Slaughter and May’s European best friends Bredin Prat, Uría Menéndez and Bonelli Erede Pappalardo have scooped key roles on the multi-billion euro disposal of the property arm of French supermarket giant Carrefour. French independent De Pardieu Brocas Maffei is advising the Carrefour group on the legal and tax structuring of the transfer to Carrefour Property […]
A French boutique firm devoted to public infrastructure work has launched with four partners. Yves-René Guillou, who was previously the sole partner at Yves-René Guillou Avocats, has promoted three associates to partner in the new firm, which will be called Earth Avocats. Guillou and his partners Clémence Cordier, Thomas Laffargue and Florence David will focus […]
French firms UGGC & Associés and Fidal have become the first European outfits to announce 2010 financial results, with respective year-on-year turnover rises of 5 per cent and 2 per cent. The results bring UGGC’s revenue to around €36.7m (£30.5m), up from €35m (£29.1m) in 2009, subject to final confirmation. Meanwhile, Fidal reported 2010 turnover […]
Linklaters has confirmed that French M&A star Thierry Vassogne has died at the age of 59 after suffering a heart attack. Vassogne joined Linklaters in 1998 as co-managing partner of the firm’s Paris office. He was recognised by many in the French market as a leader in corporate transactions and had a stellar client list […]
Jeantet Associés and Linklaters have landed roles on a French deal creating a new European transport giant. A team at Jeantet led by competition partners Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié and Thomas Picot worked alongside French sole practitioner Patrice Gassenbach to advise Veolia Environnement on the proposed joint venture with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations […]
French firm Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral has promoted two associates to partner, bringing its partner headcount to 14. Roman Chiss and Franck Le Mentec will both be partners in Cotty Vivant’s Paris office. The firm also has a presence in Tokyo, Singapore and Dubai. Chiss is an employment lawyer and will lead the team […]
Canadian firm Fasken Martineau has launched in Paris after acquiring local firm Gravel Leclerc & Partners and a hiring a four-lawyer team from Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Lovells has formed a co-operation agreement with Paris-based insolvency boutique Kuntz & Associés. The tie-up will see the firms, who have a longstanding relationship, form a closer bond without entering into a full-scale alliance. Under the arrangement Lovells will gain access to Kuntz’s specialist insolvency expertise, while Kuntz will be able to draw on Lovells’ […]
Taylor Wessing’s beleaguered Paris office has offered equity partnership to at least four non-equity partners. Taylor Wessing France opens equity; denies it is response to crisis” />Taylor Wessing’s beleaguered Paris office offered equity partnership to at least four non-equity partners when Taylor Wessing France’s (TWF) tight equity was opened up in April of this year. […]
French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel is to hire trainee solicitors in London for the first time in a bid to bolster its burgeoning City arm. The Paris-based firm, which launched its London office five years ago, plans to recruit at least two trainees from March 2009. This number is likely to be increased in […]