19 earn nomination as Best Lawyers® and 7 as Ones to Watch
The listing demonstrates the Paris office's strength in banking, capital markets, competition, construction, employment, energy, entertainment, finance, health care, intellectual property, international arbitration, litigation, maritime law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public law, real estate, regulatory, tax and transport.
The following lawyers were recognised in the 2025 edition. Among them, Ana Atallah, Baptiste Gelpi, Sophie Goossens, 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 (legal consultant)
- Baptiste Gelpi
Competition / antitrust
- Marc Lévy
- Natasha Tardif
Construction
- Peter Rosher
Entertainment
- Sophie Goossens
Health care
- Daniel Kadar
Intellectual property
- Sophie Goossens
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
Mergers and acquisitions
- Isabelle MacElhone
Private Equity
- Marc Fredj
Public law
- Nicolas Walker
Real Estate
- Carole Steimlé
Regulatory
- Daniel Kadar
- Marc Lévy
- Natasha Tardif
Structured finance
- Baptiste Gelpi
Tax
- Florence Bilger
- Jean Pierre Collet
Transportation
- Ana Atallah
- Andrew Tetley
Five Paris-based associates, counsel Pierre-Céols Fischer (litigation) and legal consultant Solange Fau (tax), were included as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France™. The five associates were Lucile Chneiweiss (competition / antitrust), Alice Pothet-Zevaco (tax), Erwan Robert (international arbitration), Diana Stekhnovych (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.
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