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Reed Smith boosts Paris with White & Case team
Project and asset finance partner Victoria Westcott joins Reed Smith's financial industry group in Paris alongside three lawyers.
August Debouzy launches business ethics practice group
The French law firm August Debouzy intends to support companies aiming to use ethics as a means to drive growth.
Quinn Emanuel picks up August Debouzy white collar team
US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hired a litigation and white collar team from Paris law firm August Debouzy.
Castren & Snellman partner takes up first ever advocacy post
Tuomas Lehtinen is to become the first professor of practice in advocacy in the University of Helsinki, the first of its kind in the world.
Capgemini hires new general counsel
Maria Pernas joins the outsourcing company from Atos.
Fashion companies must disclose retouching of photographs in France
Companies in the fashion and cosmetic business which use photographs of models must now declare retouching or face major fines.
EU to start legal action against Poland over law reforms
The European Commission has annouced today that it is prepared to start legal action against Poland. The move comes in the wake of a law reforming the judiciary that undermines the independence of judges and thus breaks EU treaty rules.
Belgian ban on Muslim full-face veil ruled legal
The European Court of Human Rights has determined that Belguim's banning of full face veils does not violate human rights law - a decision a chamber of seven European judges agreed unanimously yesterday.
SLVF and Viguie Schmidt merge
Independent boutique firms SLVF and Viguie Schmidt are merging to create new French firm Viguie Schmidt & Associes.
Europe puts a dampner on Uber's claim not to be a taxi service
The latest bad news for the company was delivered by an adviser to the European Court of Justice after France brought a case against the company.
Gide opts for new-gen building with green spaces
Gide is moving to new premises in the heart of Paris next year in a move which will incorporate herb gardens and new-gen workspaces.
Lacourte Raquin Tatar adds new partners from Allen & Overy and Gide
French law firm Lacourte Raquin Tatar is adding three new partners and one counsel from the Paris-based practices of Allen & Overy and Gide.
Ogletree Deakins expands European operation
The US law firm has hired a team in Paris, adding to its London and Berlin practices.
Winston & Strawn Paris team departs to Reed Smith
The eight strong team will join Reed Smith's tax practice in Paris making it one of the biggest in the French capital.
French candidates to face investigation right up to election
France's Justice Minister has warned presidential frontrunners Francois Fillon and far-right leader Marine Le Pen that there will be no let-up in legal investigations targeting them ahead of elections two months away.
Freshfields Paris real estate team heads for Jones Day
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's entire Paris real estate team has defected to Jones Day.
Orrick picks up Olswang Paris managing partner ahead of merger
Olswang Paris boss Guillaume Kessler has made the switch to rival firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe ahead of Olswang's impending three-way tie up with CMS and Nabarro.
A&O loses four lawyer team to Gibson Dunn in Paris
Four technology lawyers are moving across to join the Paris office of US-based law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
DWF arrives in Paris with takeover of local firm
DWF is continuing its international expansion through a tie-up with Parisian local Heenan Paris.
Olswang Paris shut out of CMS tie-up
Olswang's Paris office will not be joining the newly merged CMS next year, it has been revealed.