion is a true hallmark of our identity.
Elie holds a Master 2 DJCE from the University of Rennes and a Master 2 in business law from Panthéon-Assas University. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2015, Elie joined Vivien & Associés the same year, after gaining experience with the Paris Île-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Appointed Counsel in 2023, Elie has played an active role in developing the firm’s M&A practice, managing complex transactions and helping to strengthen the team’s expertise for the benefit of a demanding and diverse client base.
Elie assists companies, investors, and entrepreneurs in their mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex restructurings. He combines technical efficiency, and pragmatism with a keen understanding of clients’ strategic issues.
“This appointment is the culmination of a relationship of trust, built up over many years with the firm, its attorneys, and our clients. I am particularly honored by the trust placed in me and am determined to continue supporting our clients’ strategic projects with ethics and dedication,” said Elie Lounis.
“Elie’s co-optation is a natural step. It rewards his professionalism, his technical and interpersonal skills, and the attention he pays to our clients’ relationships. We are delighted to welcome him to our association. This co-optation also marks the firm’s desire to strengthen its quality positioning in the market, while continuing to promote its best internal talents” – Nicolas Vivien
About Vivien & Associés AARPI
Vivien & Associés AARPI is a business law firm founded in 1999, with offices in Paris, Brussels, and Lyon. The firm currently has thirty-nine lawyers. The firm’s services cover most areas of business law, with a particular focus on international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, contracts, taxation, employment, as well as commercial litigation, banking and financial regulatory work, competition and distribution law, and economic law more generally.