Reed Smith capital markets partner Baptiste Gelpi and asset finance consultant Victoria Westcott have been included as Lawyers of the Year, an exclusive honour that goes to just one lawyer per practice area in each region. This recognition is based on receiving the highest overall feedback from peers.
Gelpi has extensive experience in advising arrangers, dealers, originators, sponsors, investors and issuers in connection with a wide range of debt instruments. His practice also covers fund-related work, including fund structuring and establishment, and counselling on fund-related regulatory and compliance issues. He also regularly advises on structured debt restructurings.
Westcott has a deep understanding of transportation and social infrastructure project finance, as well as energy sector finance. Her asset finance work involves leasing transactions, financing and tax-driven structures, secured and unsecured syndicated lending and export credit financing and covers aircraft, shipping finance, satellites, equipment and other large assets.
The listing demonstrates the Paris practice’s strength in banking and finance, competition / antitrust, construction and real estate, entertainment, European Union law, health care and life sciences, intellectual property, international arbitration, litigation, maritime, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory, tax, and transportation.
The following lawyers are recognised in the 2024 edition:
Asset Finance and Banking and Finance
- Victoria Westcott
Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and Structured Finance
- Baptiste Gelpi
Biotechnology and Life Sciences and Intellectual Property
- Marianne Schaffner
Competition / Antitrust, European Union Law, Litigation and Regulatory
- Marc Lévy
Competition / Antitrust, Litigation and Regulatory
- Natasha Tardif
Construction and International Arbitration
- Peter Rosher
Entertainment and European Union Law
- Sophie Goossens
Health Care
- Daniel Kadar
Intellectual Property
- Thierry Lautier
International Arbitration
- Clément Fouchard
International Arbitration, Maritime Law and Transportation
- Ana Atallah
- Andrew Tetley
Litigation
- Benoit Charot
Maritime Law
- Emmanuelle Faivre
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Isabelle MacElhone
Real Estate
- Stéphane Illouz
Tax
- Florence Bilger
- Jean Pierre Collet
Four Paris-based associates – Lucile Chneiweiss (Competition / Antitrust), Solange Fau (Tax), Olivier Rivoal (Health Care) and Vanessa Thieffry (Energy and International Arbitration) are included as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France™, a designation that recognises outstanding professional excellence in lawyers who are earlier in their careers.
Selection to the Best Lawyers® list of outstanding lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey.