Paul Hastings Adds 6 Attorneys to Its Paris Office; Firm Names New London Chair, Commits to Further Expansion in Europe.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, announced today the addition of 6 attorneys to its Paris office and named a new Chair of its London office. Joel Simon, a senior corporate partner and current Chair of the firm's London office, Scott Saks, a senior corporate attorney from the firm's New York office, and Jeremy Hilsman, a senior real estate associate from the firm's Atlanta office, are relocating to the firm's Paris office. In addition, the firm has hired three new corporate attorneys in Paris. They are: Erwan Barre Barre (bă`rē), city (1990 pop. 9,482), Washington co., central Vt., SE of Montpelier; settled late 18th cent., inc. 1894. Granite quarrying, which began in the region in the early 19th cent., is still important. , previously at Sullivan & Cromwell, Arnaud Pericard, previously at Debevoise and Plimpton, and Matthieu Grollemund, previously at Clifford Chance Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and a component of the UK's "Magic Circle" of leading law firms. In recent years, it has universally come to be accepted as the world's leading global law firm. . Lastly, Mark Eagan, a real estate partner in London, has been named Chair of the firm's London office. "Paul Hastings continues to grow and strengthen its global corporate and real estate practices," said Seth Zachary, Chairman of Paul Hastings. "We currently have a superb transactional team in Paris. The addition of these six experienced attorneys further strengthens and diversifies our transactional practice capabilities in Europe. We intend to continue to expand and strengthen our presence throughout Europe." "Joel Simon's relocation to the Paris office allows us to offer an even wider range of service to our rapidly expanding European client base. We are also delighted to name Mark Eagan Chair of the London office," added Zachary. "Mark has been a practice leader, and an integral part of our London office. Mark will continue to lead our real estate practice in London, but in his new office leadership role he will also have the opportunity to make a broader contribution to the firm's growth goals in Europe's most vital financial center." Joel Simon specializes in finance transactions. He advises clients across a wide range of transactional matters, with particular experience in complex debt financing Debt Financing When a firm raises money for working capital or capital expenditures by selling bonds, bills, or notes to individual and/or institutional investors. In return for lending the money, the individuals or institutions become creditors and receive a promise to repay . Mark Eagan practices in the areas of real estate and real estate finance, concentrating his practice in complex joint venture structuring and acquisitions, structured debt, and international debt and equity investments and workouts. Scott Saks has extensive international securities and transactional experience representing underwriters and other financial institutions, as well as U.S. and foreign corporations in public and private equity and debt offerings, private equity investments and acquisitions. Jeremy Hilsman represents clients in all aspects of real estate law, including lending, development and acquisition. Erwan Barre, Arnaud Pericard and Matthieu Grollemund practice in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets areas. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, founded in 1951, is an international law firm, representing Fortune 500 companies with more than 950 attorneys located in 15 offices: Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , New York, Orange County, Paris, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Shanghai, Stamford, Tokyo and Washington, DC. |
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