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Norton Rose Fulbright

PARISEIGHT, 40 RUE DE COURCELLES, 75 008 PARIS, FRANCE
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Washington DC, Warsaw, Toronto, Tokyo, Sydney, St Louis and 55 more

TOP tier recommendations

France: Aviation finance > Aviation finance
France: Insurance > Insurance
France: Project finance and energy > Energy
France: Shipping finance > Shipping finance

Recommendations

France: Banking and finance > Banking and finance
France: Capital markets > Capital markets
France: Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
France: EU competition and distribution > EU competition and distribution
France: Employment > Employment
France: Health and life sciences > Health and life sciences
France: IT, telecoms and the internet > IT, telecoms and the internet
France: Mergers and acquisitions > Mergers and acquisitions
France: Project finance and energy > Project finance

France: Aviation finance

Within Aviation finance, Norton Rose LLP is a first tier firm,

Described as ‘a steady ship in troubled waters’, Norton Rose LLP’s 12-lawyer practice is trusted by all the major French banks active in the field, namely BNP Paribas and Natixis. The team is also assisting CACIB with a French tax lease financing of a Boeing 777 aircraft for KLM. George Paterson and Marc Hamilton head the practice.

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France: Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Norton Rose LLP is a third tier firm,

Norton Rose LLP’s practice is strongly oriented towards energy project financings in France and Africa, and represents a number of banks. Anne Lapierre advised BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB on the financing of solar projects for Marguerite – The 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure. The practice is also a strong name for shipping and aviation finance.

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France: Capital markets

Within Capital markets, Norton Rose LLP is a second tier firm,

Norton Rose LLP’s ‘level of service is outstanding’ and it has proven ability to work on sophisticated transactions in the ECM and equity-linked fields. ‘Brilliant lawyers’ Roberto Cristofolini and Marie-Aude Noury head the practice, and are ‘always very passionate about finding tailor-made and innovative solutions’. Clients include financial institutions such as Crédit Agricole and HSBC. The team advised BNP Paribas and Dexia Securities on Carmat’s €25m right issue. Securitisation is another area of work.

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France: Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation Other recommended firms

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France: EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution, Norton Rose LLP is a third tier firm,

Norton Rose LLP’s eight-lawyer team ‘truly stands out as knowledgeable and creative’, and has built strong relationships with major clients in the financial services and healthcare sectors. The ‘highly competent’ and ‘hands-on’ Mélanie Thill-Tayara and newly promoted partner Marta Giner Asins advise on antitrust and cartel cases at national and EU levels. The team is advising Medtronic on French investigations into the medical devices sector.

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France: Employment

Within Employment Other recommended firms

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France: Health and life sciences

Within Health and life sciences, Norton Rose LLP is a second tier firm,

The highly experienced Mélanie Thill-Tayara heads Norton Rose LLP’s healthcare practice in Paris, which acts for many leading pharmaceuticals and medical devices corporations including Medtronic, Roche, Sanofi, and GlaxoSmithKline. The practice is renowned for its antitrust expertise, and has been involved in landmark cases. It is representing Cephalon following the EC’s investigations into patent settlements. Regulatory and compliance advice is another area of expertise.

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France: IT, telecoms and the internet

Within IT, telecoms and the internet, Norton Rose LLP is a second tier firm,

Norton Rose LLP’s growing IT practice acts for numerous CAC 40 companies, including Carrefour, and has deeply entrenched relationships with leading French financial institutions such as BNP Paribas. The five-lawyer team is usually instructed to manage innovative projects large, multi-jurisdictional outsourcing projects such as advising L’Oréal on an outsourcing deal with technology supplier XChanging. Practice head Marc d’Haultfoeuille is very dynamic and experienced, and of counsel Nadège Martin is also recommended.

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France: Insurance

Within Insurance, Norton Rose LLP is a first tier firm,

Norton Rose LLP deepened its practice by hiring regulatory and corporate specialist Bénédicte Denis from Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP to co-head the team in Paris. Of counsel Orsolya Hegedus, who joined from Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., is an expert in corporate and industrial risk matters. The seven-lawyer team, which also includes head of litigation Barthélemy Cousin, now has one of the market’s most comprehensive practices. Clients include SCOR, Chartis and Axa.

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France: Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 5

Norton Rose LLP’s key figures are practice head Stéphane Sabatier and Jon Harry. The team has recently advised key clients on major transactions in the aviation and technology sectors and also handles North African transactions through Alain Malek. The group recently advised Sofiprotéol on the purchase of a 41% stake in Morocco-based Lesieur Cristal.

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France: Project finance and energy

Within Energy, Norton Rose LLP is a first tier firm,

Norton Rose LLP is a leader in the renewable energy practice, and advises lenders and sponsors on some of France and Morocco’s largest renewables projects. The ‘very competent and knowledgeable’ Anne Lapierre heads the firm’s energy practice in France and Francophone Africa. Arnaud Bélisaire is also a key figure in the team, and Alain Malek is recommended for projects in North Africa. Poupak Bahamin heads the mining and natural resources team in Paris, which has a strong focus on Francophone Africa.

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France: Shipping finance

Within Shipping finance, Norton Rose LLP is a first tier firm,

Christine Ezcutari heads Norton Rose LLP’s nine lawyer-team, which represents major financial institutions and shipowners, and can call on the firm’s extensive network of offices, notably in Asia. The team focuses on the financing of ships, equipment and offshore wind farms. Highlights included advising a pool of eight French banks led by Société Générale on the refinancing of a 15-vessel fleet for Bourbon Maritime.

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Bahrain

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Colombia

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Czech Republic

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Germany

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France

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Greece

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Hong Kong

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Indonesia

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Latin America: International firms

India

Italy

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Japan

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Kazakhstan

Offices in Almaty

London

Offices in London SE1, London SE1, and London EC4Y

Morocco

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Netherlands

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Poland

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Qatar

Russia

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South Africa

Offices in Cape Town, Sandton, Durban, and Johannesburg

Singapore

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Saudi Arabia

Offices in Riyadh and Riyadh

Thailand

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Tunisia

United States

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Venezuela

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Legal Developments in France

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  • The new French regulation applying to national insurance contributions for managers and shareholders

    French insurance contributions on executive and shareholder remuneration (pay + dividends) have been substantially increased by the National Insurance Funding for 2013 Act, No. 2012-1404, of 17th December 2012. Until 31st December 2012, all dividends were subject to national insurance contributions on unearned income but henceforth, under Article L136-3 of the National Insurance Code, amended by Act No. 2012-1404, certain dividends   are considered as pay received by executives and shareholders and are therefore subject to the national insurance contributions on pay. The Act also abolished the ceiling on health insurance contributions payable by the self-employed and all this means that businesses must rethink the way that they have been structured until now.
    - EMMANUEL JACQUES Avocats – Law Firm

  • CHINA - PERSONAL TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY : CHINESE AND FOREIGN NATIONALS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING

    The People's Republic of China has initiated an overhaul of its social security system, reformed the personal taxation regime and has extended the scope of these laws to foreigners residing in China.
    - Lefèvre Pelletier & associés

  • MOROCCO TO BECOME THE LEADING FINANCIAL PLACE IN AFRICA

    The Kingdom of Morocco is supporting the ambition of becoming the leading financial place for Africa. In this context, a wave of draft laws is to be passed and implemented within the following months, amongst which, the Law No. 53.08, setting up a new financial authority, and the Law No. 54.08, reforming public offering rules, are of paramount importance to Moroccan and foreign issuers, and financial institutions.
    - Lefèvre Pelletier & associés

  • ACQUISITIONS IN CHINA : ASSET OR SHARE DEAL?

    The opportunities offered to foreign investors by the Chinese mergers and acquisitions market are increasing every year: in 2010, transactions involving foreign companies came to 60.1 billion euros, an increase of 21.2% compared with 2009. Seen from the West, where markets are declining, all sectors of the Chinese economy seem to be undergoing promising development and the statistics indicate that the Middle Empire will be a lasting springboard for growth.
    - Lefèvre Pelletier & associés

  • Prime de Partage des Profits

    Le dispositif L’article 1er de la loi de financement rectificative de la Sécurité sociale pour 2011 oblige les sociétés commerciales de 50 salariés et plus, dont les dividendes par part sociale ou par action sont en augmentation par rapport à la moyenne des deux années précédentes, à verser une prime à l’ensemble de leurs salariés
    - Sarrau Thomas Couderc

  • BULGARIA MARKET OVERVIEW

    Types of investors The private equity (PE) funds that are active in Bulgaria are not raised or registered in the country. Some Bulgarian PE funds were raised recently, but there are no statistics as to the sources of their funding, their number, the funds that were accumulated, etc.
    - BOYANOV & CO.

  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING COMMITMENTS

    THE PROCEDURE IS CLARIFIED, BUT MAY COMMITMENTS APPLY WITHOUT LIMIT?
    - Vogel & Vogel

  • Landmark decision by French Competition Authority in conditioned LPG case

    cartel case closed after discovery that leniency application was largely based on forgeries and rejection of collective dominant position objection.
    - Vogel & Vogel

  • 2012 supplementary budget

    The second supplementary budget published in the Official Gazette September 19, 2011 provides for two key measures that affect the deferral of tax losses and taxation of capital gains realized on the sale of equity securities .
    - Sarrau Thomas Couderc

  • Actualité législative fiscale

    Au delà des mesures applicables à l’ensemble des contribuables (telles que la limitation du report des déficits ou la réforme du mode de calcul des plus values sur cessions de participations),le plan de réduction des déficits annoncé le 24 août dernier par le gouvernement comprend des mesures qui intéressent spécifiquement les acteurs du secteur financier.
    - Sarrau Thomas Couderc
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