Dentons

Global CEO: Kate Barton

Global Chairman: Nick Park

Europe CEO: Wendela Raas

France Managing Partner: Pascal Schmitz

Number of lawyers: 12,500+ people including 5,900+ lawyers, crossover 80 countries

Firm Overview:

Dentons – global platform, Paris hub

Dentons is a global law firm present in more than eighty countries and over 160 offices. Its polycentric structure, with no single headquarters, allows each office to remain closely connected to its local market while benefiting from a common international platform.

The Paris office is a key hub in Continental Europe. It acts for French and international clients on domestic matters and cross‑border mandates, often coordinating multi‑jurisdictional work with Dentons teams in London and across Europe.

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Paris – key practices

• • Corporate / M&A and private equity
    Advice on public and private M&A, carve‑outs, auction processes, joint ventures and private equity transactions. The team regularly acts as lead counsel on cross‑border deals involving multiple Dentons offices.
  • Banking and finance / capital market / restructuring
    Representation of banks, debt funds and borrowers in acquisition finance, leveraged and corporate lending, real estate finance, refinancings and restructurings, including distressed situations.
  • Litigation, arbitration, investigation and compliance
    Assistance in commercial, corporate and financial disputes before French courts and in international arbitration, including post‑M&A and shareholder disputes, as well as investigations and compliance.
  • Employment
    Support on day‑to‑day HR issues, collective bargaining, restructurings, transfers of undertakings and employment aspects of transactions.
  • Competition / EU and regulatory
    Advice on merger control, cartels, vertical and horizontal agreements, abuse of dominance and compliance, and representation before the French Competition Authority and the European Commission.
  • Tax
    Corporate tax support for M&A, financing, real estate and restructuring, as well as assistance in audits and tax disputes, often in coordination with Dentons’ international tax teams.
  • Real estate
    Advice to investors, funds, developers and lenders on acquisitions and disposals, development projects, leasing and real estate financing, including portfolio and cross‑border transactions.
  • Projects, energy and infrastructure / public law
    Support to sponsors, lenders and public entities on energy and infrastructure projects, concessions and PPPs, with a strong public‑law and regulatory component.
  • IP / IT, data and commercial contracts
    Assistance on trademarks and copyrights, IT and software contracts, outsourcing, e‑commerce and data protection (including GDPR), as well as IP / IT aspects of transactions.
  • Insurance
    Full-service support in insurance and reinsurance, including regulatory and transactional work, policy drafting and review, coverage analysis, product distribution and product liability, as well as disputes and claims management in France and internationally.

Paris – priority sectors

• • Consumer, retail and luxury– distribution and franchise networks, e‑commerce, IP and corporate work for consumer and luxury brands.
  • Energy and infrastructure– transactions, projects and regulation in conventional and renewable energy and major infrastructure.
  • Financial institutions– regulatory, transactional and contentious work for banks, insurers and other financial services providers.
  • Government and public services - Advice to governments, public bodies, state‑owned entities and their private partners on legislation, public procurement, concessions, PPPs, infrastructure and regulatory matters, as well as public‑sector disputes.
  • Industrials and manufacturing– M&A, commercial, regulatory and disputes work for industrial and manufacturing groups.
  • Real estate and hospitality– full‑lifecycle advice for investors, funds, developers and operators on a wide range of asset classes.

This combination of practices and sector focus allows the Paris office to provide integrated support on complex matters in France and across Dentons’ global network.