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The 500LUAL JOHN PRITCHARD US SPECIAL EDITION THE CLIENTS' GUIDE TO LAW FIRMS IN EUROPE www.legal500.com Bremond & Associés to join its 'efficient and recently assisted AIG with the cross -border and regulatory expertise. The team recently organised' team, which has a strong lender -side merger of two subsidiaries. Gildas Rostain has completed a number of major transactions. practice and is increasingly being retained by great experience in French and international Clients include Axa and SCOR. Counsel Orsolya debtors and investors. It advised CACIB on Rives industrial cases. Yannis Samothrakis is 'a really Hegedus is the key contact for product liability Défense's restructuring. Litigator Philippe Métais good lawyer' and other litigation matters, following and finance specialist Raphaël Richard are Da Ros Associés regularly advises leading Barthélemy Cousin's move to Stephenson recommended. insurers and reinsurers on complex corporate Harwood. and regulatory matters including assisting Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's William Torchiana MetLife with its global corporate reorganisation. regularly advises the world's largest insurance The five -lawyer boutique also handles companies on complex cross -border corporate, Insurance contentious claims. Jérôme Da Ros and Isabelle restructuring and securities matters. The team Deloison are the key contacts. assisted Axa with the sale of its private equity bops Avocats is the 'go -to firm for insurance and Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP has an business. dispute resolution' matters. The 'very 'outstanding knowledge of insurance and knowledgeable' eight -partner firm covers a broad reinsurance issues'. The firm advises many leading range of fields such as coverage litigation, French, US and Japanese insurers such as Allianz professional indemnity insurance and and Scor on insurance law, including regulatory Intellectual property reinsurance for many leading insurers and and corporate matters. The dedicated Sébastien Boutiques reinsurers. It is particularly active in the aviation, Gros advises on corporate and regulatory issues, construction and environment sectors. Christian while Thomas Rouhette leads on product liability Armengaud Guerlain advises prominent clients Bouckaert has 'gravitas and excellent client work. The team is acting for Global Aerospace as in the fashion and industrial sectors on trade manners'. Pascal Ormen, Rémi Passemard, Carole insurer of Boeing in several high -profile airline mark, model and patent litigation. Stéphane Sportes, Valérie Ravit, Aurélia Cadain, Alexis disaster cases. Guerlain, Jacques Armengaud and Catherine Valençon and Romain Dupeyré are also key Holman Fenwick Willan LLP is a strong Mateu are the key contacts. figures. name for complex or international liability claims Casalonga Avocats is made up of some ten Gide's 'highly strategic' team 'immediately in the maritime, transport and industrial sectors. lawyers, including six partners, who advise on grasps and addresses issues at stake; has The 'highly responsive' lawyers act for many major pharmaceutical patent cases. The practice 'comprehensive expertise' and is recommended leading insurers such as Axa and ACE. Oliver also handles trade mark disputes in the fashion for contractual, regulatory or litigation issues. Purcell heads the practice, which includes sector and works in collaboration with Bureau Clients include many leading insurers such as Guillaume Brajeux and Pierre -Olivier Leblanc, D.A Casalonga - Josse. Arnaud Casalonga and Chartis and Axa. Practice head Richard Ghueldre who are praised as being skilful and available. Caroline Casalonga are recommended. ranks among the 'top experts in France Pierre -Etienne Kuehn joined Hascoët & Associés. Cousin & Associés has strong expertise in and Europe Senior associate Charles-Eric Ince & Co France SCP is particularly retained pharmaceutical and other life sciences patent Delamare Deboutteville is 'a reference for for maritime, energy and policy coverage issues. litigation, as well as trade mark cases. The six - distribution -related regulatory matters and life The firm is notably involved in the Yogi and lawyer practice include Pierre Cousin, Myriam insurance' Napoléon Bonaparte shipwreck cases. Gilles Moatty, Sandrine Bouvier -Rayon and Jean -Martin HMN & Partners is an absolute reference for Gauthier, Alexandre Besnard, Jérôme de Chevalier, who is a top expert in plant variety contentious matters, notably in the aviation and Sentenac, Mathieu Croix and Vy-Loan Huynh- protection. wider transport sectors. Bernard Mettetal, Gérard Olivieri are the key names. Cabinet Escande's six -lawyer team excels at ne Honig and Simon Ndiaye are strongly Bénédicte Denis heads Norton Rose trade mark, model and labelling litigation. ite recommended. Fulbright's 'efficient' team, which has corporate Michel -Paul Escande heads the practice, which nd Clyde & Co LLP's 11- lawyer practice advises prestigious French and international combines strong contentious and non- clients, notably in the fashion and industrial na contentious expertise, particularly in aviation OTHER RECOMMENDED FIRMS sectors. ?w and maritime matters, or where its multinational Bird & Bird Hoyng Monegier LLP's eight -lawyer team is ily capabilities can be brought to bear. It advises Carakters involved in several multi- jurisdictional patent its insurers and reinsurers such as Swiss Re and Granrut Avocats litigation disputes in the defence and telecoms he Karila sectors. The firm also has strong trade mark ial expertise and advises a prominent client base INSURANCE Lefèvre Pelletier & associés .es Linklaters LLP including L'Oréal, Lagardère, and Philips. Patent bops Avocats specialist Denis Monégier du Sorbier and soft IP ire 9 Preel Hecquet Payet-Godel (PHPG & Partners) :q, Gide Reed Smith expert Sophie Micallef are highly recommended. icy HMN & Partners Sorba Payrau Marie Georges -Picot has 'in -depth trade mark expertise Benoît Strowel is an expert in life Clyde & Co LLP Boken Arp' 2 sciences patent matters. Da Ros Associés nd Corus Cabinet Schertenleib is 'one of the top firms Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP nd De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés ° for technical patent litigation, especially for life Holman Fenwick Willan LLP )er Eversheds LLP sciences matters'. The two -lawyer firm represents Ince & Co France SCP he Lmt Avocats ° new entrants in high-stakes drug patent Norton Rose Fulbright its Vatier & Associés litigation. Recently, it obtained a major victory Sullivan & Cromwell LLP for Mylan in a dispute with Sanofi in which Firms are listed A-Z within tien art Firms are listed A-Z within tiers O Indicates firm displays contact details at the end orchis chapter Mylan became the only generics manufacturer )m to be authorised to sell a version of blockbuster 185 www.legal500.com of the best patent litigators'. The 'very good' David INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Por was promoted to the partnership. Counsel INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Boutiques Pierre Lenoir is also highly regarded. Full- service firms Ad Bird & Bird's full- service practice fields 15 Armengaud Guerlain 1 Allen & Overy LIP An lawyers. Practice head Yves Bizollon and Anne - Casalonga Avocats Bird & Bird CM Charlotte Le Bihan are patent litigation experts Cousin & Associés Dentons DS in the electronics and technology sectors. The Escande, Cabinet Gide Ka firm is notably representing the European Hoyng Monegier LLP Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP La; Central Bank regarding alleged patent Schertenleib, Cabinet No infringement on banking notes. The strong trade August & Debouzy Véron & Associés 2 Pis mark team, which includes Rebecca Delorey and Jones Day Re the 'committed and professional' Nathalie Ruffin, Reed Smith OTHER RECOMMENDED FIRMS Ta assists clients such as Abercrombie & Fitch. Marc Baker & McKenzie SCP WI Arénaire Schuler is particularly involved in media -related 3 DLA Piper Bouchara Avocats, Cabinet matters. At De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés ° Clairmont Avocats Dentons' ten-lawyer practice handles patent As Dechert Duclos Thorne Mollet- Viéville & Associés litigation and trade mark work. It is involved in a Be Eversheds LLP Hollier-Larousse & Associés groundbreaking multi - jurisdictional patent CI FTPA Jacobacci litigation case. CNRS is also a client for patent DI Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Kern, Weyl & Andréani work. In the trade mark field, the team Ft Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Laude Esquier Champey represents leading luxury companies and also Gi Olswang France LLP Lavoix Avocats advises major multinational groups such as KI Coca -Cola and Havaianas. Isabelle Leroux is one LI Noésis Avocats Firms are listed A -Z within tiers Vincent Varet Avocats of France's leading trade mark practitioners and O indicates firm displays contact details at the end of this chapter Li David Masson is 'creative, responsive and Ls Firms A -Z are listed reasonable. Senior counsel Gérard Delile and Lt new recruit Professor Michel Vivant are also key Grégoire Desrousseaux is 'competent and very Li figures in the team. responsive, and 'visionary expert' François Pochart Li drug CoAprovel in France and the EU. Denis Gide's 20- lawyer team 'always delivers has 'remarkable analytical skills. The firm also R Schertenleib, who is qualified as a lawyer in responses in a timely manner'. It has leading handles trade marks and soft IP work through S France and the UK as well as having an academic patent expertise and handles key matters in the Mahasti Razavi and Kami Haeri, who is praised S background in biosciences, is 'able to handle the pharmaceutical and technological sectors.