International Corporate Finance

Thierry Brocas

L eader:

Thierry Brocas

E stablished:

1993

Track record: The firm assisted Eurosic during

their €2.5bn takeover of Foncière de Paris.

Its teams advised Altice Media Group during

the sale of their French subsidiary, Altice

Media Group France, to Numericable-SFR,

as well as Crédit Mutuel CIC for the acqui-

sitions of the leasing and factoring activities

of GE in France and Germany.

Team & differentiation: De Pardieu Brocas

Maffei has proven to be very competent in

the financial services, real estate, agrifood

and energy sectors. The long-standing acti-

vity is coupled with the team which has been

boosted by of the nomination of Frédéric Kel-

ler as partner. Also notable is the firm’s ability

to bring additional skills to each operation

going forward.

DE PARDIEU BROCAS MAFFEI:

AN EVER-GROWING PRESENCE IN THE LARGE CAP ARENA

Armand W. Grumberg

L eader:

Armand W. Grumberg

E stablished:

1990

Track record: An expert on cross-border tran-

sactions with a strong transatlantic tropism,

the firm advised Nokia in its public exchange

offer for Alcatel-Lucent (€15.6 billion), as

well as Capgemini during its acquisition of

the American company iGate Corporation

(€4 billion). The firm has also assisted the

English company Ares Life Sciences during

its merger with Stallergenes (€1 billion).

Team & differentiation: Very international-

ly-oriented, the firm continues to strengthen

its teams in Paris. After the arrival of Olivier

Diaz, Thomas Parrot joined the team, brin-

ging his expertise in the tax structuring of

transactions. The firm was awarded a spe-

cial mention from the “Trophées du Droit” jury

for the M&A transaction of the year.

SKADDEN:

A STRONG TRANSATLANTIC TROPISM

FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMS

Deals over €500m

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

Bredin Prat P. Beurier, S. Prat, B. Kanovitch, O. Assant, K. Romain, S. Cornette de Saint Cyr, D. Martin, E. Masset, P.Dziewolski

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton V. Lemaître, J. Brinitzer, B. Faye, F. Jonemann, A.-S. Coustel, M.-L. Tibi, A. Champsaur, J.-M. Ambrosi, J.-P. Vignaud,

C.Masson, A. A. Bernstein, F. Baumgartner, P.-Y. Chabert

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier

M. Brochier, C. Bonan, O. Huyghues Despointes, H. Diener, V. Agulhon, B. Burman, P. Casanova, A. Maillot, J.-M.

Darrois, C. Vinsonneau, B. Cardi, F. Alogna

EXCELLENT

1 Cabinet Bompoint Dominique Bompoint

Freshfields Hervé Pisani, Alan Mason

Linklaters F. de La Morandière, A. Garnier, T. Riguet, D. Swinburne, V. Ponsonnaille, P. Tourres, M. Petitier, B. Derieux

Orrick Rambaud Martel J.-P. Martel, Y. Lepage, J.-M. Leprêtre, D. Syed, E. Boursican, A. Marraud des Grottes, S. Golshani, G. T. Rigo, B. Cichostepski,

P. Tardivy

Skadden Olivier Diaz, Armand W. Grumberg, Pascal Bine

Weil Gotshal & Manges A. Soilleux, C. Serra, D. Aknin, E. Henry, A. de Baudry d'Asson, F. Cazals, J. Beauchataud, Y.Piette

2 Allen & Overy F. Moreau, J-C. Rivalland, F. Jungels, A. Ancel, M. Castagnède, F. Ninane, R. Romy, C. Tourmieux

Clifford Chance Fabrice Cohen, Laurent Schoenstein, Aline Cardin, Gilles Lebreton, Mathieu Remy, Thierry Schoen, Marianne Pezant

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

Latham & Watkins

O. du Mottay, X. Farde, P. Laporte, F. Mary, D. Criton, P.-L. Cléro, G. Gianasso, T. Forschbach, C.-A. Guelluy, A. Benedetti, O.

Rauch-Ravisé, H. Diogo Amengual, T. Margenet-Baudry,

Mayer Brown Erwan Heurtel, O. Aubouin, Simon Levine, Xavier Jaspar, Guillaume Kuperfils, E. Pennec, A. Pérès, T. Philippe, J-F. Louit

Sullivan & Cromwell Olivier de Vilmorin, Krystian Czerniecki, Nicolas de Boynes, Gauthier Blanluet

3 BDGS & Associés Jean-Emmanuel Skovron, Max Baird-Smith, Thomas Meli, Youssef Djehane, Antoine Bonnasse, Marc Loy

Herbert Smith Hubert Segain, Edouard Thomas, Frédéric Bouvet, Bruno Basuyaux

Paul Hastings E. Mathey, A. Poncelet, P. de Moidrey, E. Boucaya, A. Terray, G. Kellner, O. Deren, D. Revcolevschi

White & Case N. Nègre Eveillard, B. Engel, A. Ippolito, G. Vallat, E. Laplante, V. Morin, N. Majerholc, F. Leloup, F. de Vita, H. Mathez

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

1 De Pardieu Brocas Maffei J-F. Pourdieu, P. Jaïs, G. Touttée, T. Bréart de Boisanger, N. Favre, E. Muller, T. Brocas, C. Chanas

Franklin Yam Atallah, Mark Richardson, Céline Maironi-Persin, Christian Sauer, Kai Völpel, Magalie Masson

Gide A. Tolila, N. Nguyen, G. Rougier-Brierre, A. Lelong, H. Scalbert, D. G. Martin, A. Toulemonde, C. Eck, J. David, K. Noël, K. Hepp

de Sevelinges, A. Pailleret, D. Boitout, J.G. Flandrois, P. Karpik, P-A. Dubecq, J-M. Desaché

Lacourte Raquin Tatar Serge Tatar, Nicolas Jüllich, Renaud Rossa, Cyrille Bailly

Villey Girard Grolleau Pascale Girard, Daniel Villey, Frederic Grillier

2 Brandford Griffith & Associés Jérôme Brosset, Henri Brandford Griffith

Gibson Dunn Ariel Harroch, Bernard Grinspan

Shearman & Sterling Nicolas Bombrun, Hervé Letréguilly, Guillaume Isautier, Niels Dejean

Willkie Farr & Gallagher E. Fernandez, G. Finance, D. Hurstel, A. Péron, C. Garaud, C. Hajage, G. Flandin, B. Pommiès, G. de Saxcé