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Reed Smith

42 AVENUE RAYMOND POINCARE, 75116 PARIS, FRANCE
Wilmington, Washington DC, Sao Paulo, San Francisco, Richmond, Princeton and 18 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in France

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation , tier 4

Benoît Charot, Marie Albertini and Clara Zerbib give Reed Smith a strong name in industrial risk and product liability litigation, and are adept at dealing with sensitive cases. The firm also handles contractual litigation, and insurance and maritime cases. Zerbib is also known for cross-border disputes. Saint Gobain and Total are regular clients.

Employment

Within Employment , tier 4

Reed Smith’s ‘up-and-coming team’ is recommended for restructuring, discrimination and social network issues. Key clients include Frulact, Matmut and the BBC. Practice head Nicolas Sauvage and Caroline Masson are the key names.

Health and life sciences

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Insolvency

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Insurance

Within Insurance, Reed Smith is a second tier firm,

Reed Smith represents large industrial companies such as Total following industrial disasters. Benoît Charot and Marie Albertini have extensive experience in asbestos-related claims.

Intellectual property

Within Full-service firms, Reed Smith is a second tier firm,

Reed Smith strengthened its resources by recruiting Marina Cousté, one of France’s leading patent litigation experts, and François Jonquères, both formerly of the now-defunct Howrey LLP. The seven-lawyer team has a large client base in the technology and pharmaceuticals fields, and has extensive experience handling strategic patent litigation cases with global implications, often involving clients’ blockbuster products. The practice also manages trade mark portfolios. Clients include GlaxoSmithKline, Mitsubishi and Nokia.

Mergers and acquisitions

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Private equity

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Real estate

Within Real estate, tier 4

Reed Smith’s practice head Stéphane Illouz is praised for his ‘excellent expertise and judicious advice’. The team is recommended for corporate real estate, asset management and French real estate funds matters. It recently advised HSBC REIM on the purchase of an office building in Paris.

Shipping

Within Shipping , Reed Smith is a first tier firm,

Luc Grellet and Ana Atallah head Reed Smith’s broad practice, which includes advice on disasters at sea and representation in arbitration. Clients include P&I clubs, shipbuilders, shipowners, classification companies and traders.

Tax

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    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.
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  • 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

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  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING COMMITMENTS

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  • 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

  • Réforme fiscale

    À la une Parmi les mesures annoncées par le Premier Ministre dans le cadre du plan de réduction des déficits, deux d’entre elles sont susceptibles d’affecter de nombreuses entreprises
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