It is the 15th office for the firm which now has platforms in countries including the  US, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain and France. Béatrice Delmas-Linel – who joins from De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés and is a former holder of several senior positions in Microsoft Corporation’s legal team and former managing partner at August & Debouzy – will head the office.The opening of the Paris office will be the firm’s third in a year, after launching recently in both Brussels and Hamburg.