International & Cross-Border Transactions | Global

A&O Shearman offers a full-service platform in Paris, well known for its strong international and cross-border capabilities across a wide-range of practice areas and sectors. The Paris office serves as a key hub for the firm's wider network, which has a strong appeal for national and international clients in equal measure and provides close links to experts across Europe, America, Asia and Africa. The Paris office is well known for handling cross-border issues involving other multiple other countries, including emerging markets, and is recognised by clients for offering seamless coordination across jurisdictions.

The law firm maintains excellent relationships with various international banks, also frequently advising large corporations on inbound and outbound matters. It is renowned for cross-border transactional work, particularly in DCM and structured finance. Clients also admire the firm's wide-ranging expertise in corporate/M&A and banking, which enables the team to lead deals from Paris in conjunction with the firm's wider network. Another key strength is the firm's intellectual property practice, which is frequently commended for its work on international matters, while the litigation group is also noted for its ability to translate and apply legal issues to different jurisdictions.

The law firm's ability to provide an effective international service through excellent and longstanding relationships with firms in other jurisdictions is often noted by sources, and it is particularly famous for being part of the Best Friends network of top-tier independent firms in Europe. The firm also frequently manages work involving the USA, Africa and Asia.

Deeply rooted in the French market, Cleary Gottlieb's Paris office is a high-end and well-developed practice. The law firm is revered for its M&A work, and it frequently leads impressive cross-border transactions for its client base of French multinational and international corporations, supplemented by a well-regarded merger control team and strong capabilities across other key pillars for cross-border transactions including equity capital markets and tax. The team also holds an admirable reputation for its contentious work, particularly in international arbitration and other key cross-border practices include litigation and corporate compliance.

The law firm's thriving hub in Paris fulfils an important role in the firm's wider international strength. It is an important location for the firm's African expertise and it is particularly well equipped to lead pan-European cross-border matters, as well as in a global context. A broad range of clients refer to the firm's international capabilities in Paris and value both the team's role as French counsel on inbound work and its strength in managing outbound mandates.

The Freshfields Paris team is often identified as a standout choice in the market for its capabilities in handling international and cross-border work. Offering a range of transactional and contentious services in France, the team is viewed as an excellent option for clients involved in major cross-border M&A, private equity and banking transactions as well as international arbitration, litigation and competition cases.

The law firm is particularly renowned for its work in the private equity and banking and finance sectors. Both practices host a team of exceptional specialists, excelling as lead or co-counsel for clients on cross-border deals. It also has strong competition, M&A and debt capital markets teams that frequently lead multi-jurisdictional mandates.

Gide's geographic presence spans Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the USA, including offices with local law capabilities as well as French law offices that maintain close relationships with partner firms across regions. The Paris team frequently collaborates with its own offices and with local independent firms when coordinating cross-border work, and has established a particularly strong rapport with leading firms elsewhere in Western Europe. The law firm demonstrates excellent abilities acting as lead counsel on outbound work and as French counsel on inbound matters.

The law firm offers a full service to international clients and is particularly recognised for its excellent competition and structured finance practices. It also demonstrates impressive cross-border capabilities for banking and energy transactions, as well as international arbitration and litigation matters.

Weil holds an established position in the French market as a superb option for handling international matters, with a particular focus on acting for multinational private equity funds on cross-border restructuring and M&A transactions. Its clients also include large international corporations, and the team in Paris frequently guides them on complex cross-border transactions covering several jurisdictions.

As well as being truly global, the team in Paris is described as cross-practice and covers a diverse range of sectors. It provides excellent transactional and contentious capabilities across disputes, corporate compliance, investigations, finance and capital markets. The law firm advises on inbound and outbound matters, and displays particular aptitude for working with French multinational banks and other global financial institutions.

The Paris practice contributes to the overall global strength of the firm, both acting as French counsel on inbound matters and leading cross-border deals into other jurisdictions, regularly utilising the breadth of its overseas offices in its network. The law firm's international network covers the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, making it a popular choice for international and French multinational clients that require a well-equipped and versatile team in Paris.

The advantage of links to the firm's US centre is noted as an added value for transatlantic work; however, the firm's Paris team is also recognised for regularly taking on the role of lead counsel on international transactions and driving deals involving multiple jurisdictions. The firm's broad global presence reaches across Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, while strong links between the Paris office and Jones Day's teams elsewhere in Europe and the Middle East are cited as an important attraction for clients.

One of the firm`s notable strengths is its ability to offer English and French law capabilities from its French office. This feature provides a versatility to the firm's advice and allows clients to get an efficient one-stop shop service.

Skadden is a US powerhouse law firm with experience lawyers based in its Paris office. The team regularly work on complex M&A, joint ventures and divestitures that are cross-border in their nature. The firm counts leading multinationals from all manner of industries as key clients, including heavyweight banking, retail and manufacturing entities.

The firm also has strong capabilities in contentious matters. Its highly skilled practitioners are adept at handling complex and high-profile disputes, as well as large-scale international arbitrations, often working in tandem with the firm's network of offices worldwide.

The excellent TMT and IT sector group is a major attraction of the law firm, and the team works with numerous clients from technology-based industries to manage cross-border projects that involve a number of jurisdictions. Its capabilities extend across corporate transactions, banking, private equity, international arbitration and litigation matters, creating a comprehensive cross-border service.

Goodwin 's Paris office is is recognised for its strong capabilities in international and cross-border transactions, particularly within the private equity and banking sectors. The team advises leading French and global financial institutions, private equity firms, and corporates on complex acquisition and leveraged finance deals, debt refinancing, and strategic cross-border investments. Known for its deep sector knowledge in telecoms, retail, and technology, the team combines technical excellence with responsiveness and adaptability. Goodwin’s Paris office works seamlessly with its global network to deliver high-value, multidisciplinary legal solutions across jurisdictions.

Mayer Brown has a strong focus on serving the financial sector globally, and its Paris office demonstrates strong international capabilities within that core area of expertise. The Paris team's particular aptitude in tax and good reputation in banking, M&A and private equity deals mean that cross-border transactions are a key area for the Paris office.

The firm is known for leading high-stakes outbound deals from Paris as well as acting as co-counsel on inbound work. The practice typically advises major international financial institutions and large French companies with overseas business, and they also benefit from the law firm's international network in important financial centres worldwide.

Sullivan & Cromwell's Paris offering forms a core part of the law firm's international network and European strength. Operating in close collaboration with colleagues overseas, the French team is particularly well equipped to advise on sophisticated cross-border M&A deals, ECM transactions and international tax matters. French companies with interests outside of France, as well as overseas clients with operations in the jurisdiction, will benefit from the firm's highly rated transactional capabilities.