France
About
Established in 1926, the Paris office is our oldest office in Europe.
The diversity of skills and legal experience possessed by our Paris team enables us to address our clients’ concerns and needs across the spectrum of business law. We are fully committed to our clients and dedicated to helping them achieve their goals, in France and around the world.
Our teams assist clients seamlessly across all domestic and international operations, transactions or disputes. Deep knowledge of legal, regulatory and economic environments gives us unrivalled familiarity with the intricate legal issues that our clients face, in an increasingly globalised marketplace.
We develop longstanding relationships with our clients. With extensive experience in structuring innovative solutions, our teams navigate clients through their most complex challenges and help them assess and overcome commercial, legal, regulatory and structural risks.
Our reputation is built on an ability to work with confidence in demanding situations and places, made possible by the excellence of our Paris lawyers and the global footprint of our organisation.
Learn about career opportunities and student initiatives in our Paris office on our careers page.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
France Law Firm of the Year
IFLR Europe Awards 2022
France Law Firm of the Year
Chambers and Partners Europe Awards 2022
Law Firm of the Year in France
The American Lawyer Transatlantic Legal Awards 2016
European Law Firm of the Year
Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2014
Experience
Amber Capital on Sale of Stake in Lagardère
Advised Amber Capital on the decision to sell all of its shares in Lagardère to Vivendi and related judicial proceedings.
Eiffage and Arcade-Vyv Group on first outsourcing contract
Advised Eiffage and Arcade-Vyv Group on the first concession contract granted in France for outsourced management of a housing estate owned by the Ministry of Armed Forces for a total amount of more than €7 billion.
EP Group on lock-up agreement for Casino Group's financial restructuring
Advised EP Equity Investment III s.à r.l on the signing of a lock-up agreement relating to Casino Group's financial restructuring, alongside Fimalac and Attestor, with Casino Group and some of its main creditors.
EREN Group on the acquisition of Total Eren
Advised EREN Group and its subsidiary Total Eren, a renewable energy production leader, on the acquisition of Total Eren by TotalEnergies.
Free Mobile success in French class action
Successfully advised Free Mobile on a class action initiated by French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir about costs charged by Free Mobile to consumers returning their rented mobile phones.
ORPEA on financial restructuring
Advised the ORPEA Group on its accelerated safeguard plan, allowing the implementation of its financial restructuring plan.
Pegasus Entrepreneurs on de-SPAC
Advised Pegasus Entrepreneurs and its sponsors on its de-SPACing with FL Entertainment, a global entertainment group comprising Banijay Group and Betclic Everest Group.
PT Ventures on arbitration proceedings
Advised PT Ventures on a number of interrelated arbitration proceedings in relation to its shareholding in Unitel S.A., Angola's largest telecommunications company.
SECAA on financing for all motorway in Senegal
Advised Société Eiffage de la Concession de l'Autoroute de l'Avenir (SECAA) on the financing of additional investments to be made on the Autoroute de l'Avenir Dakar-Diamniadio-Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD), currently in operation.
SNCF on first Green Bond issue with charitable shared coupon
Advised SNCF on the issue of its first Green Bond with a shared coupon of 0.05% for the benefit of the Child Brain Robert-Debré Institute, supported by the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Foundation.
Société Générale-FORGE on launch of first institutional stablecoin
Advised Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE) on the launch of EUR CoinVertible, the first institutional stablecoin deployed on public blockchain.
Teleperformance on €3 billion voluntary public offer
Advised Teleperformance SE on its voluntary cash and share offer to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Majorel for a total consideration of €3 billion.
