Herbert Smith Freehills Further Boosts Paris Project Finance Capability With the Recruitment of Michaël Armandou as a Partner

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce the recruitment of Michaël Armandou to join its Paris office as a partner specialised in project finance. He will work within the Finance team and closely with the Projects and Corporate teams on the development of greenfield projects and the acquisition of assets in the infrastructure and energy sectors, especially with Partner Christophe Lefort, Paris head of Infrastructure. Michaël Armandou joins the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher where he was a partner.

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Paul Hastings Advances European Growth with Addition of Preeminent Litigation Partner in Paris

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that preeminent commercial and corporate litigator Laurent Martinet has joined the firm’s Paris office as a partner in the Complex Litigation practice alongside an of counsel Vincent Rouer and three associates Hélène Lenoury, Lucie Bocquillon and Vincent Parot. They join from Dechert. Mr.Martinet’s arrival continues the strong growth of Paul Hastings’ global Litigation practice and European platform, following the recent addition of Complex Litigation partner Alex Leitch in London.

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DWF Strengthens Insurance and Real Estate Global Teams With New Partners

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed two new Partners, Bruno Richard and Mike Renshaw to its Real Estate and Insurance sectors respectively. Bruno joins from Eversheds where his expertise in construction and administrative law saw him assist clients on transactional and litigation matters as well as assist the African practice. Renshaw arrives from Keoghs where he was a Partner and headed up their Southampton office.

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Eversheds Sutherland Bolsters Global IP, Technology and Data Privacy Offering

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed Emmanuel Ronco, as a partner, and his team of two associates, Edouard Burlet and Killian Lefèvre, to its IP/IT & Privacy team in Paris. Emmanuel, Edouard and Killian, who all join from Cleary Gottlieb, continue the expansion of the firm’s intellectual property, technology, data protection and cybersecurity practices.

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Global Law Firm Rimon PC Opens New Office in Seoul With Addition of Tech-Focused Corporate Partner Jungwoo Chang

Rimon is pleased to announce it has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea with, Jungwoo Chang joining the firm as corporate partner. Rimon’s Seoul office is its 42nd location, following the opening of new offices in international hubs London, Paris and Montréal earlier this year, as well as several new offices in the United States. Mr. Chang joins Rimon from Accelsior Partners, where he was co-founder and Managing Partner.


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Orrick Makes 8th Hire in IP Licensing & Tech Transactions and Grows in Paris

Orrick announced today that Julia Apostle has joined the firm as a partner in our IP Licensing and Technology Transactions practice, based in Paris. Julia is the 8th partner addition to this practice over the last 9 months which has grown across the firm’s Bay Area, Boston, New York, London, Düsseldorf and Washington, D.C. offices. She will also work closely with our Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation team. Julia joins the firm from Bredin Prat.

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Major Private Equity Hire Strengthens Ashurst’s Reputation as Global Leader in Private Capital and Digital Economy

Global law firm Ashurst has appointed François Hellot as a partner in the corporate team in Paris. François joins from Dechert where he has been a partner for 12 years. François is a highly reputed corporate practitioner with deep industry expertise across telecommunications and digital, health and biotechnology sectors.

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