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What we say about the firm's legal practice in France
Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Dispute resolution: International arbitration
EU competition and distribution
Within EU competition and distribution, Howrey LLP is a second tier firm,
Leading global competition player Howrey LLP launched its French practice in November 2009. The firm hired France’s competition superstar Claude Lazarus and Audrey Amsellem from Clifford Chance to develop the practice.
Within EU competition and distribution, Howrey LLP is a second tier firm,
Clifford Chance suffered a severe blow with the departure of France’s competition superstar Claude Lazarus for Howrey LLP in 2009. Patrick Hubert, an ‘excellent strategist in very tense situations’, now chairs the practice which also includes Michel Petite and Emmanuel Durand. The practice recently handled antitrust, state aid and compliance work, representing Shell in an alleged anticompetitive practice dispute regarding jet fuel supply, and the French Football Federation for alleged anticompetitive practices in the area of marketing and audiovisual rights.
Health and life sciences
Within Health and life sciences
Intellectual property: Boutiques
Within Intellectual property: Boutiques, Howrey LLP is a first tier firm,
Few firms in France can rival Howrey LLP’s patent team. The nine-lawyer group includes some of France’s leading patent experts in Marina Cousté and Denis Monégier du Sorbier, a ‘high added-value lawyer’. François Jonquères is also recommended. The firm advised Institut Pasteur, Technip and Bouygues on patent infringement matters.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
One positive note for law firms in 2009 was the huge volume of restructuring work coming through the pipeline. One specialist in the field described 2009 as the ‘golden age of restructuring’. Dispute and employment work were two other areas that held up well. Competition teams also had a good year and a number of strategic hires were made in this space, with the biggest move being Claude Lazarus joining Howrey LLP from Clifford Chance.
What we say worldwide
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Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Competition : Competition
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
Foreign Firms
France
Offices in Paris
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Intellectual property: Boutiques : Intellectual property: Boutiques
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
London
Offices in London
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
US
Offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Houston, Irvine, Salt Lake City, Palo Alto, and New York
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: hi-tech electronics and IT
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: International Trade Commission
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious – full coverage
- Litigation : Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Litigation : Supreme Court
- Litigation : Appellate
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Real estate and construction : Construction litigation
- Real estate and construction : Construction: West Coast