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.

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 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.

Willkie's Paris office is particularly renowned as a key hub in the law firm's wider global transactions practice and holds significant appeal for clients in need of support on cross-border issues in private equity buyouts, corporate restructuring and M&A. The team has a strong track record of assisting both French multinational and international companies on outbound and inbound mandates, and is best known for its popularity with private equity funds and asset managers in mid to large-cap private equity transactions. While close cooperation with the firm's impressive US base holds significant appeal for transatlantic work, the Paris team also regularly operates in a coordinating role in conjunction with the firm's other European offices and receives praise for its well-established position in the French market.

Transactions, including M&A and various forms of financing matters, are often led and coordinated from the Paris office, sometimes involving a large number of jurisdictions. Dentons as a whole has a vast global coverage, and its comprehensive international network is a significant attraction for French, European and international clients. The law firm particularly stands out to clients investing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, due to its well-established network in the region.

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.

The Paris office has cultivated a strong reputation for orchestrating cross-border work and providing French law support on global mandates across litigation, M&A, structured finance, and energy and infrastructure projects. It acts for an impressive array of French and global corporations and financial institutions. The law firm is particularly recognised for its respected practice in Africa, supporting clients in projects across various African jurisdictions through coordination with its own international offices and a solid network of local law firms.

With a clear transactional focus, the team is particularly well versed in cross-border private equity deals, advising on a broad range of M&A, finance, capital raising and tax issues. It is often noted for having a strong track record in mid-market private equity deals, with matters involving European jurisdictions frequently led from the Paris office.

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.

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.