McDermott Will & Emery AARPI > Paris, France > Firm Profile

‘An undeniable competence, a commitment beyond expectations, a permanent availability.’

‘This firm combines (i) high quality of legal advice, (ii) humility and (iii) sympathy in daily exchanges.’

‘The team offers a complete service offer for emerging biotechnology companies: assistance with fundraising, signing of partnerships, setting up of stock options… always with a responsive approach and accurately adapted to the needs of the client.’

‘A strong capacity to listen to the client, but also to the opposing party, allows us to bring a new perspective on the negotiations in progress and to improve our position. Anthony Paronneau’s competence and availability make him an ideal partner: the quality of his analyses and his level of commitment are exceptional.’

‘Multi-disciplinary and very international team. Capable of adapting to small life sciences clients, but also to large clients given their activity with these two types of players.’

‘Emmanuelle Trombe, Anthony Paronneau and their teams combine human qualities and great legal skills, as well as an incomparable knowledge of the life sciences sector.’

‘Very good personal and human connection. Friendly and attentive team.’

‘Emmanuelle Trombe is an excellent lawyer, with good business acumen, and always available.’

‘A solid, responsive team, attentive to clients’ concerns and issues at hand; great transparency in invoicing.’

‘Great courtesy, which makes the working relationship very pleasant; exceptional quality of writing which allows the client to easily grasp analyses and legal opinions; cutting-edge expertise that adapts to the operational environment and that can be used and understood by the company.’

‘Very responsive and a permanent attention to problems and opportunities.’

‘High availability.’

‘Very competent; great strategists.’

‘Excellent advice on regulated sectors.’

‘Sabine Naugès’ expertise is particularly suited for public law litigation concerning regulatory decisions.’

‘Very high availability and responsiveness; very high added value advice.’

‘Very good financing team working mainly on the sponsor side in acquisition financing and on the lender side in fund financing.’

‘Pierre Arnoux Mayoly is a very good, pragmatic and efficient lawyer.’

‘Great knowledge of capital increase operation processes and related legal aspects, as well as regulatory expertise. Expertise in the management of transnational aspects.’

‘David Revcoleschi is our main contact and demonstrates not only a great knowledge of legal aspects, but also a very solid knowledge of the challenges of start-ups and biotechnology.’

‘Strong expertise in a new field.’

‘Good firm, good GDPR expertise, also provides relational help with the CNIL.’

‘Real expertise, tailor-made approach, knowledge of data protection and health law ability to adapt to customer needs.’

‘I work with Romain Perray and Lorraine Maisnier-Boche. I appreciate their expertise, their availability as well as the pragmatic and tailor-made approach they adopt.’

‘I work with Romain Perray who is very knowledgeable about his subject matter and his sector. In addition, his personal qualities make interactions pleasant.’

‘Romain Perray and his team have assisted us with various aspects of GDPR-related data privacy matters. The firm’s client service has been consistently good.’

‘Romain Perray is very specialised in data privacy matters and is very knowledgeable about recent developments and trends in his areas of expertise’

‘Mai Matsubara is a budding young lawyer with a good specialist knowledge of data privacy law, whose multi-lingual skills and understanding of our business are a particular asset for us.’

‘Very specialised team on matters such as compliance, internal investigations, and  criminal business law (corruption).’

‘Good for complex litigation work in France.’

‘The team is very aware of market practices (constantly evolving in this Covid-19 period). The fluid professional relationships that the restructuring team maintains with the various market players help to resolve very effectively the restructurings in which it is involved. All the members of the team are involved, responsive and proactive, with a constant concern for the interests of the client, whatever the problems encountered.’

‘Timothée Gagnepain is personally involved in all important aspects of the files and is very available. His presence in particular in the negotiations is invaluable, his interventions particularly relevant and his energy in resolving blocking points highly appreciated. His associate Théophile Jomier is excellent, both in his relations with clients and in his legal approach to cases. Lucille Madariaga is also greatly appreciated for her responsiveness and in-depth knowledge of the cases handled.’

‘Great team and firm.’

‘The team is incredibly knowledgeable in insolvency proceedings. From the early guidance through resolution, we found the team collaborative with other counsellors, with the state, and with the administrator.’

‘Timothée Gagnepain and Théophile Jomier were EXCELLENT legal representatives of our case. They were incredibly responsive. We were always made to feel that our case was of the utmost importance to them, even as the case was wrapping up.’

‘A small and structured team which positioned itself on the biggest files. Indispensable team in the restructuring sector.’

‘Timothée Gagnepain is well known in the business. Also qualified at the NYC bar, Timothée is versatile and a formidable litigator!  It is also worth noting the great qualities of Lucille Madariaga who is on the path of becoming a partner.’

‘Responsive and precise. They take a stand.‘