PARIS – Thirty lawyers based in global law firm Reed Smith’s Paris office have earned recognition in The Best Lawyers in France™ guide, published today. Of these, 11 were included as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France™.

The listing demonstrates the Paris office's strength in banking and finance, capital markets, competition, construction, employment, health care, international arbitration, litigation, maritime law, private equity, public law, real estate, regulatory, structured finance, tax and transportation.

The following lawyers were recognised in the 2026 edition. Among them, Ana Atallah, Clément Fouchard, Baptiste Gelpi, Daniel Kadar, Marc Lévy, Peter Rosher, Natasha Tardif and Andrew Tetley were recognised in more than one category:

Banking and finance

  • Baptiste Gelpi

Capital markets

  • Evelyne Brocard
  • Baptiste Gelpi

Competition / antitrust

  • Marc Lévy
  • Natasha Tardif

Construction

  • Clément Fouchard
  • Peter Rosher

Health care

  • Daniel Kadar
  • Olivier Rivoal

International arbitration

  • Ana Atallah
  • Clément Fouchard
  • Peter Rosher

Labor and employment

  • Séverine Martel

Litigation

  • Benoit Charot
  • Marc Lévy
  • Natasha Tardif

Maritime

  • Emmanuelle Faivre
  • Andrew Tetley

Private Equity

  • Marc Fredj

Public law

  • Nicolas Walker

Real Estate

  • Carole Steimlé

Regulatory

  • Daniel Kadar
  • Marc Lévy
  • Natasha Tardif

Structured finance

  • Baptiste Gelpi
  • Ilana Smadja

Tax

  • Florence Bilger
  • Jean Pierre Collet

Transportation

  • Ana Atallah
  • Andrew Tetley

Partner Pierre-Céols Fischer (litigation), counsel Lucile Chneiweiss (competition / antitrust) and legal consultant Solange Fau (tax), were included as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France™. In addition, eight associates were also included in that designation: Mathilde Adant (international arbitration), Antoine Guillemot (transportation), Diana Jacquot (Stekhnovych) (international arbitration), Bao Tran Le Nguyen (health care), Aurélie Lopez (transportation), Alice Pothet-Zevaco (tax), Erwan Robert (international arbitration) and Vanessa Thieffry, who was recognised in three categories (construction, energy and international arbitration). This designation 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.