About
Charly Gaillard is a director at Accuracy with over 10 years of professional experience. Before joining the firm in 2018, he spent three years in the banking industry.
At Accuracy, Charly specialises in damage valuation across a range of dispute contexts, including pre-litigation negotiations, proceedings before national courts, and international arbitrations (both commercial and investment). His experience covers a variety of dispute matters, such as commercial disputes, post-M&A disputes, joint venture disputes, intellectual property disputes, competition issues, and expropriation cases.
He also conducts economic and financial analyses in non-contentious matters, such as discussions with regulatory authorities, and has led numerous corporate finance engagements in transactions (financial due diligence) and valuation engagements.
Charly has worked across a wide range of industries, with significant exposure to the telecom, media, transportation, aeronautics, infrastructure, and construction sectors.
He is fluent in French and English.
Qualifications
- HEC Paris (2014)
- CEMS MiM (2014)
In-depth expertise
Damages valuation in dispute contexts
Charly has extensive experience in the quantification of damages in various dispute contexts, including expropriation, breach of contract, shareholder disputes, patent infringement, unfair competition, transaction-related disputes, and owner-contractor disputes in the construction sector.
Telecom and media
Charly regularly advises European and French stakeholders across the TMT value chain, including telecom operators and media and entertainment groups, in the context of transactions, valuations, and disputes. He has notably worked on behalf of commercial and infrastructure telecom operators (both fixed and mobile), as well as film/TV producers, distributors and broadcasters.
Examples of engagements
Arbitration support
- Gas liquefaction plant ($1bn – ISCID), North America: Financial expert on behalf of a state, responsible for the quantum analysis of a private investor’s claims following the discontinuation of a project for the development, construction and exploitation of (i) a natural gas pipeline and (ii) a natural gas liquefaction plant and export terminal.
- Natural gas processing facility ($2.9bn – ICC), North Africa: Financial expert on behalf of a consortium of oil & gas companies, responsible for the quantum analysis of the parties’ respective claims relating to the performance of an EPC contract for a natural gas processing facility.
- Natural gas field (€1.6bn – UNCITRAL), North Africa: Financial expert on behalf of an oil & gas company, responsible for the quantum analysis of the parties’ respective claims relating to the execution and subsequent termination of a JV agreement for the exploration, development and operation of a gas field.
- Rolling stock manufacturing (€180m – ICC), Europe: Financial expert in a post-M&A arbitration, responsible for analysing a bid submitted in relation to a large rolling stock manufacturing tender and the subsequent execution of the project.
- Civil aircraft engine maintenance (€115m – DIFC/LCIA), Europe & Middle East: Financial expert on behalf of an airline, responsible for the valuation of damages arising from the economic imbalance of an engine maintenance contract signed with a third-party airline.
Litigation support
- Telecommunications (€550m, French courts): Financial expert appointed by a telecommunications operator, responsible for assessing the damages resulting from unfair practices by a competitor.
- Waste management (€130m, judicial expertise initiated by a French court): Financial expert on behalf a waste management services provider, responsible for analysing the parties’ respective claims for damages arising from a pollution incident (lost profits, disruption costs, etc.).