International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has hired industry-renowned lawyer Timothée Gagnepain as a partner to establish a new department within the Paris office dedicated to Restructuring. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills, the international law firm, has announced that Frédéric Chevallier, a leading French patent litigator, will be joining the firm as a Partner. He will work closely with Alexandra Neri, Head of IP and TMT in Paris and Sophie Rich in London to further develop our patent litigation expertise across Europe. More >>

Jones Day continues to expand its Global Disputes Practice in Europe with the arrival of litigation and arbitration lawyer Elie Kleiman to the Firm’s Paris Office. Mr. Kleiman, who has worked extensively during recent years on international arbitration matters, joins Jones Day as a partner in the Global Disputes Practice. More >>

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Cécile Martin as the third partner in the firm’s Paris office just one year after its opening. Martin joins the firm from Proskauer, where she was Special international labor and employment counsel. More >>

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Paris with the recruitment of capital markets and structured finance partner Julien Bacus and associate Aurélie Bonnet. They join Dentons from Ashurst, where Bacus was a partner in the Finance department since 2008. Prior to that, he worked for Allen & Overy in Paris and London for almost 8 years. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Anne Reffay and Hortense de Roux as partners in its corporate and dispute resolution practices in Paris. Hortense joins from Jones Day’s litigation team where she has worked since 2006.  Anne joins from Jones Day, where she has been since 2015. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of international arbitration lawyer Nadia Darwazeh as partner in its Paris office. Nadia joins from Curtis Mallet-Prévost Colt & Mosle, where she was partner. Prior to this Nadia was counsel at the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC) in Paris and previously spent a decade practising international arbitration based in Shanghai, Frankfurt and London. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills, the international law firm, has announced that Anne Petitjean will be joining the firm’s Real Estate team as a partner. Anne Petitjean will work closely with David Lacaze and the Real Estate team as well as the Project and Finance teams on the regulatory, environmental, and public law aspects of the practice. More >>

Kami Haeri has joined the firm as a partner based in the firm’s Paris office. He will chair the Commercial Litigation and White Collar practices of the firm’s Paris office. More >>