Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Barthélemy Cousin as a partner in the complex commercial litigation and disputes practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Paris office from Stephenson Harwood LLP, where he founded and led the dispute resolution practice.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery continues to expand its corporate M&A and private equity team with the arrival of Guillaume Kellner as partner. Since 2011, Guillaume Kellner served as a partner and head of the Corporate Department of Paul Hastings.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Marc Petitier as a partner in Paris. Petitier brings 20 years of experience and joins White & Case joins from Linklaters, where he was a partner.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Theodore H. Cominos Jr. has joined the firm’s M&A and Private Capital teams in the Chicago office as partner. Mr. Cominos is the sixth partner to join the firm in Chicago and the third M&A partner added there since the office opened in May 2019. Additionally, Cristina Audran-Proca has joined Eversheds Sutherland in the Paris office as counsel. Mr. Cominos, who joins from Faegre Drinker, advises domestic and international clients on complex M&A, private equity, venture capital, corporate commercial, commercial real estate and debt-finance transactions. |
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its International Dispute Resolution (IDR) Practice with the addition of two partners in Paris. Sabrina Aïnouz and Jérôme Lehucher spent the last 13 years practicing international arbitration together, first at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, and later at DWF. Their arrival follows an earlier announcement this week that Michelle Glassman Bock joined the firm’s IDR Practice as a partner from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, splitting her time between its Brussels and Washington DC offices.
Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that high-profile lawyer Marion Guertault is re-joining the firm as a partner in its Employment practice today. Marion will be based in the firm’s Paris office. She was most recently at Latham & Watkins but spent several years with Hogan Lovells in Paris prior to that.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that prominent private equity and M&A lawyer Arthur de Baudry d’Asson has joined the firm’s Paris office as a partner. He joins from Weil Gotshal & Manges, where he was a corporate partner. His arrival furthers Paul Hastings’ strong lateral growth in Paris and across the firm’s global platform.
King & Spalding has recruited a Paris-based white-collar crime team, led by partner Jean Tamalet, to expand and strengthen its international Government Matters Practice Group. Tamalet is a French criminal lawyer who represents both corporations and their executives in a variety of matters, focusing primarily on alleged criminal financial fraud offences. He most recently worked at Bird & Bird, prior to which he had established his own white-collar crime boutique, Tamalet & Associés.
Dechert LLP announced today that leading international arbitration expert, Claudia Annacker, has joined the firm’s International Arbitration practice as a partner* in Paris. Annacker joins Dechert from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
