Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Cécile Martin as the third partner in the firm’s Paris office just one year after its opening. Martin joins the firm from Proskauer, where she was Special international labor and employment counsel. More >>

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Paris with the recruitment of capital markets and structured finance partner Julien Bacus and associate Aurélie Bonnet. They join Dentons from Ashurst, where Bacus was a partner in the Finance department since 2008. Prior to that, he worked for Allen & Overy in Paris and London for almost 8 years. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Anne Reffay and Hortense de Roux as partners in its corporate and dispute resolution practices in Paris. Hortense joins from Jones Day’s litigation team where she has worked since 2006.  Anne joins from Jones Day, where she has been since 2015. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of international arbitration lawyer Nadia Darwazeh as partner in its Paris office. Nadia joins from Curtis Mallet-Prévost Colt & Mosle, where she was partner. Prior to this Nadia was counsel at the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC) in Paris and previously spent a decade practising international arbitration based in Shanghai, Frankfurt and London. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills, the international law firm, has announced that Anne Petitjean will be joining the firm’s Real Estate team as a partner. Anne Petitjean will work closely with David Lacaze and the Real Estate team as well as the Project and Finance teams on the regulatory, environmental, and public law aspects of the practice. More >>

Kami Haeri has joined the firm as a partner based in the firm’s Paris office. He will chair the Commercial Litigation and White Collar practices of the firm’s Paris office. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David Swinburne has joined the Firm’s Private Equity Practice as a partner in its Paris Office. Associates Sylvain Kabeya and Kévin Bousset are accompanying Mr. Swinburne to Jones Day. More >>

Orrick announced today that Charles Briand has joined the firm as a partner in its Tax practice in Paris. Charles is the ninth partner to join Orrick’s Paris office in the past 18 months, which has added strength in key practice areas, including M&A and private equity, structured finance, banking, energy and infrastructure, antitrust and employment. Formerly with Ernst & Young, both in Paris and New York, Charles advises multinational companies and private equity funds on a broad range of international tax matters, including tax advisory in both inbound and outbound acquisitions, as well as on the structuring of domestic and cross-border M&A deals. More >>

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that David Tayar is to join the firm’s global Antitrust practice as a partner in the Paris office. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Emmanuelle Pontnau-Faure as partner in its tax practice in Paris. Before joining Ashurst, Emmanuelle worked at White & Case for 14 years and at PWC where she has been a director since 2016. She has significant experience in various areas of tax law, advising on a broad range of issues relating to corporate, finance, real estate, litigation and restructuring matters. More >>