The team, comprising three partners, three counsel, one associate and one jurist, joined the firm from Winston & Strawn on 1 March. The team arrive at a time of significant expansion for Reed Smith’s Paris office, following the arrival of 18 lawyers (in the areas of tax, competition/antitrust, corporate and private equity) who joined the firm from King & Wood Mallesons in January this year. The office now has 66 lawyers, including 22 partners. 

Transactional

Partners Jean-Pierre Collet, Florence Bilger and David Colin and their team advise a range of organisations and individuals, including investment funds and entrepreneurs, providing tax advice on corporate transactions (M&A, private equity and real estate), advice on and representation in tax disputes and general tax advice (including corporate tax, VAT and transfer taxes). Reed Smith’s transactional practice (in particular tax, corporate, M&A, private equity and competition/antitrust) are all areas of strategic focus for the firm. The arrival of this new team will expand the firm’s Paris tax practice from eight to 16 lawyers and its wider European corporate practice to almost 90 lawyers.

Winston & Strawn hire in London

Meanwhile, Winston & Strawn has boosted its corporate department in London with the hire of Cadwalader partner Angus Duncan, the second partner to join in London within the past month.The securitisation lawyer is highly regarded and his experience includes a number of “market firsts,” such as the first catastrophe bond transaction incorporating a tripartite repo structure, Europe’s first CRE CDO, the first European pro rata CLO, and the first European CLO managed by a hedge fund.  'Angus fits squarely with our strategic plan to expand globally our high-end structured products practice and with core institutional clients of the firm. His reputation and experience are second to none, and we are very excited that Angus is joining us,'  said Ron Jacobson and Mats Carlston, who co-chair Winston’s global finance practice.