King & Spalding has hired Julie Chapuy as a partner in its Paris office, joining its international disputes practice group from Freshfields.
Chapuy advises clients on complex, high-value commercial disputes, including litigation arising from financial services, banking and capital markets matters, shareholder conflicts and post-acquisition disputes. Her practice also encompasses cartel damages and other follow-on claims, settlement strategy and enforcement proceedings.
Chapuy leaves Freshfields after nine years, where she was counsel. She previously worked as an associate at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier for three years and spent two years at French independent CVML.
Laurent Bensaid, King & Spalding’s Paris office managing partner, said: “Julie is a seasoned French litigator who gives our Paris office an important new addition when it comes to providing clients with high-end solutions to dispute-related matters.”
He added: “Julie is a driven, ambitious and sophisticated lawyer and that background opens opportunities for collaboration with our transactional and white-collar practices in Paris and beyond.”
Chapuy is the second disputes partner to join the Paris office this month, following the addition of Thomas Voisin, who joined from Quinn Emanuel. It also recently added an eight-partner disputes team from WilmerHale in London, New York and Washington DC, led by Gary Born.
Chapuy said the firm’s Paris office was “a fantastic platform for me to further develop my practice”, especially in developing “touchpoints between disputes and areas such as corporate and commercial, M&A, corporate governance and cross-border matters”, noting the recent lateral hires as another motivating factor, saying: “This is a great chance for me to be part of that team and contribute to that drive.”
Chapuy’s hire follows other moves in the French capital – home of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Court of Arbitration – with Paul Hastings boosting its arbitration offering in the city with the hire of White & Case partners Elizabeth Oger-Gross and Tolu Obamuroh.
That followed a similar investment by legacy Hogan Lovells – now Hogan Lovells Cadwalader – which hired Sébastien Bonnard from Hughes Hubbard, along with three team members, as the transatlantic firm bolstered its arbitration bench ahead of the merger.
Meanwhile, Chapuy’s move is the second exit from Freshfields’ disputes offering this week, with Three Crowns hiring the firm’s Saudi disputes lead Amani Khalifa, who will join the specialist arbitration firm as a partner in January.
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