Lawyers in France

Ralf Nitschke

Ralf M. Nitschke, a partner based in Dentons' Paris office, concentrates on cross-border M&A projects, with a particular focus on transactions between Germany and France. He regularly assists French, German and international corporations in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in a multi-jurisdictional context, in particular in the area of chemicals, petrochemicals, transport and logistics, food products, engineered industrial products and luxury goods. He is admitted as an attorney in Germany and is registered on the list of EU attorneys in France.

Dentons

Ramu Ramaswamy

Ramu Ramaswamy is a Partner in Dentons’ Paris Sovereign Advisory group. Ramu focuses his practice on supporting Governments and Government-related entities on various matters. Ramu works on advising Governments on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Ramu has recently been advising Governments on asset recoveries. Ramu has also non-contentious infrastructure law and has spent most of his career advising on the development of large-scale energy (including oil and gas) and infrastructure projects all around the world (notably South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India). His expertise, both as an in-house and a private-practice lawyer, stems from many years of drafting and negotiating projects and associated commercial agreements making him one of the most sought after international commercial lawyers in his areas of expertise. Ramu advises governments and public-sector entities in addition to private sector clients. Currently a lot of his work is in Africa where he operates in both Francophone and Anglophone countries. Ramu’s diverse experience gives him a very unique skill set and ability to quickly identify his clients’ needs and place them in a commercial context to get projects done.

Dentons

Ran Hu

Partner

LPA Law

Raphaël Apelbaum

Partner at LexCase since 2014, Raphaël APELBAUM co-manages the Public Business Law department with Alain de BELENET and Maxime BÜSCH. A public lawyer by training, he followed his career in the United States for several years before returning to France in 2006. He is admitted in New York and Paris. He is a specialist of the French Administration. Raphael assists his clients in numerous matters related to French public business law and public procurement law, construction law, and regulatory law (customs and immigration). He also advises and provides complex expert opinions on numerous public and/or private works and construction projects in France (pre-litigation negotiations, mediation, discussions before expert committees, complex expert opinions). Thanks to his international experience, he also advises major industrial groups facing problems with the French Administration, whether in connection with contractual performance or regulatory issues.

LexCase

Raphaël Bloch

Raphaël Bloch is an investment funds partner in the Paris office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Raphaël advises investment fund European sponsors on the establishment and operation of funds and separate accounts across the alternative asset spectrum including private equity, credit and real assets as well as on GP-led fund restructurings and other liquidity solutions transactions. Raphaël also has deep experience with the establishment of fund management companies, carried interest and co-investment schemes specific to France.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Raphaël Bordier

Raphaël Bordier joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1996 and became a partner in 2009. He practices in employment, labour and pensions law. He advises French and international corporates and represents them in litigation. His practice covers all aspects of individual and collective employment relations and management of employment litigation. Raphaël Bordier is highly experienced in managing collective employment relations, collective bargaining, restructuring, and business transfers.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

Raphaël Béra

DLA Piper

Raphaël Chantelot

Partner

LPA Law

Raphaël Crespelle

Partner

FTPA

Raphaël FULLENBAUM LENFANT

Associate

Valoris Avocats

Raphaël Gauvain

Partner

Stephenson Harwood

Raphaël Richard

Partner

White & Case LLP

Raphaële Courtier

Partner

Bredin Prat

Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier

Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier is a partner in Gide's Intellectual Property team in Paris. She has been advising and litigating in patent, trade mark and design law since 2001. She also practises copyright and unfair competition law. She has extensive experience of national and pan-European patent litigation, particularly in the life sciences (small molecules, biological products, medical devices). Raphaëlle launched the first revocation action before the Paris Central Division of the Unified Patent Court. She is involved in the most recent supplementary protection certificate cases. She defends and advises some of the world's leading brands, particularly in the luxury goods sector. Raphaëlle is a member of the executive committee of AAPI (Association des Avocats de Propriété Industrielle) and of the board of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association), of which she is treasurer. She is also a member of A.P.R.A.M. (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles), INTA (International Trademark Association) and AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle). Raphaëlle is a graduate of the University of Paris II and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2001.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Raëd Fathallah

Partner

Bredin Prat

Rebecca Major

Partner, Paris

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Reda Betraoui

Reda focuses his practice on commercial disputes, white-collar crime, and sports law. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, Reda worked as a legal advisor at the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic Games, where handled high-stakes European and International legal matters. He also gained substantial expertise in Anglo-Saxon law firms and international French CAC 40 companies.

Addleshaw Goddard

Reginald Legenre

Réginald Legenre, partner, is a tax lawyer. He works closely with the Corporate department. He has acquired extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring of corporate groups, international taxation and assistance with tax audits. He regularly advises French and foreign groups on their complex and strategic tax issues.

Herald Avocats

Remi Sermier

Pamina Avocats

Renaud Baguenault de Puchesse

Renaud Baguenault de Puchesse is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris. He has a proven track record in advising on the implementation of complex transactions (portfolio sales, sale and lease transactions, corporate deals) and in defending his clients in litigation. He is regularly called upon to provide asset management and support for urban renewal and reconstruction projects. Renaud has worked for many years with institutional clients (banks, insurance companies, investment funds, developers, etc.), advising them on the acquisition and sale of buildings or companies with underlying real estate assets. He has also recently had the opportunity to assist individual clients with complex property arbitrage transactions. He usually negotiates leases on all types of assets (offices, retail, logistics, serviced residences, etc.) on behalf of lessors. Renaud also has expertise in co-living. In 2024, on behalf of a Franco-American JV, he oversaw a major acquisition in the CBD and the arrangement of senior and junior financing (assets worth over €120 million). He was also involved in a major property transaction in Saint-Barth. Renaud has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1991 and was admitted to the Los Angeles Bar in 1996.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Renaud Bonnet

Partner

Jones Day

Renaud Dubois

Renaud Dubois advises private and semipublic institutional operators, as well as major players in the construction industry, on real estate, construction law, and industrial risk. He speaks French and English. For more information, view Renaud's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/renauddubois

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Renaud Ferry

Renaud specialises in corporate law, focusing on domestic and international M&A transactions, particularly leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions alongside private equity funds, entrepreneurs, business founders, family and private groups and/or managers in their acquisition, fund raising and disposal transactions. He has experience in management packages, corporate group reorganisations, debt restructurings and the setting up of joint ventures and commercial partnerships. Renaud is a native French speaker, is fluent in English, is a member of the Paris Bar and holds a DEA in business law (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne). Renaud is admitted to the Paris Bar.

Charles Russell Speechlys

Renaud Grob

Renaud Grob joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1994 and became a partner in 2004. He practices in tax law with a focus on direct taxation issues for corporate clients, including corporation tax, tax consolidation, taxation of dividends, under-capitalisation, tax agreements, and tax credits. He also advises and assists companies on financial taxation (including advising numerous financial institutions / taxation of financial products), taxation of restructuring operations (mergers, transfer of all assets and liabilities, spin-offs, demergers), arrangement and negotiation of approval applications (branches, transfer of deficits, contribution-allocation), property taxation ((acquisition and disposal of property and of shares in companies whose main assets are real estate; outsourcing to property investment companies (SIIC-SPPICAV), construction leases, payment in kind, contribution of land to civil construction and sale companies (SCCV), construction, revaluation)), tax audits (negotiation of customised solutions with the tax authorities or the Minister's office, monitoring of tax litigation), transaction taxation (acquisition, disposal, leveraged buyouts), taxation of compensation (stock options, bonus share allocations, employee profit-sharing, incentive schemes, etc.).

CMS Francis Lefebvre