International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Benjamin de Blegiers will join the Firm as a Private Equity/M&A partner. Mr. de Blegiers is a recognized leader in the infrastructure sector advising infrastructure funds, pension plans, insurance companies and other long-term investors on their most challenging infrastructure transactions. Mr. de Blegiers will be based in Weil’s Paris office. Benjamin de Blegiers will join Weil from Clifford Chance where he is a partner in the Paris office. More >>

Mayer Brown today announced the arrival of Alexandre Poupard, who joins the firm’s Real Estate practice in Paris as a partner. Alexandre, who was formerly a partner at Dentons, joins with a team of two associates. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Mark Barges as a partner in its global project finance practice in Paris. Mark joins from Linklaters where he worked for 13 years in its banking & projects practice in London and, since 2010, in Paris. Mark has extensive experience in advising on projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He advises sponsors and lenders on French and international projects, in particular in Africa. Mark is dual-qualified in France and England and Wales. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day announces that Fabienne Beuzit will join the Firm’s Paris Office as a partner in its Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice, accompanied by counsel Elodie Fabre and associate Rodolphe Carrière. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Saam Golshani, Alexis Hojabr and Guillaume Vitrich as partners in Paris. With more than 20 years of experience, he joins White & Case from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he was a partner and led the French M&A-Private Equity Group and was co-Head of the European Restructuring Group. More >>

Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its commercial team in Paris today (17 December) with the hire of Partner Vincent Denoyelle. More >>

International law firm Bird & Bird today strengthens its Compliance & Investigations offering with the appointment of white collar crime expert Jean Tamalet as a partner in its Dispute Resolution Group, based in Paris. He joins from corporate crime boutique firm Tamalet & Associés, which he founded. More >>

International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP continues to expand in Europe with the appointment of six new attorneys to its cross-channel restructuring team, maintaining its drive to position itself as a leader within the industry. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has announced that it has strengthened its Real Estate Practice with the appointment of two senior lawyers from Gowling WLG. Alexandra Plain, the former Paris head of Real Estate, and Jérémy Roigt have joined the firm as partners in its Paris office. More >>

The Paris office of the international law firm Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Barbara Jouffa as a partner in the Corporate M&A / Private Equity department. More >>