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McDermott Will & Emery

23 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE, 75007 PARIS, FRANCE
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Work +33 1 81 69 15 00
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Fax +33 1 81 69 15 15
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in France

EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution, tier 5

Herbert Smith LLP’s Sergio Sorinas has elevated the firm’s profile, and clients praise his ‘loyalty, humility and capability to quickly identify relevant matters’. The four-lawyer practice obtained a substantial fine reduction for Arkema, and unconditional merger clearance for Lagardère regarding the sale of its international magazine business. The team attracted several major new clients in 2011. Jacques Buhart joined McDermott Will & Emery.

Employment

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Legal market overview

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Norton Rose LLP, which experienced a series of departures in early 2011, is back on track after an intense recruitment effort saw several new partners brought in from international law firms. UK law firm Olswang and US-based McDermott Will & Emery were newcomers to the market.

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions,

Herbert Smith LLP completed a high number of deals in 2011, notably for a number of new major French clients who value the firm’s cross-border capabilities. It advised Casino on the acquisition of Carrefour assets in Thailand, and Infineon Technologies on the sale of its wireless business to Intel. The team’s four partners are Bruno Basuyaux Hubert Segain, Frédéric Grillier and Philippe Trosset, who are assisted by 15 associates and recently recruited of counsel Edouard Thomas, who joined from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Former practice head Jacques Buhart joined McDermott Will & Emery.

Tax

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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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