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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Notable
51 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
14 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bredin Prat
12 practice areas
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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
8 practice areas
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
15 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
14 practice areas
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Dentons
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bird & Bird
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
10 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
7 practice areas
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Jeantet
11 practice areas
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LPA Law
7 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
9 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
7 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
7 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bignon Lebray
10 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
3 practice areas
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UGGC Avocats
7 practice areas
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Volt & Associes
4 practice areas
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Notable

August Debouzy
8 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2 practice areas
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De Gaulle Fleurance
11 practice areas
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Fidal
6 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Holman Fenwick Willan
4 practice areas
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King & Spalding
9 practice areas
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Lacourte Raquin Tatar
5 practice areas
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Levine Keszler
6 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Nabarro Béraud Avocats
2 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Racine
6 practice areas
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Reed Smith
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 5
68 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Bredin Prat
12 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
14 practice areas
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
15 practice areas
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BDGS Associés
5 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
14 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
14 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
8 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
10 practice areas
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White & Case
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
7 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
14 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

August Debouzy
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
8 practice areas
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
15 practice areas
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Cabinet Bompoint
3 practice areas
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Dentons
9 practice areas
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Jeantet
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Lacourte Raquin Tatar
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Bignon Lebray
10 practice areas
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Dechert
4 practice areas
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FTPA
4 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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King & Spalding
9 practice areas
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LPA Law
7 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
9 practice areas
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Veil Jourde
4 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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Tier 6

Aramis
3 practice areas
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Argos Avocats
3 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
10 practice areas
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DS Avocats
9 practice areas
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Fidal
6 practice areas
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Joffe & Associés
5 practice areas
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Reed Smith
9 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
7 practice areas
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UGGC Avocats
7 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
8 practice areas
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Notable

ARCHERS
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Chammas & Marcheteau
5 practice areas
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Coblence Avocats
2 practice areas
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Degroux Brugère
1 practice area
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Desfilis
2 practice areas
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Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats
2 practice areas
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HERALD
1 practice area
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Holman Fenwick Willan
4 practice areas
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LL Berg
3 practice areas
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Latournerie Wolfrom & Associés
2 practice areas
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Levine Keszler
6 practice areas
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Mermoz Avocats
3 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
6 practice areas
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Racine
6 practice areas
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Steering Legal
2 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 2
63 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bredin Prat
12 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
14 practice areas
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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
14 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
14 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
3 practice areas
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Linklaters
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
15 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
14 practice areas
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DLA Piper
10 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
9 practice areas
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Scotto Partners
6 practice areas
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White & Case
14 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
8 practice areas
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
15 practice areas
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
8 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
7 practice areas
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Jeantet
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
9 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
8 practice areas
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UGGC Avocats
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bignon Lebray
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
8 practice areas
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Chammas & Marcheteau
5 practice areas
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DS Avocats
9 practice areas
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Dentons
9 practice areas
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Franklin
7 practice areas
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Gowling WLG
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Joffe & Associés
5 practice areas
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LL Berg
3 practice areas
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Lamartine Conseil
2 practice areas
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Mermoz Avocats
3 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
7 practice areas
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Volt & Associes
4 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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ASAFO & Co
5 practice areas
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Argos Avocats
3 practice areas
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August Debouzy
8 practice areas
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Berry Avocats
1 practice area
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Coblence Avocats
2 practice areas
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Crefovi
4 practice areas
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
8 practice areas
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Dechert
4 practice areas
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Duroc Partners
1 practice area
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FTPA
4 practice areas
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Fidal
6 practice areas
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King & Spalding
9 practice areas
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Levine Keszler
6 practice areas
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Moncey Avocats
1 practice area
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Nova Avocats
1 practice area
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Racine
6 practice areas
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Reed Smith
9 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
8 practice areas
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3 results3 results
Deal Highlights
43 results43 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Exegy Inc. - M&A
2022-05-10
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Annabel Loose, Benhouda Derradji, Bosco Yiu, Curtis McCluskey, Gretchen Scott, Heloise Bertin, Jocelyne Yace, Joseph Ndep, Louis de Chezelles, Marie Fillon, Mark Joseph, Sarah Fleury, Stephen Lee, Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
Exegy Inc.
Buyer
SportPursuit Ltd. - M&A
2022-06-21
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
SportPursuit Ltd.
Buyer
Capza - M&A
2022-04-12
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Jerome Jouhanneaud
Capza
Buyer
European Digital Group - M&A
2022-06-21
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Benjamin Garcon
European Digital Group
Buyer
Sicame SA - M&A
2022-07-04
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Thomas Maitrejean
Sicame SA
Target
Flandrin Securities SAS - M&A
2022-09-22
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Flandrin Securities SAS
Buyer
Cegedim SA - M&A
2022-03-01
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Cegedim SA
Seller
Groupe Gorge SA - M&A
2022-09-29
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Adrien Paturaud, Ambre Ronnel, Aurelien Diday, Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Heloise Bertin, Laurent Bonnet, Maxence Bloch, Paul Fourniere, Rodolphe du Chaffaut
Groupe Gorge SA
Buyer
LFPI Gestion - M&A
2022-09-06
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Arthur Santelli, Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Frédéric Guilloux, Laurent Bonnet, Louis Jambu-Merlin, Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
LFPI Gestion
Buyer
Bird Office SAS - M&A
2022-07-06
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Benjamin Garcon
Bird Office SAS
Buyer
East Cambridge Bank - M&A
2022-02-25
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Ahmed Abdelhamid, Alexander Callen, Andre Amorim, Christina Bitter, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Jiabao Xu, Regina Pisa, Robert Hale, Robert Kester, Samantha Kirby, William McCurdy
East Cambridge Bank
Buyer
European Digital Group - M&A
2023-01-26
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Adrien Paturaud, Alexander Hahn, Benjamin Garcon, Laura Robez-Masson, Messan Dogbevi
European Digital Group
Buyer
Parquest Capital - M&A
2023-03-28
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Adrien Paturaud, Alexander Hahn, Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Gauthier Pinabiaux, Rodolphe du Chaffaut, Thomas Maitrejean
Parquest Capital
Buyer
La Financiere Patrimoniale d'Investissement SAS - M&A
2023-07-05
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Felicien Bardsley, Frédéric Guilloux, Gauthier Pinabiaux, Marie Magnolle, Sabine Bensaid, Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
La Financiere Patrimoniale d'Investissement SAS
Buyer
Fonds de Consolidation et de Developpement des Entreprises - M&A
2023-07-04
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Adrien Paturaud, Benjamin Garcon, Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Elisa Revel, Gauthier Pinabiaux, Marie Magnolle, Pauline Louis
Fonds de Consolidation et de Developpement des Entreprises
Buyer
Renesas Electronics Corp. - M&A
2023-08-07
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Adrean Williams, Alex Fisher, Alex Intile, Amanda Stephenson, Andrew Lacy, Anuj Ghai, Brady Cummins, Ce Li, Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Chi Pan, Chris Jones, Curtis McCluskey, Deborah Birnbach, Edward Holzwanger, Genevieve Watt, Grace Boos, Gretchen Scott, Heloise Bertin, Jacob Osborn, Jacqueline Klosek, Jean Lee, Jia Jia Huang, Jinny Kim, John Haggerty, Jon Olsen, Jordan Benson, Joseph Ndep, Justin Pierce, Kevin Liu, Louis de Chezelles, Malhar Naik, Marie Fillon, Ora Grinberg, PJ McCarthy, Rachel Thurbon, Richard Matheny, Romain Querenet de Breville, Saba Rais, Sarah Jordan, Simone Waterbury, Sophie Entwisle, Thomas Jung, Tingyao Pan, William Robert, William Stanton, Ziqian Tao
Renesas Electronics Corp.
Buyer
Mablink Bioscience - M&A
2023-10-18
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Mablink Bioscience
Target
Scottish Equity Partners Ltd. - M&A
2023-11-30
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Andrew Harrow, Felicien Bardsley, Jeffrey Toomey, Kristin Gerber, Louis de Chezelles, Marie Fillon, Matthew Shelley, Monica Patel, Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
Scottish Equity Partners Ltd.
Buyer
European Digital Group - M&A
2023-12-20
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Benjamin Garcon, Lorraine De Groote, Rodolphe du Chaffaut
European Digital Group
Target
Seller Group - multiple shareholders - M&A
2023-12-22
Goodwin Procter
France
M&A
Adrien Paturaud, Alexander Hahn, Aurelien Diday, Thomas Maitrejean, William Ferre
Seller Group - multiple shareholders
Seller
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M&A
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New hires were made across the finance, PE and M&A practices in Houston, New York, Hong Kong and London
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