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Morgan Lewis

68 RUE DU FAUBOURG SAINT-HONORÉ, 75008 PARIS, FRANCE
Washington DC, Tokyo, San Francisco, Princeton, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia , and 16 more

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

Dispute resolution: White-collar crime

Within Dispute resolution White-collar crime, Morgan Lewis is a second tier firm,

Morgan Lewis’ Thierry Dalmasso has particular experience dealing with financial, economic, environmental and employment cases. Dalmasso acted in high-profile cases including the Concorde and Clearstream cases.

EU competition and distribution

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Employment

Within Employment , Morgan Lewis is a third tier firm,

Morgan Lewis’ François Vergne is ‘very knowledgeable on executive termination and restructuring matters’. The three-lawyer team is highly regarded and advised on complex restructuring projects in 2010. The client base is made up of leading French and US companies.

IT, telecoms and the internet

Within IT, telecoms and the internet Other recommended firms

Intellectual property: Full-service firms

Within Intellectual property: Full-service firms Other recommended firms

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 5

Morgan Lewis provides ‘excellent services and timely responses’. The team, led by Jean Leygonie, a lawyer praised for his ‘very high intelligence of human relationships and business’, Pierre-Antoine Dubecq, the ‘very pragmatic’ Roland Montfort and Anne Tolila who is ‘tough during negotiations but always keeps in mind both parties’ interests’ on a deal, often handles mid-cap transactions and has great knowledge of the defence sector. The firm assisted Inside Contactless on the acquisition of Atmel’s SMS business.

Private equity

Within Private equity, Morgan Lewis is a second tier firm,

Morgan Lewis is a leader in venture-capital through Olivier Edwards and Karen Noël, while Anne Tolila focuses on LBOs. The team completed a large number of transactions in 2010, notably in the e-commerce and health sectors. It assisted Spartoo on raising €12m, and Cerenis Therapeutics and the investors on Cerenis Therapeutics’ €40m fund raising.

Private equity: Fund formation

Within Private equity: Fund formation, Morgan Lewis is a second tier firm,

Morgan Lewis’ ‘very responsive’ practice is headed by Ann Baker, who ‘understands US and French fund formation offering rules’, with Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron working on the tax side. The four-lawyer team advises private equity, venture-capital and distressed asset funds as well as funds of funds.

Tax

Within Tax, tier 5

Morgan Lewis’ Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron leads a three-lawyer team and a well-balanced practice between tax support and stand-alone work. The tax group represents large corporations, investment funds and private clients on transactional, litigation and restructuring matters. It also handles fund formation work.

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Legal Developments in France

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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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