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Orrick picks up Olswang Paris managing partner ahead of merger
Olswang Paris boss Guillaume Kessler has made the switch to rival firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe ahead of Olswang's impending three-way tie up with CMS and Nabarro.
A&O loses four lawyer team to Gibson Dunn in Paris
Four technology lawyers are moving across to join the Paris office of US-based law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
DWF arrives in Paris with takeover of local firm
DWF is continuing its international expansion through a tie-up with Parisian local Heenan Paris.
Olswang Paris shut out of CMS tie-up
Olswang's Paris office will not be joining the newly merged CMS next year, it has been revealed.
Olswang patent prosecution co-head opts out of merger
Patent prosecution co-head Justin Hill is the second intellectual property partner to walk away from Olswang in as many months.
Littler Mendelson boosts European presence with French merger
The US employment law and labour law specialist has merged with French employment boutique Fromont Briens in its latest Continental European swoop.
Quinn Emanuel steals arbitration co-head from Allen & Overy
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has picked up yet another heavyweight from Allen & Overy's arbitration practice.
Goodwin Procter takes team for Paris office
Goodwin Procter has confirmed that it is recruiting a team of lawyers from Shearman & Sterling for the Private Equity Practice in the Paris office.
Bryan Cave boosts Paris office
The US law firm has added a three-lawyer team to its Paris office.
King & Wood Mallesons makes first post-exodus hire in Paris
The firm is beginning to rebuild in the French capital after losing a renowned six-partner private equity team to Goodwin Procter in March.
Around the house
A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe.
Bakers, Eversheds and Hogan Lovells secure places on defence multinational's first panel
Baker & McKenzie, Eversheds and Hogan Lovells are among nine firms to have won spots on the inaugural global legal panel of French multinational aerospace, defence and security firm Safran.
Investigators swoop on Google in Paris
French police and prosecutors swooped on Google's Paris offices on Tuesday, intensifying a tax-fraud probe amid accusations from across Europe that the Internet giant doesn't pay its fair share.
Paris arbitration court posts record-making caseload figures
The French capital is further solidifying its status as a global arbitration hub.
Freshfields loses another partner as NRF makes key hire in Paris
Norton Rose Fulbright has made a key hire for its Paris office with tax partner Antoine Colonna d'lstria, who joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Goodwin Procter to open for business in Paris
The Boston-based firm is launching a new office in the French capital with the help of a six-strong team of new recruits from King & Wood Mallesons.
Therium on the hunt for ABS partner
Therium Capital Management is set to become the latest in a suite of funders looking towards alternative business structures to provide funding for claims in the United Kingdom.
Top Uber executives face off against criminal charges in France
Two executives from taxi app Uber are facing trial in Paris in what is to be one of the most significant legal showdowns to date in the bitter tussle between governments and tech innovators over how to best regulate the global digital economy.
France reviews 35-hour working week
In a bid to reform the 35-hour working week, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (pictured) said yesterday that France will give companies the right to negotiate longer working hours and overtime pay.
Top lawyer under fire in Longleat Estate trustee row
One of the UK's most esteemed family lawyers, Richard Parry, may be forced by a High Court judge to step down from his trusteeship of the Longleat Estate.
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