Two lawyers who have both worked at Davis Polk and Freshfields are joining the Paris office of Mayer Brown on 1 April, taking on roles as partners in the corporate and securities practice.
Using her married, rather than professional name, Cherie Blair, wife of former UK prime minister Tony Blair, is joining the board of the French car-maker for a four-year term.
Guess has won against Gucci in a trademark infringement lawsuit in Paris, the latest spat between the two companies, reports CovBrands.
The minister for the economy has made an official complaint about the incident.
The lawyer who has acted for the Charlie Hebdo magazine for 23 years is continuing to take a prominent role in announcing the plans of the surviving journalists for the satirical weekly.
A 46-year old media and privacy lawyer, who has been cited as one of the 15 most powerful lawyers in France, is acting for magazine Charlie Hebdo - and has been representing them for the last 23 years.
The French personal data authority has used publicity as a weapon Against Apple Retail France, says Laurent Guardelli & Aurélie Klein of Coblence & Associés.
Leading corporate lawyer Olivier Diaz is leaving Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier to join Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
AyacheSalama is opening in the City of London with a team of four partners who will advise UK clients on investments into France.
Soon after taking on some 226 partners from Bingham McCutchen, Morgan Lewis & Bockius has set itself up as an LLP in London and Paris.
The French legal profession appears to have been successful in its recent campaign to avoid losing its monopoly on providing legal services.
The firm had been looking for a replacement after former friend August & Debouzy dropped out in March.
The move makes Miranda the first leading Portuguese firm to establish a local presence in France.
A partner and four associates in the restructuring team of King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin are moving to join Dentons.
Eight years after he opened the Paris office of Berwin Leighton Paisner, Antoine-Audoin Maggiar is leaving and the base is being downgraded.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief is 'under investigation' for negligence in a French corruption case dating back to when she was France's finance minister.
Swiss bank UBS has been discussing a €100m settlement over the way it handled some of its clients.
Europrop, a multiple aerospace joint venture including Rolls Royce, is suing its former lawyer, Linklaters, in the French courts.
The French firm has appointed its eighth partner, who is Linklaters M&A partner Marc Loy.
M&A specialist Pascal Squercioni and colleague Antoine Gabizon, a tax lawyer, are leaving UGGC to join the Paris Freshfields office.