Industry focus: Luxury goods Tier 1

Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP houses a dedicated global luxury team, led from the Paris office, which counts as clients several of the most notable Italian and French luxury fashion brands. The department also initiated the creation of the firm's Luxury Legal Group, offering tailor-made advice to clients from a range of luxury sectors, including fashion, jewellery, yachting and art. Specialising in IP law, with a strong reputation in trade mark infringement litigation, Gaëtan Cordier is the key name in the practice. Clients also benefit from the team's ability to advise clients in the sector on employment issues; Déborah Attali leads on this and is dual-qualified in the UK and France.

Construction Tier 2

Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP unites construction law, public law, procurement law and construction permits and authorisations expertise under one roof. The firm is a good choice for major public sector infrastructure projects, given its experience in advising on several highly significant electricity and energy infrastructure projects. Major hotel, restaurant and other private sector real estate construction and refurbishment projects, and the construction of a prestigious art centre and a flagship store are also visible in the team's portfolio of work. Matters include advisory work and mediation and other dispute resolution matters. Public law experts Bruno Richard and Jacques Bouillon, who joined the firm in 2020from White & Case LLP, are in charge.

Environment Tier 2

Dispute resolution: International arbitration Tier 3

Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP has a strong and very experienced bench that is able to handle a high volume of work, spanning both commercial and investment disputes. A large part of its workload consists of Iran-US claims cases. The practice also handles a lot of matters dealing with oil and gas and construction issues attached to Africa and the Middle-East, representing states or major private French and international companies. It also acts for a multinational in a major tax dispute. David Sellers and Wesley Pydiamah co-direct the practice. Also recommended are Gaëlle Le Quillec and Julien Fouret as well as counsels Nanette Pilkington and Athina Fouchard.

Industry focus: Energy Tier 3

Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs Tier 3

At Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP, practice head Gaëtan Cordier and his team have a strong focus on the luxury-goods sector, acting for an impressive list of French and international players in an advisory function, or representing them in contentious proceedings. The group's international positioning is particularly visible due to Cordier's role as the head of the firmwide luxury-goods practice.

Administrative and public law Tier 4

Banking and finance: transactional work Tier 4

Employment Tier 4

Industry focus: IT and internet  Tier 4

EU, competition and distribution Tier 5

Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5

Tax Tier 5

Morocco > Foreign firms Tier 1

The Paris office of Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP advises leading global brands on employment, finance, corporate and contentious matters in Morocco. The firm recently assisted Nokia with a diverse range of matters arising from its day-to-day operations in the country, working closely with teams in the firm's other African offices located in Tunis, Johannesburg, Durban and Port Louis. The firm also advised GE and Roche on HR and corporate matters. Farès Koussay El Heni, who handles corporate and employment matters, and dispute resolution partner Wesley Pydiamah, lead the practice. In addition, they are also deputy co-heads of the firm-wide Africa group.

Iran > Foreign law firms Tier 1

Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP has been active in the Iranian market for more than three decades. The team, which is based in Paris and is led by David S Sellers, also includes international commercial arbitration expert Wesley Pydiamah. The group is widely recognised for its work on behalf of the Iranian government as well as major private entities. In broad terms, the team advises on key issues such as sanctions relief, joint ventures, investment protection instruments and tax structures. In  particular, it has extensive knowledge of the Organisation for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran (OIETAI) and the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (2002) (FIPPA).