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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 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 (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 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 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. for his listening abilities and pugnacity. V most complex legal and technical matters' Of Grégoire Triet is representing Samsung in its The highly regarded Emmanuel Baud heads V counsel Ombeline Degrèze-Péchade is also dispute with Apple Inc regarding licensing Jones Day's six-lawyer team, which has strong Fi issues, as as La Café in recommended. well acting for Maison du trade mark expertise. It successfully represented c Véron & Associés is unanimously a case against Nestle regarding patents on Europcar in a dispute with the City of Paris. The recognised as the leading patent litigation firm Nespresso capsules. The firm also advises firm is also representing a bank in a major patent in France. The 14- lawyer practice has the 'highest leading companies on trade mark issues. litigation case. ad level of sophisticated expertise' and is often Emmanuel Larere, Arnaud Michel and the Reed Smith's six -lawyer team provides 'very wh involved in high -end multi - jurisdictional cases, 'technically very good' Raphaëlle Dequiré- Portier good services' and is highly regarded for its Pal regularly winning matters for clients such as Air are also recommended. patent litigation expertise. It is highly Liquide and Vorwerk. The firm also handles key Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP's 24- lawyer team 'knowledgeable' in the pharmaceutical sector, tra matters in the healthcare sector and recently is one of the market's largest and most where it assists major laboratories in defending thi assisted Sanofi in defending its supplementary comprehensive. It is handling high -profile multi - blockbuster drugs. The firm also advises on an protection certificates on blockbuster drug jurisdictional patent litigation in the trade mark, copyright and IP portfolio issues, Va CoAprovel. The five partners in the practice are pharmaceutical and technology sectors. The notably in the wine and luxury goods sectors. leading expert Pierre Véron, Isabelle Romet, team also has 'extremely high' expertise in trade The highly respected Marina Cousté heads be Thomas Bouvet, Sabine Age and newly marks, where it manages strategic cases for Lego the practice, which also includes François he promoted partner Amandine Métier. and PMU. Practice head and trade mark expert Jonquères. Cli Marie -Aimée de Dampierre has 'impressive Baker & McKenzie SCP's 12- lawyer team Te business acumen'. Patent expert Dominique provides 'very high level services' and is Pr Ménard and Xavier Buffet Delmas, who has a recommended for its 'strong understanding of m Intellectual property broad practice, are also recommended. The firm's clients' businesses'. It mainly advises on trade Full- service firms domain name practice under David Taylor is one marks and portfolio management for clients pr of the leading practices globally, representing such as Nokia and Hennessy. The team recently is! Allen & Overy LLP advises on the most high - Facebook and many other internet giants. represented Atos in a trade mark dispute. m profile patent cases in the pharmaceutical and August & Debouzy handles major Virginie Ulmann and practice head Jean -François in hi -tech sectors, including representing Samsung pharmaceutical patent cases, such as its Bretonnière are highly recommended. fo in its fight with Apple Inc. The 20-lawyer practice representation of Teva Santé in obtaining a key DLA Piper's patent litigation practice has also been very successful assisting leading decision regarding the launch of a generic provides 'excellent services'. The 'very experienced' h; pharmaceutical companies in patent rights cases product. The firm also acted for Ethical Coffee to Jean -Christophe Tristant handles major cases for 'a against generics manufacturers. 'Extremely successfully cancel Nespresso's patent on coffee healthcare sector clients such as West re Pharmaceutical hardworking' practice head Laëtitia Bénard is 'one capsules before the European Patent Office. Services. Laurence Julien -Raes g' www.lega1500.com 186 expert' Antoine Gautier -Sauvagnac is OTHER RECOMMENDED FIRMS recommended along with Fabrice Lorvo and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Patent and trade mark attorneys i Adamas Philippe Pochet. The strong- minded Alexandra Néri heads Aramis ° Beau de Loménie, Cabinet LLP's seven -lawyer 1 CMS Lavoix team, which is a leading choice for challenging DS Avocats Regimbeau trade marks relating to the internet and social Kahn & Associés Santarelli media. Google France and Twitter are regular Lazareff Le Bars clients. The team also handles patent litigation. NomoS OTHER RECOMMENDED FIRMS Sébastien Proust and Bey are Pinsent Masons LLP of counsel Céline key -members. Renault Thominette Vignaud & Reeve the other team Brevelex Hubbard LLP's Stefan Taylor Wessing Hughes & Reed DA Casalonga - Josse, Bureau Naumann handles major patent work in the (EGYP) Wragge & Co Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud SAS healthcare sector and successfully acted for Germain & Maureau Altana Dentsply to defeat a patent invalidation claim LLR Astura pertaining to a dental instrument. He also Marks & Clerk Bersay & Associés advises many US multinationals and leading Novagraaf Technologies SA Clifford Chance movie studios on IP issues. Plasseraud, Cabinet De Pardieu Brocas Maffei A.A.R.P.I Jean -Frédéric Gaultier heads Olswang Didier Martin, Cabinet Field Fisher Waterhouse France LLP's four -lawyer team, which handles Dreyfus & Associés Granrut Avocats multi - jurisdictional patent cases in the telecoms IXAS Conseil K&L Gates LLP and electronic sectors. The firm also assists LMBE Avocats luxury goods and fashion industry clients with Firms are IistedA-Z within tiers Lmt Avocats ° trade mark and copyright issues. Clients include Latournerie Wolfrom & Associés Richemont and Danone. Lefèvre Pelletier & associés The firm has 200 professionals - including 60 Y Lexington Avocats industrial property specialists - based in Paris, t Linklaters LLP Munich and six other offices. o Racine Intellectual property Santarelli fields 140 professionals including h SBKG & Associés Patent and trade mark attorneys 40 industrial property attorneys, engineers d Simmons & Simmons LLP and jurists spread across the Paris, Marseille White & Case LLP This section introduces France's best patent and and Toulouse offices. The firm has a particularly Is Wilhelm & Associés trade mark attorneys (CPI - Conseils en Propriété strong patent practice in the biotechnology, g Industrielle). The CPI firms advise inventors on chemicals, IT and pharmaceutical sectors. Firms are listed A-Z within tiers d O indicates firm displays contact details at the end of this chapter protecting and exploiting their rights. More The practice is handling patent cases against e than 900 experts have the title of CPI, divided new market entrants and advising major it between engineers (who specialise in patents) French and international clients on patent advises on trade mark portfolio management, and jurists (who deal with trade mark registration. The firm also deals with trade mark y where clients include McDonald's and Pathé. issues). and anti- piracy work. Clients include Sanofi s Patrick Boiron joined KGA Avocats. Cabinet Beau de Loménie manages more and Nike. Luc Santarelli heads the team. y De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés has strong than 55,000 patents and 71,000 trade marks r, trade mark and patent expertise, particularly in belonging to leading French and international g the healthcare sector as well as the audiovisual clients, particularly in the aerospace, n and sports industries. Louis de Gaulle, Frank pharmaceutical, mechanical and retail sectors. Media and entertainment s, Valentin and Julien Horn are the key contacts. The firm fields 220 professionals including 70 Boutiques >. Dechert's five- lawyer team is increasingly industrial property specialists based in Paris, S being appointed in key patent disputes in the Lille, Lyon and Marseille, as well as offices Media and entertainment boutiques are listed S healthcare, electronics and telecoms industries. internationally in Birmingham, Munich and alphabetically in this section. Clients include Tate & Lyle, LG Electronics and Duisburg. Aurélia Marie leads the trade mark The 'remarkable' Bauer & Bigot is a key Technip. The team also handles trade mark work. practice. The patent team is headed by Jean - name in the press and publishing fields with s Practice head Marianne Schaffner has 'an agile Jacques Joly, Philippe Hubert, the 'outstanding' Christophe Bigot and Camille Bauer. f mind and extreme competencies: Didier Intès, Pierre -Louis Désormière, François Crossen & Borowsky has 'excellent industry e Eversheds LLP's 'very good and responsive' Delumeau, and Pierre Balesta. knowledge and experience' in the film and TV area practice attracts a high -profile client base for Lavoix is one of Europe's busiest patent through the 'incredible' Sophie Borowsky. y issues pertaining to trade marks, designs and registration firms and is also highly proficient in De Baecque Avocats' Olivier de Baecque models in the luxury goods sector. Clients anti -piracy matters. It advises many CAC 40 and advises contemporary galleries as well as artists' S include Gucci. Gaétan Cordier is 'extremely multinational companies. The firm fields 200 estates and international museums. focused on responding to his clients' needs'. professionals (including 60 engineers) based in Gilles Vercken Law Firm's 'overall level of FTPA's 'very committed', eight-lawyer team Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Rennes and Munich. It service is very high'. The 'very responsive and has 'very high litigation and IP expertise', and is works in close collaboration with Lavoix committed' eight -lawyer team advises major 'always available to respond to clients' queries'. It Avocats. French publishers and is also 'one of the best represents prominent clients in the luxury Regimbeau advises leading groups in the advisers for digital and audiovisual issues'. The goods, media and industrial sectors. 'First-class technology, telecoms and life sciences sectors. practice also has strong experience in the music

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