Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed Thierry Dor as an IT partner in its Paris office. Dor joins from research group, Ipsos, where he spent two years as general counsel. Dor's arrival marks the beginning of his second spell in Gide's intellectual property, technology and electronic communications department, as he began his career as an associate there in 1990. His arrival at the law firm takes the total number of partners in the department to six.