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Baker & McKenzie SCP

1 RUE PAUL BAUDRY, 75008 PARIS, FRANCE
Zurich, Washington DC, Warsaw, Vienna, Valencia, Toronto , and 69 more

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

Administrative and public law

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

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s Emmanuel Guillaume is an outstanding figure for regulatory work, notably in the telecoms sector. The seven-lawyer team, which also includes Arnaud Cabanes, represents major public sector entities and private companies, handling public procurement and litigation work. It acted for Aéroports de Paris in several disputes before the French administrative Supreme Court regarding airport fees.

Banking and finance

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Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

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Dispute resolution: International arbitration

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EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution, tier 5

Led by managing partner Régis Fabre and Alex Dowding, Baker & McKenzie SCP’s 12-lawyer group has strong capability in distribution law. The team also handles competition work, assisting Veolia Eau on the notification of its joint acquisition of Azalia in the Middle East and Africa.

Employment

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

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s 19-lawyer team, led by Denise Broussal, Gilles Jolivet and Olivier Vasset, was notably called upon to advise on restructuring projects in the industrial sectors in 2010. IT and pharmacy are the two other areas where the practice is strongly involved.

Environment

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Health and life sciences

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IT, telecoms and the internet

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

Baker & McKenzie SCP has strong IT capabilities, advising large users and providers through Laurent Szuskin and Rémy Bricard. The team obtained a landmark judgment acting for Oracle, regarding the limitation of liability clauses. In the telecoms field, public law expert Emmanuel Guillaume is a strong lawyer who advises leading operators.

Insurance

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Intellectual property: Full-service firms

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

Baker & McKenzie SCP has strong trade mark and copyrights expertise in practice head Jean-François Bretonnière and Virginie Ulmann. The 13-lawyer team advises French and international clients (Swatch, Auchan, Esprit), winning numerous cases in 2010. It successfully represented Metabolic Explorer before the courts against Holditech Heurisko regarding disparaging patent activities. It also acted for several of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s heirs regarding trade mark and copyrights issues.

Media and entertainment: Full-service firms

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Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 5

Baker & McKenzie SCP has a large 40-lawyer team including nine partners. The firm is particularly at ease handling multi-jurisdictional deals working alongside prominent French and international corporations. In 2010, it handled a strategic transaction with Alain Sauty de Chalon, David Haccoun and newly partner Bruno Bertrand assisting Veolia on its merger with Transdev. Raphaële François-Poncet is the main contact for public M&A work, assisting Geopetrol on its sale to Schlumberger.

Private equity

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Real estate

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

Baker & McKenzie SCP’s excellent tax property practice, led by Olivier Mesmin and Christine Daric, earns the firm high-profile instructions. Marc Mariani is also a key element in the team, managing the law property practice. Highlights included assisting Galeries Lafayette on the sale of shopping-mall Cap 3000.

Tax

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

Baker & McKenzie SCP has a ‘strong team’ made up of some 40 lawyers and comprising six partners. Christine Daric and Olivier Mesmin lead a superb tax property practice, the team advising on key transactions such as the sale of shopping mall Cap 3000. The firm offers corporate tax expertise through Pierre-Yves Bourtourault, Guillaume Le Camus and Véronique Millischer, and tax litigation in Eric Meier. The department assisted Veolia on the merger of Veolia Transport with Transdev.

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  • New rules due on assessment of workplace working conditions

    Continuing our practice of regularly updating our clients on changes in the Russian legislation, in this legal alert we would like to inform you that as of September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will introduce a new procedure for assessing working conditions in workplaces. 1 [1] Results of workplace assessments with respect to the working conditions conducted before September 1, 2011 (in accordance with the procedure currently in effect 2 [2]) will remain valid up until the next regular assessment.
    - Baker & McKenzie

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  • 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

  • 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
    - Sarrau Thomas Couderc
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