The Legal 500

Within Administrative and public law Other recommended firms

Within Dispute resolution Commercial litigation , tier 4

Kami Haeri and newly promoted partner Marie Danis lead August & Debouzy’s practice. Some 20 lawyers are able to act in litigation cases, regularly representing leading French companies. The firm handles pre-litigation, shareholder and contractual disputes.

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Within EU competition and distribution,

Latham & Watkins’ practice numbers four partners including Alain Georges, Hugues Vallette Viallard, Frédéric Pradelles and Eric Barbier de La Serre – Christophe Clarenc joined August & Debouzy in 2011. The group has a strong antitrust practice, acting for Groupement des Cartes Bancaires in the payment card cartel investigations. On the merger side, the team assisted Presstalis on stage II proceedings under the new regime.

Within Employment , August & Debouzy is a first tier firm,

August & Debouzy has a stable 30-lawyer team that delivers ‘excellent work where nothing is left to chance’. Five partners lead the practice; the excellent Emmanuelle Barbara, Fabienne Haas, Philippe Durand, Marie-Hélène Bensadoun and Virginie Devos. The department provides cutting-edge advice on the latest issues, such as psycho-sociological risks in the work place. It advises numerous CAC 40 groups, small and mid-cap companies and top executives, handling major acquisition, restructuring and litigation work.

Within IT, telecoms and the internet, August & Debouzy is a second tier firm,

August & Debouzy has a ‘young and dynamic team’ ‘able to adapt to a fast changing environment that makes up the new technologies world’. Mahasti Razavi, Kami Haeri and Florence Chafiol-Chaumont manage the firm’s practice, with strong expertise in IT, internet and data protection matters. The team assists large users, leading internet and technology companies, including Microsoft, Dassault Systèmes, Nokia and Orange. The firm recently made a strong addition to its telecoms and media practice through hiring the ‘very technically excellent’ Christophe Clarenc from Latham & Watkins.

Within Intellectual property: Boutiques,

Hirsch & Associés comprises 14 lawyers who have a dual background in science and law, covering trade marks and patents. The practice is led by avocat and solicitor Denis Schertenleib, who also owns a PhD in molecular neurobiology, and European patent and community trade mark attorneys Marc-Roger Hirsch and Gérard-Gabriel Lamoureux. Grégoire Desrousseaux left the firm to join August & Debouzy. In 2010, the firm handled important cases in the life-sciences sector, acting for leading laboratories.

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Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 4

August & Debouzy is regularly involved in strategic transactions in France and the Maghreb region for major industrial clients. Led by Gilles August, the 33-lawyer team also includes Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc and Pierre Descheemaeker. Highlights included advising RATP on its exit from Transdev.

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Within Tax, tier 5

At August & Debouzy, Xavier Rohmer and Philippe Lorentz lead a 14-lawyer practice with a major focus on transactional tax, recently assisting RATP on its exit from Transdev.