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Hogan Lovells Boosts Paris Office

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Also known as the Latin Quarter, Paris is home to the Sorbonne university and student-filled cafes. It’s also known for its bookshops, including the famed Shakespeare & Company. Family-friendly attractions include the Jardin des Plantes botanical gardens and the National Museum of Natural History.

Hogan Lovells is strengthening its Corporate and Finance Practice in Paris with the hire of mergers and acquisitions and private equity partners Matthieu Grollemund and Hélène Parent.

They join with five associates from Baker McKenzie, where Grollemund co-headed the Paris Corporate department.

Matthieu and Hélène’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions with an emphasis on buy-out funds, high-end growth or venture funds, and family offices with significant private / public equity activity.

They represent numerous public and private companies and private equity funds in a wide range of domestic and cross border transactions, including business combinations, divestitures, leveraged buy-outs, initial public offerings, and restructuring matters. In addition, they regularly advise boards and committees on a variety of governance and other issues.

Their appointments follow the additions announced in Private Equity last year in London, United States, Shanghai and Frankfurt.

The Hogan Lovells Corporate and Finance practice provide end-to-end transactional solutions to clients globally across a wide range of capital strategies and funding structures.

We have over 400+ partners within the Practice, located across all the major financial centres in the world. We are a fully integrated global team that combines exceptional transactional experience with deep industry sector knowledge.

Paris is ranked as Tier 1 in the market by multiple sources and has recently been involved in major transactions, such as the acquisition by TowerBrook Capital Partners of the rail activities of Consolis group and the acquisition by PAI Partners of a majority stake in Euro Ethnic Foods.

Hadef & Partners Grows Practice Groups

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Hadef & Partners welcomes Paul Suckling as a Partner into the Engineering and Construction team. Paul joins following a period as in-house counsel for an International Contractor and has over 16 years’ experience in the Middle East.

A dual-qualified solicitor and quantity surveyor; Paul specialises in construction litigation.

A major facet of Paul’s practice involves acting for clients in a Project Counsel role. This entails being active throughout the Project’s various phases, be it advising on the formulation and negotiation of all contract documentation, contractual and legal issues as they arrive, through to the final account process of a Project, as well as running big ticket arbitrations in the Gulf region.

Hadef & Partners is a leading independent United Arab Emirates law firm, with 100 lawyers in our offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Just as the United Arab Emirates has developed since its formation in 1971, so have we. Founded in 1980 by Dr. Hadef Al Dhaheri, who served as Minister of Justice, we have grown to become an internationally respected, full-service business law firm supporting local, regional and international clients and government entities.

With 39 years of experience, we understand the laws, traditions, opportunities and challenges of our region.

Our lawyers come from a diverse range of backgrounds, many having trained and practiced in Western and other Middle Eastern jurisdictions, with in-house as well as private practice experience.

Our market leading team of advocates has rights of audience in all United Arab Emirates courts and tribunals. Our lawyers are fluent in English, Arabic and most other leading business languages spoken in the region.

As a result of the quality and diversity of our lawyers we continue to be entrusted to advise on the most pioneering, complex and strategic projects and transactions in the United Arab Emirates.