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White & Case LLP

19 PLACE VENDÔME, 75001 PARIS, FRANCE
Tel:
Work +33 1 55 04 15 15
Fax:
Fax +33 1 55 04 15 16
Web:
www.whitecase.com
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TOP tier recommendations

France: Banking and finance > Banking and finance

Recommendations

France: Administrative and public law > Administrative and public law
France: Aviation finance > Aviation finance
France: Capital markets > Capital markets
France: Construction > Construction
France: Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
France: Dispute resolution > International arbitration
France: Dispute resolution > White-collar crime
France: EU competition and distribution > EU competition and distribution
France: Employment > Employment
France: IT, telecoms and the internet > IT, telecoms and the internet
France: Insolvency > Insolvency
France: Intellectual property > Full-service firms
France: Mergers and acquisitions > Mergers and acquisitions
France: Private equity > Private equity
France: Project finance and energy > Project finance
France: Real estate > Real estate
France: Tax > Tax

France: Administrative and public law

Within Administrative and public law, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s Jacques Bouillon and Paule Biensan have extensive experience advising lenders on transport projects such as the Sud Europe-Atlantique high-speed railway project.

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France: Aviation finance

Within Aviation finance, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s eight-lawyer team has good experience advising export credit agencies, which it recently assisted with several Airbus aircraft financings. Victoria Westcott, Thomas McDonald and Louise Mor are the key contacts.

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France: Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, White & Case LLP is a first tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s ‘very strong team’ advises a high-profile banks and is acknowledged for its creative LBO financing expertise. It is also in high demand for debt refinancing work in the LBO and property sectors, and represented BNP Paribas and a pool of 200 lenders on the rescheduling of Materis’ debt. Project and asset finance are other areas of expertise for this 32-lawyer team, which also deepened its high-yield bond capabilities after relocating Colin Chang from the London office. Practice head Raphaël Richard is recommended, as is the ‘very brilliant’ Denise Diallo, a French and US-qualified lawyer who is ‘always there to find solutions to tricky issues’.

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France: Capital markets

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France: Construction

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France: Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP has great experience in cross-border cases, including the co-ordination of complex multi-jurisdictional cases. It acts for banks such as BNP Paribas and CACIB in high-profile cases. The team also represents several large corporations in international commercial, property or product liability matters. Philippe Métais heads the practice.

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Within International arbitration, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

Michael Polkinghorne heads White & Case LLP’s practice in Paris, which fields 37 dedicated lawyers, whose level of service matches ‘the highest standards’. The practice is one ‘the top law firms in the field of international construction’, with the ‘highly respected’ Christopher Seppälä and the ‘excellent’ Charles Nairac leading the experienced team in this area. The firm is involved in several large-scale disputes in the nuclear and gas sectors, and is representing Naftogaz in a series of SCC arbitrations regarding the transit, purchase and supply of gas into Europe via Ukraine from 2005 to 2010. The firm’s caseload also includes numerous ICC cases and investment disputes. Christophe von Krause and Matthew Secomb are also recommended along with Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall, who re-joined the firm in 2012.

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Within White-collar crime, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP is involved in a number of high-profile French and multi-jurisdictional cases and investigations. Clients include large companies as well as French banks, which trust the team with key financial regulatory and fraud cases. Michel Beaussier has extensive experience in cross-border money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption matters. Ludovic Malgrain is an expert in corporate risk management.

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France: EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s eight-lawyer team has great antitrust and regulatory expertise. Recent instructions include representing Nestlé Purina before the Paris Court of Appeal and acting for Outremer Telecom in winning an anticompetitive pricing case against SRR. Practice head Jean-Paul Tran Thiet and counsel Juliette Goyer are recommended.

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France: Employment

Within Employment, tier 4

White & Case LLP’s four-lawyer team represents many international and US clients. Alexandre Jaurett heads the practice, which advises on corporate transactions and other standalone matters such as restructuring and top executive litigation. Marriott International and Western Union are clients.

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France: IT, telecoms and the internet

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France: Insolvency

Within Insolvency, tier 4

White & Case LLP’s Philippe Métais has strong experience in representing industrial clients and advising on LBO matters. The practice advised Novasep on its financial restructuring through the first-ever conversion of high-yield bonds into capital shares.

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France: Intellectual property

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France: Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 4

White & Case LLP advises international clients and major French corporations such as France Télécom and Publicis. Highlights included advising François Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire on the sale of Oberthur Technologies’ card systems and identity businesses. François Leloup, Philippe Sarrailhé and Eric Laplante are recommended, as is the ‘always available and business-oriented’ Hugues Mathez. Nathalie Nègre-Eveillard and Guillaume Vallat were promoted to the partnership.

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France: Private equity

Within Private equity, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s practice, headed by Vincent Morin, has great expertise in top-end deals, and has recently advised its clients on a number of build-up transactions. Clients include BC Partners, Carlyle and IK Investment Partners.

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France: Project finance and energy

Within Project finance, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP is highly regarded for its advice to lenders on projects in France, including the Sud Europe-Atlantique high-speed rail project. The practice is also increasingly involved in infrastructure and construction developments in Africa, including the Abidjan toll bridge project. Paule Biensan heads the practice, which also includes Jacques Bouillon, as well as finance experts Victoria Westcott and Louise Mor.

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France: Real estate

Within Real estate, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP is among ‘the best firms for major transactions, sophisticated leasing and construction work’. The 11-lawyer practice is headed by Frank Peter, a ‘true, modest star’ who stands out for his ‘business sense and technical ability’, and Brice Engel, who shows ‘staggering dedication to his clients’. The team advised Klépierre on its acquisition of a shopping mall in Toulouse. Other clients include leading institutional investors, developers, asset managers, and luxury hotels.

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France: Tax

Within Tax, tier 4

White & Case LLP’s five-lawyer practice has good private equity and property tax expertise. Clients include companies, investment funds, management teams, and wealthy individuals. The team advised Crédit Agricole Assurances on its participation in Icade Santé. Alexandre Ippolito and practice head Norbert Majerholc are recommended.

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    French insurance contributions on executive and shareholder remuneration (pay + dividends) have been substantially increased by the National Insurance Funding for 2013 Act, No. 2012-1404, of 17th December 2012. Until 31st December 2012, all dividends were subject to national insurance contributions on unearned income but henceforth, under Article L136-3 of the National Insurance Code, amended by Act No. 2012-1404, certain dividends   are considered as pay received by executives and shareholders and are therefore subject to the national insurance contributions on pay. The Act also abolished the ceiling on health insurance contributions payable by the self-employed and all this means that businesses must rethink the way that they have been structured until now.
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  • 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

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  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING COMMITMENTS

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  • Landmark decision by French Competition Authority in conditioned LPG case

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    - 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
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