The global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) today announced the addition of Partners Julie Catala Marty, Claire Fougea and Marion Brière Ségala along with their teams in the Paris office. Thirty-six lawyers have joined the office in the past four months, bringing the total number of BCLP lawyers in the Paris market to 70.
Julie Catala Marty and her team, including Counsel Rémi Beydon and Associates Victor Barruol and Laura Doumoulakis, bring their highly regarded Antitrust & Competition Practice to the Paris office. Having worked extensively with French companies and multinational groups, the team has experience in all aspects of French and European competition and distribution law, in particular issues of merger control procedures, litigation of anti-competitive or restrictive practices, state aid, risk prevention and risk management. The team has solid experience in the regulated sectors, including media and telecoms, and in the banking, real estate, transport, luxury and construction sectors.
Building the Antitrust & Competition Practice in Paris is a strategic focus for BCLP, which already benefits in Paris from strong transactional experience in its corporate and real estate teams, as well as strong complex litigation, compliance and risk management practices. The firm’s existing Antitrust & Competition Group is already recognized in the United States, UK, Germany and Russia and will be further strengthened with this new team’s arrival, allowing the firm to better support clients in the French market.
“I am thrilled to join BCLP, and launch the Antitrust and Competition Group in France,” Julie Catala Marty commented. “We look forward to drawing on our experience, coupled with BCLP’s global platform, to provide top-level service to our clients and best serve their business needs. The firm’s approach to legal innovation, which is particularly cutting-edge, constitutes real added value from which our clients can benefit.”
Additionally, Partners Claire Fougea and Marion Brière Ségala and their team have joined the firm to significantly bolster the Employment & Labor Practice in Paris. The team includes Charles Mathieu, Fanny Durand and Margot Jouannet. They join BCLP Paris lawyers Sarah Delon-Bouquet, François Alambret and Emmanuelle Mercier, bringing the Paris Employment Team to eight lawyers.
Claire Fougea and Marion Brière Ségala have worked closely together for more than 10 years. They have developed a highly regarded employment and labor law practice focused on organizational development, corporate restructuring, support for M&A operations, management of labor relations and collective bargaining, negotiation of managerial departures, and individual and class action litigation.
“The strengthening of the employment and labor law team in Paris complements the firm’s global platform and provides clients with seamless support for their global business needs,” Claire Fougea and Marion Brière Ségala noted.
With the growth of the Paris office since the beginning of this year – in real estate, tax, financing, public law, energy and M&A – the Paris office now includes nearly 90 legal and support personnel, including 70 lawyers led by 15 partners. This growth supports a firmwide plan to build a balanced portfolio of capabilities across geographies, with clients in France and around the world able to draw upon a new depth of support and counsel across BCLP’s global practices.
“The new arrivals – Julie, Claire and Marion, like our other recent additions – will contribute to our goal of significantly strengthening the firm’s presence in France and in Europe,” commented Paris office Managing Partner Rémy Blain. “The level of their experience is a real asset for the firm and for our clients, and especially international clients, who will be able to benefit from comprehensive and high-quality services.
“While we celebrate the additions of our new colleagues, we are mindful of the challenging times all of us face during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are grateful to all the health care workers and officials who are on the front lines of this formidable opponent,” Rémy Blain added.
ABOUT THE PARTNERS
Antitrust and Competition
Julie Catala Marty – Partner
A member of the Paris Bar since 2001, Julie Catala Marty completed a double major in law and political science in Toulouse. She also holds a Master II Degree in European Law from the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She started her career at Clifford Chance, where she worked for more than seven years, followed by the Howrey Law Firm, before joining Bird & Bird in 2011. In 2015 she joined the Franklin Law Firm.
Employment & Labor Law
Claire Fougea – Partner
A lawyer at the Paris Bar since 1990, Claire Fougea graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma (DEA) in Civil and Commercial Law from the Paris Descartes University and an LLM in International Legal Studies from the American University Washington College of Law. She began her career with Pierre Servan-Schreiber, then Patrice Dusausoy, followed by Norton Rose in 1999, where she became a partner in 2001, before joining the Franklin Law Firm in 2009.
Marion Brière Ségala – Partner
A member of the Paris Bar since 2004, Marion Brière-Ségala received a (DESS) Master’s Degree in Employment and Labor Law from the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She began her career in 2005 with the Baragan-Jonquois Firm before joining the Franklin Law Firm in 2010, where she worked as an associate and then as counsel within the team led by Claire Fougea.
Source: www.bclplaw.com
