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Weil, Gotshal & Manges

2 RUE DE LA BAUME, 75008 PARIS, FRANCE
Wilmington, Washington DC, Warsaw, Singapore, Silicon Valley, Shanghai , and 14 more

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

Administrative and public law

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Banking and finance

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Capital markets

Within Capital markets,

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Stéphane Sabatier has a strong focus on ECM transactions, while Eduardo Fernandez has experience advising on cross-border debt private placements. Laurent Faugérolas left the firm to join Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The team acts for issuers, assisting Schneider Electric on the update of its €6 EMTN programme and on two bond issues.

Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Within Dispute resolution Commercial litigation , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a third tier firm,

Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Bernard Casanova and Francis Teitgen are experienced litigators acting for CAC 40 groups and individuals. The firm also further strengthened its corporate litigation expertise through the hiring of the ‘very good’ Didier Malka from JeantetAssociés AARPI.

Dispute resolution: White-collar crime

Within Dispute resolution White-collar crime, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a second tier firm,

Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Bernard Casanova and Francis Teitgen act for CAC 40 companies, executives and high-profile personalities.

EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution,

Michel Roseau manages Bird & Bird AARPI’s four-lawyer practice – Romain Ferla joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The team has a busy antitrust practice, notably in the telecoms and energy sectors, while also handling merger-control work. The client base includes some major French companies.

Insolvency

Within Insolvency, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a first tier firm,

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has built the type of practice that many peers envy. The team, led by superb duo Jean-Dominique Daudier de Cassini and Philippe Druon, is tremendously efficient on distressed LBO work and a key adviser in most of the market’s leading cases. The practice represented several shareholders in the Coeur Défense case, and Saint-Gobain Desjonquères (SGD) on its restructuring.

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a third tier firm,

Through Claude Serra, Agathe Soilleux and Arthur de Baudry d’Asson, Weil, Gotshal & Manges has a leading French corporate client base (Vinci, GDF Suez). The firm assisted Safran on the acquisition of a significant part of L-1 Identity Solutions. Laurent Faugérolas joined the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Private equity

Within Private equity, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a first tier firm,

Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ continues to impress, even in a difficult market. The strong team, including David Aknin, Jean Beauchataud, Frédéric Cazals and Emmanuelle Henry, assists large market players on LBOs and restructuring transactions. The firm advised the management on the sale of Cerba to PAI.

Tax

Within Tax, tier 4

Weil, Gotshal & Manges’s Stéphane Chaouat specialises in LBO structuring and transactional tax, assisting funds and large industrial groups. The four-lawyer team also deals with litigation and tax property 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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