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Baker & McKenzie SCP

1 RUE PAUL BAUDRY, 75008 PARIS
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Work +33 1 44 17 53 00
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Fax +33 1 44 17 45 75
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in France

Administrative and public law

Within Administrative and public law, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s team boasts eight lawyers, led by Arnaud Cabanes and Emmanuel Guillaume. The practice covers public sector regulation law, public contract and litigation, and it works for some of the leading French public and private companies. Major clients include EDF, ADP, Conseil Général des Hauts-de-Seine and Dell. The team handled high-profile work including advising La Poste on the change of its legal status in a limited liability company, and Maison du Lait on the setting up of the price of milk on the French market.

Capital markets

Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Dispute resolution: International arbitration

EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution, tier 4

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s practice is led by Alex Dowding and Régis Fabre who is highly recommended for his distribution law expertise. The team lost Mireille Dany, who joined Proskauer Rose LLP and promoted rising competition lawyer Léna Sersiron to partnership. The firm’s expertise encompasses distribution law, antitrust litigation and merger control, and the team was involved in a high-profile antitrust case in the toy sector, in which it successfully represented Toys ‘R’ Us before the French Competition Council. The firm also assisted independent beer distributor C10 on the merger control aspects of its acquisition of the Kronenbourg distribution network from Scottish & Newcastle. In distribution law, the team has worked for Accor, Leader Price and Promod.

Employment

Within Employment , Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP has an ‘excellent reputation and a very international practice’. The 20-lawyer team, which has developed as a stand-alone practice, is co-headed by partners Denise Broussal, Gilles Jolivet and Olivier Vasset, and consists of ‘quick, intelligent, practical lawyers’. Clients include major international corporates, principally Anglo-Saxon and Japanese companies. The team recently assisted Qatari Diar in the acquisition of Cegelec.

Environment

Within Environment

Health and life sciences

Within Health and life sciences, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s team is ‘very reactive’ and has ‘in-depth knowledge of the health and life sciences sector’, offering ‘multilingual skills and international views of issues’. Partner Laurent Epstein and recently promoted partner Thomas Devred are the firm’s pharmaceutical experts, covering health product matters ranging from regulatory, contract and litigation to distribution, competition and tax law matters. The team advises traditional client Abbott on clinical trials, interaction issues with healthcare professionals, and regulatory matters.

IT, telecoms and the internet

Within IT, telecoms and the internet, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s IT and telecoms practice is a ‘dynamic and loyal team, which always keeps in mind client interests’. Driving forces in the twelve-lawyer team include Rémy Bricard, Christian Blomet and Emmanuel Guillaume. The practice encompasses data privacy, IT, e-commerce and telecoms matters. The Paris team works for users (Vivendi), and software editors (Oracle); recently represented TDF in its defence against TowerCast before the Paris Administrative Tribunal and the French Competition Council for alleged anticompetitive practices; and assisted Veolia Environnement on the international integration of SAP technology solutions.

Insurance

Within Insurance

Intellectual property: Full-service firms

Within Intellectual property: Full-service firms , Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s IP practice is led by partners Jean-François Bretonnière and Virginie Ulmann, who is ‘responsive’, delivering ‘practical advice and good risk analysis. The Paris team is primarily active in trade marks but also deals with patents, copyrights and designs. The team works for traditional clients such as Unilever and Eli Lilly, and has received a number of new client instructions.

Media and entertainment: Full-service firms

Within Media and entertainment: Full-service firms, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s Emmanuel Guillaume and Valérie Kostrzewski-Pugnat deliver ‘pertinent analysis’ and are ‘highly reactive’ to the media industry. The team is recommended for its expertise in regulation and competition issues, representing satellite TV distributor Canalsat in four litigations brought before the French Administrative Supreme Court relating to French media regulator authority decisions on the commercial relationship rights of TV distributors and editors. The team also acted for main French TV and radio broadcaster TDF in two major litigations brought by TowerCast.

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 6

Baker & McKenzie SCP is ‘well regarded in France and the US’. Recommended partners include Alyssa Gallot and Alain Sauty de Chalon who has ‘good experience’. The department works for national and US clients, recently advising Geodis on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of English sea freight company ONH Limited, and American Standard on the spin-off of its kitchen and bathroom business.

Private equity

Real estate

Within Real estate, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s practice is led by Eric Pomonti and the ‘excellent’ Marc Mariani, and has strong expertise in real estate tax, handling tax structuring and setting up of investment funds. The team also covers real estate acquisitions and financing, including Islamic financing. The firm has built a solid Middle Eastern clientele including Qatari Diar. Recent highlights include advising Grupo Immobiliari Castmor in the structuring and acquisition of a building in Paris valued at about €43m, and the EURX Fund on a Sharia-compliant refinancing.

Tax

Within Tax, Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie SCP has large resources. The practice covers the whole spectrum of tax matters and is particularly renowned for its expertise in real estate and transfer pricing. In corporate tax, the team recently assisted Qatari Diar on its acquisition of Cegelec from Qatar Investment Authority. In the real estate sector, the team assisted Belambra-VVF on the sale and lease-back of a tourism real estate portfolio to a pool of banks headed by Crédit Agricole Leasing. Pierre-Yves Bourtourault, Eric Meier, Olivier Mesmin, Guillaume Le Camus and Véronique Millischer are all recommended.

What we say worldwide

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Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Belgium

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Bahrain

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China

Offices in Beijing and Shanghai

Czech Republic

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Germany

Offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and Munich

Egypt

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Spain

Offices in Madrid and Barcelona

France

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Ghana

Hong Kong

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Hungary

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Indonesia

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India

Italy

Offices in Rome, Milan, and Bologna

Japan

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Kuwait

Kazakhstan

Offices in Almaty

London

Offices in London and London

Libya

Malaysia

Offices in Kuala Lumpur

Netherlands

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UK Overview

Philippines

Offices in Makati

Poland

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Qatar

Russia

Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg

Sweden

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Singapore

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South Korea

Saudi Arabia

Offices in Riyadh

Switzerland

Offices in Zurich and Geneva

Taiwan

Offices in Taipei

Thailand

Offices in Bangkok

Ukraine

Offices in Kiev

US

Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, and Houston

Vietnam

Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

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