Europe/France

Linklaters recruits eight-lawyer restructuring team in Paris from top French boutique Darrois

Group led by partner François Kopf, who joins as global chair of restructuring and insolvency

  • 6d

Storytelling is key to brand differentiation – key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London

Delegates heard from luxury luminaries like former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and celebrated designers Julien Macdonald and Karen Millen

  • 1w

Weil, Goodwin called in for L’Oréal’s acquisition of Color Wow

Deal strengthens L’Oréal’s professional products portfolio and positions Color Wow for global brand growth

  • 1w

Signature boosts Paris arm with Paul Hastings partner hire

Arrival of Laurent Martinet boosts office’s partner count to seven

  • 1w

A&O Shearman leads in L’Oréal’s €1bn Medik8 acquisition from Inflexion

Deal underscores L’Oréal’s commitment to boosting its position in the rapidly growing dermocosmetics market

  • 1mo

The Global Legal Post launches Law Over Borders Arbitration guide

Edited by Volterra Fietta partners Ahmed Abdel Hakam, Gunjan Sharma and Robert G. Volterra, guide offers cross-jurisdictional insight into arbitration law and practice

  • 1mo

Two years on German firms take lead on Unified Patent Court activity

Germany’s dominating on a number of fronts, but UK firms are more than holding their own according to figures drawn up by the European Patent Litigators Association

  • 1mo

Norton Rose Fulbright adds projects team from Eversheds in Paris

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

  • 1mo

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

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

  • 2mos

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

  • 3mos

Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership

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

  • 3mos

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

Firms hope to expand their range of specialisms and geographical presence

  • 3mos

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

  • 4mos

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’

  • 4mos

Ropes & Gray debuts in Paris with Clifford Chance team

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

  • 4mos

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

  • 5mos

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

  • 5mos

Morgan Lewis to absorb 54-lawyer Kramer Levin Paris team

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

  • 6mos

‘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

  • 7mos

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

  • 7mos
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