Europe/France

Norton Rose Fulbright adds projects team from Eversheds in Paris

Incoming team is led by partners Sindhura Swaminathan and Olivier Le Bars

  • 3d

Taylor Wessing launches French patent litigation practice with team from Pinsent Masons

Paris-based group strengthens the firm’s pan-European patent law offering

  • 2w

Moroccan independent URITI hires UGGC partner to open Paris arm

Laurent Sablé will also co-head firm founded in 2022 by former Dentons Morocco partner

  • 1mo

Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership

Cohort is down significantly compared to 2024 as HSF prepares for US merger

  • 1mo

European IP firms NLO and Ipsilon enter into PE-backed partnership

Firms hope to expand their range of specialisms and geographical presence

  • 1mo

WIPO reports return to growth in patents and trademarks filings in 2024

China was the leading country filer for patents and designs, while US took the top spot for trademarks

  • 2mos

Travers Smith plans Brussels office launch as it winds down Paris arm

UK firm looks to enhance competition law offering, but will close Paris office ‘in due course’

  • 2mos

Ropes & Gray debuts in Paris with Clifford Chance team

Team led by trio of partners focuses on private equity, infrastructure, banking and finance transactions

  • 2mos

Reed Smith hires ex-Clifford Chance restructuring lawyer in Paris

Marie Crumière joins as a partner, having run her own boutique firm since leaving CC last August

  • 3mos

French firms Gide and Lacourte Raquin Tatar guide Kering and Ardian in luxury real estate partnership

Gucci-owner Kering sells 60% stake in prominent Paris properties to PE firm Ardian

  • 4mos

Morgan Lewis to absorb 54-lawyer Kramer Levin Paris team

Split comes ahead of Kramer Levin’s planned merger with Herbert Smith Freehills

  • 5mos

‘A dynamic international landscape’: The Global Legal Post launches IP guide

Law Over Borders Intellectual Property guide is edited by Foley & Lardner’s Jeffrey Greene

  • 5mos

Clifford Chance recruits private credit partner duo in Paris from Goodwin Procter

Hires follow reports Ropes & Gray has added three partners from CC ahead of Paris launch next year

  • 5mos

‘ESG is a major topic for all our clients’: Baker & McKenzie’s Katia Boneva-Desmicht

Law firm executive discusses defending luxury brands and the rising importance of ESG legislation

  • 5mos

Kramer Levin’s Paris office to spin out ahead of HSF merger

Merged firm to have 100-plus legacy HSF lawyers in French capital

  • 6mos

Reed Smith’s Paris managing partner wins 2024 IBA Outstanding Woman Lawyer Award

Natasha Tardif lauded for her work championing women’s rights in the legal profession

  • 6mos

Kennedys hires leading Paris arbitration partner from Hogan Lovells

Thomas Kendra brings emerging markets expertise to his new firm notably through his Africa work

  • 6mos

Kirkland, Freshfields, Bredin Prat called in for €16bn sale of Sanofi’s consumer health arm

Sale to US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice comes as investors anticipate more and larger European PE buyouts

  • 6mos

Paris Arbitration Week reshuffles leadership, elects three new board members

White & Case lawyer among those appointed to board of landmark arbitration event

  • 7mos

Royal Tulip luxury hotel brand-owner Louvre promotes ex-Moet Hennessy legal manager to GC

Grégoire Bouffard will replace Benjamin Dornic, who announced he is leaving the hotel group

  • 7mos
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