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SNR Denton sees 10 lawyers quit Paris arm for Hughes Hubbard
SNR Denton has seen its Paris office hit by a 10-lawyer walkout to US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, led by three partners. The departing partners comprise former Paris head Sena Agbayissah, who currently leads the Paris banking practice, local technolog...
31 Jan 2012 | 12:20
GDF Suez appoints firms to first global legal panel
GDF Suez has appointed a trio of firms to its inaugural global legal panel in the wake of its £5bn reverse takeover of electricity generator International Power last summer. Linklaters and French leader Bredin Prat, both longstanding advisers to G...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Latham builds Paris with double hire from Debevoise
Latham & Watkins has strengthened its Paris corporate practice with the hire of two partners from Debevoise & Plimpton - including the co-head of the US firm’s Paris arm Patrick Laporte. Laporte and fellow corporate partner Pierre-Louis Clero both j...
16 Jan 2012 | 14:01
Cleary, Simpson Thacher field City teams on $2.1bn France Telecom sale
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's London offices have taken lead roles on France Telecom's proposed $2.1bn (£1.4bn) sale of its Orange Switzerland mobile phone business to Apax Partners, reports The Am Law Daily. Lo...
10 Jan 2012 | 11:54 |
Freshfields turns to local independent for new Paris corporate head
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired a new head of corporate for its Paris office from highly-rated French outfit Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier. Corporate partner Herve Pisani is set to join the firm after more than 10 years as a partner at Darr...
13 Dec 2011 | 14:59 |
Gide names new senior management team
Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed four new faces to its five-partner executive committee, including a new senior management team. Managing partner Christophe Eck and senior partner Pierre Raoul-Duval are set to be replaced by Stephane Puel and Baudoui...
08 Dec 2011 | 10:58 |
Gide adds seven to partnership in new promotions round
Gide Loyrette Nouel has made up seven lawyers in the French firm's latest round of partner promotions. Five of the new partners have been made up at the firm's Paris office, with the remaining two promoted in Warsaw and Beijing.
07 Nov 2011 | 13:16 |
Norton Rose and Gide among line-up on France Telecom's purchase of Congo China Telecom
Gide Loyrette Nouel and Norton Rose are among a raft of law firms to have picked up roles on France Telecom-Orange’s acquisition of Congo China Telecom (CCT). The deal saw France Telecom acquire Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer ZTE Corpora...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Gide London accounts show second consecutive annual revenue dip
Gide Loyrette Nouel's London office saw revenues fall 16% for the 2010 financial year, according to the firm's City limited liability partnership (LLP) filings. The French firm's UK arm saw turnover fall from £9m to £7.6m for the year ending 31 D...
25 Oct 2011 | 14:08 |
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Latham and Linklaters take lead roles on first French 'dim sum' bond
Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have advised on the first renminbi-denominated bond by a French company, reports The Asian Lawyer. L'Air Liquide, a French producer of industrial and medical gases, has guaranteed the issue of two tranches of bonds, ...
30 Sep 2011 | 11:01 |
Simmons sees partners exit for Reed Smith in Paris and Mallesons in HK
Reed Smith has strengthened its Paris office with the hire of a three-lawyer corporate team from Simmons & Simmons. Marc Fredj joined the firm last week as a partner in its Europe and Middle East corporate group, along with two associates, bringing...
27 Sep 2011 | 18:40 |
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Gibson Dunn takes first UK work for Vivendi alongside CC on See Tickets buyout
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on French media conglomerate Vivendi’s £83m acquisition of See Tickets, Britain’s second-largest ticketing agency. Gibson Dunn acted for the acquirers on the deal, which com...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
McDermott adds Paris partner amid busy local lateral market
McDermott Will & Emery has strengthened its fledgling Paris office with a hire from local firm Jeantet Associes, with the hire marking the latest in a string of partner moves in the city in recent weeks. Jonathan Wohl joined McDermott as a partner ...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Norton Rose Paris corporate chief takes team to Jones Day
Jones Day has hired a four-lawyer team from Norton Rose in Paris including the head of the UK firm's French corporate practice. Herve Castelnau joined the Paris office of Jones Day on 1 September along with three associates, two of whom - Silvain F...
12 Sep 2011 | 10:26 |
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Linklaters makes first Paris lateral in four years with Gide partner hire
Linklaters has grown its Paris arm with the hire of capital markets partner Patrice Doat from Gide Loyrette Nouel, marking the first lateral hire for the office in four years. Doat is set to join the firm with three associates on 1 September. He ha...
31 Aug 2011 | 11:08 |
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