International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

Didier Martin

L eader:

Didier Martin

E stablished:

1996

Track record: Bredin Prat advised the Saft

Group in their tie-up with Total via a €950

million public offer from the oil & gas com-

pany, and also assisted Rothschild & Co.

in their merger with Compagnie Financière

Martin Maurel. The firm distinguished itself

in supporting Areva during the sale of their

reactor construction and maintenance divi-

sion (Ariva NP) to EDF for €2.5 billion.

Team & differentiation: Positioned to work

on significant deals, the partners work in

concert to bring tailor-made, innovative solu-

tions to the specific problems their clients

come up against. In order to continue to

grow in a sustainable manner, the firm has

recruited more associates and continues to

introduce litigation expertise into each of its

practices.

BREDIN PRAT:

UNBEATABLE

Bertrand Cardi

L eaders:

Bertrand Cardi and

Marcus Billam

E stablished:

1987

Track record: The firm advised Mayhoola in

their acquisition of fashion house Balmain

and Technip in their merger with American

company FMC Technologies. DVMB also

intervened on several occasions on behalf

of the Casino Group, for example during the

sale of Big C Vietnam ($1bn) and Big C Thai-

land ($3.1bn), and also in the reorganization

of the Brazilian activities of Cnova within Via

Varejo.

Team & differentiation: Intervening on seve-

ral occasions on behalf of the French state,

the firm regularly chooses cases with a high

strategic importance. Bolstered by a network

of independent firms across the globe, the

firm assists its clients over the long term in

both France and abroad.

DARROIS VILLEY MAILLOT BROCHIER (DVMB):

MAKING THE BEST TRANSACTIONS

FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMS

Complex Transactions & High Litigation Potential

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

1 Bredin Prat

S. Prat, B. Kanovitch, O. Assant, D. Martin, P. Dziewolski, S. Cornette de Saint Cyr, M. Pouchepadass, E. Masset, F. Haas, J/ María

Pérez

Cleary Gottlieb Pierre-Yves Chabert

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Bertrand Cardi, Marcus Billam, Emmanuel Brochier, Jean-Michel Darrois, François Kopf

2 Linklaters Fabrice de La Morandière, Arnaud de La Cotardière, Paul Lignières, Thierry Riguet

Orrick Rambaud Martel Jean-Pierre Martel, Frédéric Lalance

Weil Gotshal & Manges David Aknin, Emmanuelle Henry, Arthur de Baudry d'Asson, Jean Beauchataud, Yannick Piette, Frédéric Cazals

EXCELLENT

1 Brandford Griffith & Associés Diane Pasturel, Jérôme Brosset, Henri Brandford Griffith

Cabinet Bompoint Dominique Bompoint

Davis Polk & Wardwell Georges Terrier, Christophe Perchet, Jacques Naquet-Radiguet

Skadden Olivier Diaz, Armand W. Grumberg, Pascal Bine

2 BDGS & Associés Jean-Emmanuel Skovron, Youssef Djehane, Antoine Bonnasse, Thomas Meli, Marc Loy

Clifford Chance Laurent Schoenstein, Aline Cardin, Fabrice Cohen

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei Patrick Jaïs, Guillaume Touttée, Thierry Brocas, Cédric Chanas, Philippe Dubois, Matthieu Barthélémy

Dethomas Peltier Juvigny Jean-Emmanuel Skovron, Max Baird-Smith, Thomas Meli, Youssef Djehane, Antoine Bonnasse, Marc Loy

Jeantet Frank Martin Laprade, Philippe Portier, Karl Hepp de Sevelinge

Latham & Watkins Olivier du Mottay, Patrick Laporte, Fabrice Fages, Pierre-Louis Cléro, Thomas Margenet-Baudry

Paul Hastings Aline Poncelet, Pierre Kirch, Dominique Borde, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi

Sullivan & Cromwell Olivier de Vilmorin, William D. Torchiana, Gauthier Blanluet

Veil Jourde Jean Veil, Georges Jourde, Géraud Saint Guilhem, Laurent Jobert, François de Navailles, Pierre Deval

Viguié Schmidt Nicolas Viguié, Yves Schmidt

Villey Girard Grolleaud Pascale Girard, Daniel Villey, Frederic Grillier

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Freshfields Hervé Pisani

Gibson Dunn Ariel Harroch, Bernard Grinspan

Gide D. Boitout, J.-M. Desaché, J.-G. Flandrois, D. Martin, C. Eck, J. David, N. Nguyen, G. Rougier-Brierre, A. Lelong, M. Pitron,

H. Scalbert, B. Quentin, P. Karpik, A. Kukulski, A. Toulemo

Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent Philippe Ginestié, François Devedjian, Xavier Pernot, Jalal El Ahdab

Hoche L. Bensaid, J.-L Blein, J. Roustit, E. Quentin, G. Martinet, M.-P Souweine

Simmons & Simmons Thierry Gontard

SLVF Associés Fabrice Veverka, David Scemla, Olivier Loizon, François Bourrier Soifer, Alexandre Piette