France
Based in the heart of the commercial and economic centre of France, our Paris team provides legal services to a wide range of indigenous and internationally headquartered businesses.
Our people have considerable experience working on cross-border transactions. Our Paris team is integrated into a global team of over 3000 people and combines local knowledge with an international perspective.
All of this, plus a flair for innovation and global specialism in a small number of industry sectors, means we will help you achieve your commercial objectives.
We operate in the following locations:
Out-Law / Your daily need to know in France
Our latest work
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
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Advised renewable energy developers, on the evaluation of potential non-UK port lease options for offshore wind farm construction.
- France
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Stoneweg EREIT Management Pte. Ltd., in its capacity as the manager of Stoneweg European Real Estate Investment Trust
Advised Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (SERT), a european real estate trust on its proposed aggregate c.€122 million acquisition of Stoneweg's pan-European investment management platform, a transformational transaction that will establish SERT as a fully integrated real estate owner, operator and investment manager with approximately €3.2 billion of assets under management.
- Cross border
- Real Estate
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Advised a cultural goods collector, on the provenance review of 104 pieces stored in London, assessing compliance with European Union Regulation 2019/880, which governs the introduction and import of cultural goods into the EU, for their planned importation and housing in Italy.
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Setec Advice & Services
Advised a civils designer in connection with an SMR district heating programme in Finland.
- France
- Infrastructure
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Singapore Exchange Limited
Advised Singapore Exchange Limited on the sale of Scientific Beta, its global investment index business, to ISS-STOXX. The transaction spanned Singapore, France, the UK, the US and Australia, requiring multi-jurisdictional coordination. Technology tools supported due diligence, transaction management and vendor review processes to enhance efficiency and confidentiality.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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TotalEnergies Renewables SAS
Advised TotalEnergies Renewables on the divestment of all its distributed solar assets in Europe (around 170 MW), mainly rooftop installations, across seven European countries—France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Luxembourg—to AMPYR Distributed Energy.
- cross border
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Client confidential
Advised a global construction technology provider, on legal and corporate matters relating to operations in a French-speaking African jurisdiction.
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Advised a European investment holding company, on the legal due diligence process in connection with refinancing of a gaming and entertainment group.
- Cross-border
- Sport & Hospitality
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
Advised Houlihan Lokey, the global investment bank, on its agreement to secure a controlling interest in Audere Partners, a prominent French corporate finance firm operating under the Natixis Partners brand.
- France
- Financial Services
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Clarios Germany Holding GmbH
Advised Clarios, a global leader in energy storage solutions, on a strategic agreement with Ecobat to acquire three industrial assets.
- Cross-border
- Technology, Science & Industry
Our expertise, at your disposal
With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
Valérie Blandeau
Partner, Head of Office, Paris
EmailValérie is specialised in all contentious and non-contentious aspects of French employment law and has extensive experience of the legislation surrounding working time and restructuring. She provides pragmatic data analysis for her clients, notably to optimise costs and predict budgets where issues arise regarding working time, variable remuneration, social security charges, mass redundancies or negotiated departures.
Legal Director
EmailWilliam focuses on international commercial arbitration and annulment and enforcement proceedings before French courts in defence & aeronautics, energy and construction. He also worked on cases related to IT, mining, fashion & luxury. William teaches Dispute Resolution at SciencesPo Law School.
Partner
EmailAlongside his network of local counsel across Francophone Africa, Olivier advises multinational companies, primarily in the energy and natural resources sector and its related infrastructure component. His practice focuses on contract negotiation, corporate structuring between HoldCo and OpCo, regulatory compliance, and commercial dispute resolution.
Partner
EmailCamille heads the Corporate team in Paris and advises French and international companies, financial institutions and investors on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions. She handles both domestic and cross-border operations.
Partner
EmailEran leads the Finance & Projects practice in France. He advises on project development, acquisition and project financing transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He has extensive experience in banking & finance, including corporate and real estate finance.
Partner
EmailVirginia has in-depth experience on contentious and non contentious intellectual property and unfair competition matters, with a strong focus on pan-European patent litigation in an extensive range of sectors.
Partner
EmailGaëlle advises and represents clients in international commercial disputes, in particular in pre-arbitration and arbitration proceedings, negotiations, and dispute adjudication. She also has experience of international disputes relating to post-M&A transactions and information and high technologies. Gaëlle acts regularly as an arbitrator.
Partner
EmailAnnabelle is a dual-qualified French Avocat à la Cour in Paris and Attorney at Law admitted to the New York State Bar. Her strong background in new technologies, from both an operational and regulatory standpoint, as well as her international education, have made her a strong asset on all information technologies, outsourcing, cybersecurity and data protection projects.
Legal Director
EmailSmeureanu concentrates her practice on international commercial and investor-State arbitration. She represents clients from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East throughout the whole arbitral process, covering a wide range of disputes and a variety of jurisdictions.
Valérie Blandeau
Partner, Head of Office, Paris