London firm Ashurst has hired Orrick Rambaud Martel finance partner Sylvie Perrin for its French projects practice. Perrin specializes in project finance, asset finance, and tax leasing. Ashurst’s Paris office now has 70 lawyers and focuses on M&A, acquisition finance, and structured finance. Several other attorneys have left Orrick’s Paris office since its Jan. 2006 merger with Rambaud Martel.
Source: www.legalweek.com