The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David Swinburne has joined the Firm’s Private Equity Practice as a partner in its Paris Office. Associates Sylvain Kabeya and Kévin Bousset are accompanying Mr. Swinburne to Jones Day. More >>

Orrick announced today that Charles Briand has joined the firm as a partner in its Tax practice in Paris. Charles is the ninth partner to join Orrick’s Paris office in the past 18 months, which has added strength in key practice areas, including M&A and private equity, structured finance, banking, energy and infrastructure, antitrust and employment. Formerly with Ernst & Young, both in Paris and New York, Charles advises multinational companies and private equity funds on a broad range of international tax matters, including tax advisory in both inbound and outbound acquisitions, as well as on the structuring of domestic and cross-border M&A deals. More >>

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that David Tayar is to join the firm’s global Antitrust practice as a partner in the Paris office. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Emmanuelle Pontnau-Faure as partner in its tax practice in Paris. Before joining Ashurst, Emmanuelle worked at White & Case for 14 years and at PWC where she has been a director since 2016. She has significant experience in various areas of tax law, advising on a broad range of issues relating to corporate, finance, real estate, litigation and restructuring matters. More >>

​Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that a five-lawyer team will join the Paris office as partners to launch new litigation and finance practices and reinforce the office’s existing restructuring and corporate capabilities. The team, formerly with Ashurst LLP in Paris, is comprised of Amanda Bevan, Eric Bouffard, Bertrand Delaunay, Jean-Pierre Farges, and Pierre-Emmanuel Fender. More >>

Eversheds Sutherland (International) announces the arrival of Bruno Richard as a Partner within the projects team in Paris. This appointment further boosts the firm’s existing strength in public law and public private partnerships. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Pierre Roux as partner in its banking practice in Paris. Pierre joins from Linklaters where he has worked since 2013.

Pierre specialises in leveraged finance, corporate finance, real estate finance and debt restructurings. Prior to joining Linklaters, Pierre spent ten years with Ashurst, nine in the Paris banking team and one year in London.

This follows on from the promotion of Nataline Fleury, counsel in Ashurst’s employment practice in Paris, to the partnership. Nataline joined Ashurst in 2008 and specialises in employment law and social security issues, advising French and international clients on employment law aspects of M&A transactions and day-to-day advice on employment law matters.

Philippe None, managing partner of Ashurst in Paris, commented:

“Pierre’s appointment is part of our strategy to develop a broader and more diversified finance capability that will also now focus on growth French lending markets, including direct lending and funds financing. This is a perfect complement to where we have strong capability in London and other European offices. Pierre’s reputation and skills will be of great benefit to driving forward the practice and we are confident he will make a significant contribution to the team.”

Pierre Roux, added:

“I am very much looking forward to joining the Ashurst team and helping to further develop the finance platform, together with many former colleagues.”

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Laurent Martinet has joined the firm as a litigation partner in its Paris office alongside a team of three associates – Hélène Lenoury, Vincent Rouer and Aurélien Zilberman. More >>

Allen & Overy Paris has announced the arrival of Driss Bererhi as a partner in the Banking & Finance team and the Infrastructure and Energy group of the Paris office, accompanied by Tzvétomira Pacheva, senior associate. More >>

Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the arrival of an eight-lawyer team to its tax practice in Paris. The team, comprising three partners, three counsel, one associate and one jurist, join the firm from Winston & Strawn on 1 March. The eight lawyer team join from Winston & Strawn.

The team arrives at a time of significant expansion for Reed Smith’s Paris office, following the arrival of 18 lawyers (in the areas of tax, competition/antitrust, corporate and private equity) who joined the firm from King & Wood Mallesons in January this year. The office now has 66 lawyers, including 22 partners.

Partners Jean-Pierre Collet, Florence Bilger and David Colin and their team advise a range of organisations and individuals, including investment funds and entrepreneurs, providing tax advice on corporate transactions (M&A, private equity and real estate), advice on and representation in tax disputes and general tax advice (including corporate tax, VAT and transfer taxes).

“Consistent with our strategic objective of growing our transactional capabilities in line with our key industry sectors globally, we are delighted to add further to our tax capability in Paris. Following on from our recent hires across corporate, tax and private equity from KWM, these additions of talented French lawyers help us provide a truly cross border transactional service to our clients.” said Tamara Box, managing partner for Europe and the Middle East.

Reed Smith’s transactional practice (in particular tax, corporate, M&A, private equity and competition/antitrust) are all areas of strategic focus for the firm. The arrival of this new team will expand the firm’s Paris tax practice from eight to 16 lawyers and its wider European corporate practice to almost 90 lawyers.

“This is a huge step forward for us and leads to the creation of one of the largest tax practices in Paris”, said Peter Teare, Reed Smith partner and head of the firm’s Europe and Middle East corporate practice. “We have had an exciting start to the year and expect to see further growth in the months ahead, as we continue our strategic drive to expand our transactional practice across Europe.”

Jean-Pierre Collet led the tax department of Winston & Strawn in Paris. His practice covers all areas of corporate taxation, and he has specific experience advising domestic and international companies, investment funds and entrepreneurs on tax structuring, restructuring and the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions in France.

Florence Bilger advises on the tax aspects of investments, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. She has experience representing French and international clients in their inbound investments and restructuring transactions. She also advises French clients on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including structuring transactions, conducting due diligence, and handling post-acquisition advice and litigation.

David Colin focuses his practice on indirect taxes, European VAT and tax litigation. He has 20 years’ experience in optimisation of indirect taxes in cross-border transactions, VAT advisory matters, negotiation with tax authorities, and due diligence counseling. His work on these matters has involved the industrial, chemical, telecommunication and real estate sectors, among others.