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The Paris office

The Analysys Mason Paris office was founded in 1996 when the telecoms market in France was made public. The office is situated in the heart of Paris in the so-called “gold triangle”, just behind the famous Champs Elysées.

A dedicated team of consultants is based in Paris, bringing together unparalleled commercial and technical understanding to deliver bespoke consultancy on strategy, transaction support, transformation, regulation and policy in the TMT space.

Location

The Paris office is located in the historic business centre of Paris, in rue d’Artois. It is a short walking distance from the Champs Elysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Parc Monceau. There is a wide range of restaurants and shops nearby, which enables convenient and enjoyable mid-day breaks. The office can be easily reached via a variety of public transport routes (M1, M2, M13 and M9) and mobility solutions (there are multiple Vélib stations nearby). A lot of financial and institutional clients are also within walking distance, which is extremely convenient.

The office is located in a very central part of Paris, which is super convenient for both the team and our clients.

Sylvain Loizeau, Manager

The office is in a great location for walking around, shopping, getting a beer and even going out at night.

Samer Mourad, Principal

The office is centrally located in a busy neighbourhood but is bright and generally quiet.

Max Perkins, Consultant

The neighbourhood offers a wide variety of restaurants, which gives you the opportunity to try new specialities on your lunch break!

Edoardo Tricerri, Associate Consultant

Our work

Typical projects

We specialise in one of Analysys Mason’s five practices: transaction support. This accounts for approximately 50% of our engagements; strategy and regulation and policy each account for a further 25%.

We have previously worked for regulators and government entities in France and French-speaking countries in Europe (France, Belgium and Luxembourg) and Africa (including Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia) on regulatory and market liberalisation issues. We have also helped operators with a range of strategic issues (such as business plans, transformations and licence acquisition) and have branched out into transaction support and M&A. As such, we are experts in all of these areas and markets.

My favourite project to date was managing the commercial due diligence of the carve-out of GTT. GTT, a global connectivity provider, engaged us to assist in increasing the value and selling multiple infrastructure assets (submarine cables, terrestrial fibre and data centres) in several countries across Europe and North America. I found this project interesting because of the sheer size of the asset base and the very international nature of the project (with on-site visits and discussions). We also assisted GTT throughout the transaction, and helped it to build its growth strategy and business plan.

Sylvain Loizeau, Manager

The most interesting project I have done was assisting the new board of the telecoms regulator in Benin. We help the board to set up its main objectives by analysing the major issues within the telecoms sector in Benin. We travelled to Benin several times to meet with the board members and the boards of all mobile and fixed operators. We conducted interviews with all parties and used workshops to develop a clear roadmap for the regulator. We even ended up meeting with the board several times afterwards to help with different objectives.

Hadrien Potiez-Gali, Manager

I worked on a project for a satellite operator in the USA (alongside the project manager in France and the project director in the UK). We formulated a set of recommendations that the client could share with the US regulator regarding the repurposing of a frequency band that our client had a licence for. My work consisted of researching previous spectrum auctions in the USA to identify best practices and presenting my findings in an appropriate format for the client. I enjoyed working on this project because it was a new area of research for Analysys Mason and I felt that I was able to provide my team with insightful ideas.

Victor Clément, Consultant

The project that I have enjoyed the most so far was an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various countries in Asia–Pacific. Our client was a satellite operator that provides connectivity in countries where it is challenging to deploy traditional infrastructure. The client wanted to assess the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic at the macroeconomic level and on its business plan. This project was fascinating to me because it allowed me to witness how telecoms infrastructure varies depending on geography. It also gave me the opportunity to see an operators’ business plan that was very different from those that I normally work on in Europe.

Edoardo Tricerri, Associate Consultant

The team

Meet the office head

Welcome to the Paris office! I hold an engineering degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (France), a Master’s in telecommunications from University College, London (UK) and a French Mastère Degree in the management of new technologies from the Economic and Business School, HEC (France).

I joined the office straight after graduating in 1999 and was quickly promoted to become one of the youngest Partners in the firm. This, for me, was a real illustration of the company’s core culture: merit-based promotion, irrespective of your age/gender and background.

I am particularly proud of the team spirit in the Paris office. We are all very different (many different nationalities, a range of backgrounds and different cultures and hobbies), but we are all united and support each other.

Stéphane Piot, Partner

Meet the team

After graduating from École Polytechnique and Télécom Paris, I joined Orange (the French incumbent operator) as a Project Manager and then as a Major Account Manager. I moved to the TMT team of a generalist consultancy firm in 2000, where I helped many French operators with new product development, process optimisation and regulation. I had had some involvement with Analysys Mason on several projects throughout my early career and joined the company in 2007. Since then, I have worked in more than 40 countries and territories across the 5 continents on a wide variety of projects covering due diligence, strategy and regulation. What still strikes me in this company is the depth of our expertise in a wide range of subjects and how people are always ready to collaborate to deliver thought leadership to our clients.

Omar Bouhali Partner

After graduating from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay and receiving a physics PhD from Université Paris-Sud, I started my career as an architect at the French Ministry of Defense. I then spent several years at the ARCEP, the French regulator, where I defined spectrum auctions and led the team in charge of technology policy. I joined Analysys Mason as an experienced hire, and although the transition to strategy consulting proved challenging at first, I now feel that my regulatory and technical background is an asset to the Paris team! I enjoy being able to regularly interact with key stakeholders and work with a variety of TMT companies around the world.

Sylvain Loizeau Manager

I joined the Paris office as an Intern Associate Consultant in June 2019 after graduating from UCL with a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering and from HEC Paris with a Master’s degree in strategic marketing. I have participated in several major due diligence projects for fibre-optic networks in France, Switzerland and Germany in the context of M&A and refinancing. The multi-disciplinary nature of the projects that I work on and the multi-cultural work environment are two of Analysys Mason’s strongest points. The attention to detail and rigour involved in creating the deliverables is both challenging and rewarding.

Max Perkins Consultant

I joined Analysys Mason in September 2020 after finishing my studies in general engineering at École Polytechnique and Imperial College. The idea of working on a wide variety of projects in the rapidly evolving TMT sector is what drew me to Analysys Mason, and I have already been involved in projects for very different types of clients. My university studies were not directly related to telecoms, but I feel that the numerical and analytical skills that I developed have been useful.

James Cross Consultant

Culture and benefits

Working in the Paris office

In our office, we champion intellectual curiosity, honesty, rigour and constructive behaviour. You will not be blamed for making mistakes, but you should be able to recognise them.

We offer our team the flexibility and autonomy to grow their own areas of expertise and to develop new content and ideas in a friendly (though demanding) environment.

We typically spend most of our time working in the office in Paris (or from home during the pandemic). However, some clients request more collaboration than others, and at least part of the project team may have to travel to a client’s premises for a few days for meetings, workshops or technical site visits. Nevertheless, the Paris team’s core focus is more on strategy than implementation, and long-term assignments requiring our continuous presence at a client’s premises are very rare.

It is very enriching on a professional level to work in the Paris office because the team has a diverse range of backgrounds and previous experience.

The relatively small number of people in the office means that we are close to each other and everyone is easily approachable regardless of seniority.

James Cross, Consultant

The dress code in the office is smart casual. I typically wear a button-up shirt and either suit trousers or jeans, although I have come into the office in a T-shirt a few times when I knew there would not be any clients. We wear full business clothing if we are meeting with clients.

Seniors are in the same open space as the rest of the team so you can ask anyone questions, as long as they are not on a call! We have a few planned gatherings, but we will sometimes have spontaneous drinks at the bar downstairs. There is also typically the Christmas dinner to look forward to.

Victor Clément, Consultant

The atmosphere in the office is always positive and upbeat, and everyone is easily approachable. The proximity to bars lends itself to socialising outside of the office.

Max Perkins, Consultant

Benefits

Birthday off work

Flexible working

Home-working equipment fund

Smartphone and laptop

Wellbeing initiatives (including access to the Headspace app)

Volunteering days

Bonus scheme

Company shares

Study leave

Restaurant vouchers

Pension scheme

Mutuelle

RTT

Public transport allowance

Life insurance

Birthday off work

Flexible working

Home-working equipment fund

Smartphone and laptop

Wellbeing initiatives (including access to the Headspace app)

Volunteering days

Bonus scheme

Company shares

Study leave

Restaurant vouchers

Pension scheme

Mutuelle

RTT

Public transport allowance

Life insurance

Join the team

Our recruitment process

You can browse our active vacancies by clicking on ‘Search jobs’ at the top of this page.

If you apply, we’ll ask you to complete an online assessment. If successful, you will be invited to two face-to-face interviews; in the second one, you will meet one or both of our Partners.

Internships

We offer 6-month internships throughout the year. They can either be during a gap year or as part of your studies. At the end of your internship, you may choose to stay with us and become a permanent member of the team, or go back to university and finish your studies. You are, of course, always welcome back to the team!

Check our application portal for current openings or get in touch with our recruitment team for more information.