Latham & Watkins has lost another member of its Continental European transactional team, with a leveraged finance partner joining A&O Shearman in Paris. Michel Houdayer has made the move to A&O Shearman today (16 September). He was a Latham lifer, having joined the firm in 2002 and spent almost a decade in the partnership having […]
France’s largest firm Fidal has instructed lawyers to advise it on its ongoing dispute with KPMG, as the row over the accountant’s raid of a 145-strong team earlier this year continues apace. Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier has been brought in to advise Fidal. A mediation period to resolve the dispute between Fidal and KPMG ended yesterday […]
French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has announced the “upcoming arrival” of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom M&A partner Olivier Diaz in a coup for its Paris office.
Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed a new executive committee, led by newly elected senior partner Xavier de Kergommeaux. Paris-based banking and finance partner De Kergommeaux will succeed Baudouin de Moucheron, who has held the senior partner role since 2012. De Kergommeaux served as Gide’s managing partner between 2004 and 2009.
A team from Linklaters led by partner David Swinburne is joining Jones Day’s private equity practice in Paris.
The number of female partners working in independent European firms has risen by almost a third in five years, data gathered for The Lawyer European 100 2017 reveals.
Linklaters Paris partner Kiril Bougartchev and counsel Emmanuel Moyne have left the magic circle firm’s Paris office to launch a business crime boutique.
Olswang Paris managing partner and corporate head Guillaume Kessler has joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Ince & Co is opening an office in Marseille, its third in France after Paris and Le Havre, with the hire of two local shipping and transport specialists.
US employment firm Littler Mendelson is set to widen its European presence as it signs a merger deal with French employment boutique Fromont Briens.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has raided Allen & Overy’s arbitration practice in Paris again, four years after it hired practice head Stephen Jagusch.
The Unitary European Patent system aims to support innovation by cutting red tape, costs and save time by automatically validating a single patent in all EU countries that have ratified the Unified Patent Court treaty and which have at the same time adhered to the UE regulation on the European unitary patent.