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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

24 RUE JEAN GOUJON, 75008 PARIS, FRANCE
Washington DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Paris, Palo Alto, New York , and 6 more

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

Capital markets

Within Capital markets, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a second tier firm,

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is recommended for complex and large ECM transactions, with French and US law capabilities. The team, including Dominique Bompoint, Richard Vilanova, Olivier de Vilmorin and Krystian Czerniecki, acts for leading French issuers (EDF, France Telecom), while William Torchiana specialises in advising high-profile insurers and financial institutions. Recent highlights include assisting the underwriters on Axa’s €2bn share-capital increase, and EDF on a rule 144A/Regulation S offering.

Insolvency

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Insurance

Within Insurance, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a second tier firm,

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has the ‘best M&A insurance practice’. William Torchiana ranks among the market’s leading experts for strategic securities offerings and corporate and restructuring matters, attracting work from all the largest insurance companies. The firm advised Paris Re on its combination with Partner Re.

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a second tier firm,

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP receives some of the most high-profile instructions in France and in Europe, while also advising France’s leading companies on cross-border transactions. The team is led by first-class partners including Gauthier Blanluet, Dominique Bompoint, Richard Vilanova and Olivier de Vilmorin. Highlights included assisting Renault-Nissan on its alliance with Daimler, and Crédit Agricole on the combination of its asset management business with Société Générale’s.

Tax

Within Tax, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a third tier firm,

Tax and M&A star partner Gauthier Blanluet leads a first-class transactional tax practice at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. The practice has recently expanded its portion of stand-alone work, taking on restructurings and litigations. It represented Technicolor and Eutelsat on their respective debt restructuring, and advised Renault-Nissan on its alliance with Daimler.

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Australia

Offices in Melbourne and Sydney

China

Offices in Beijing

Germany

Offices in Frankfurt

France

Offices in Paris

Hong Kong

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Japan

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London

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Philippines

South Korea

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United States

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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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