Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Sabina Comis has joined the firm in its Paris office as a partner. Comis was previously a tax partner and the co-leader of the private investment funds group at another international law firm. More >>

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has appointed prominent international arbitration specialist Will Thomas as a partner to its market-leading international arbitration practice. Will is currently based in Paris from where he runs the Eversheds international arbitration group. More >>

Gide is pleased to welcome new partner Jean-Nicolas Clément within its Public and Administrative Law / Environment practice group in Paris, as well as two of his associates, Alice Bouillié and Marylène Fourès. This team will strengthen Gide’s expertise in both environmental and energy law, as well as synergies with other practice groups, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate and Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) in particular. More >>

Kramer Levin is strengthening its Real Estate, Corporate and Tax practices in France with the recruitment of Pierre Appremont and Arnaud Guérin, partners from Gowling WLG, as well as their teams (three counsels, two associates and three law clerks). More >>

Orrick today announced that Simon Ratledge, a leading practitioner focused on project finance in emerging countries and in Africa, has joined the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure group in Paris. This follows the firm’s announcement last week of the addition to its Paris office of a 5-partner team of finance and corporate practitioners from Freshfields. Simon joins Orrick from Simmons & Simmons. More >>

International law firm Ashurst today announces the appointment of Yann Alix as a partner in its resources team. More >>

The international law firm Orrick announced today that a team of five leading French practitioners has joined its Paris office, including Hervé Touraine, one of the preeminent structured finance practitioners in Paris; Emmanuel Ringeval, an authority on leveraged lending and debt restructuring; Emmanuel Bénard, a sought-after advisor to international companies on complex French employment law issues; Patrick Tardivy, a rising star in M&A and private equity; and Olivier Bernard, a rising star in structured finance and debt capital markets. They all join from Freshfields. More >>

Yann Utzschneider has joined global law firm White & Case LLP as a partner in its Global Antitrust Practice in Paris. More >>

Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that a top-ranked team of French private equity and M&A lawyers will extend the firm’s international practice into Paris, France. Partners Maxence Bloch, Christophe Digoy, Jérôme Jouhanneaud and Thomas Maitrejean will open Goodwin Paris following completion of their notice periods. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that leveraged finance partner Olivier Vermeulen has joined the Paris office as a partner and head of the Finance practice in the office. Mr. Vermeulen joins from King & Wood Mallesons, where he was head of the Paris Finance department, and brings a team of three lawyers with him. More >>