Paul Hastings LLP — France

Andras Csonka

Andras Csonka is a partner in the Investment Funds & Private Capital practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Paris office. His practice focuses on the creation and structuring of investment funds, particularly private equity, infrastructure, and real estate funds. Andras additionally advises on the sale and acquisition of fund portfolios and direct investments as well as on the review of investment funds for French and international clients. · Investment Funds

Antonin Lévy

Antonin Lévy is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and is co-chair of the firm’s Paris office. He is one of the best-known and most highly regarded litigators in France, concentrating on complex criminal litigation and compliance work. His practice focuses on white collar crime litigation, corporate compliance, and internal investigations, with a particular emphasis on corruption, corporate criminal law, and business and human rights. Antonin’s extensive experience includes managing investigations conducted by multilateral development banks and handling high-profile ESG litigation. · Investigations

Arthur de Baudry d’Asson

Arthur de Baudry d’Asson is a Corporate partner, based in the Firm’s Paris office. His practice involves a wide range of corporate related matters. He regularly represents private equity and infrastructure funds in France and across Europe in all types of leverage transactions, including public-to-private deals. He also acts for public companies in high-profile domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, takeovers, joint ventures, business reorganizations, spin-offs and carve-outs, and advises board of directors and senior management in governance matters and the handling of sensitive situations. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Benoît Thirion

Benoît Thirion is a partner in the Corporate Department, in charge of the Public Law practice, and is based in the firm’s Paris office. He advises and litigates public law/projects matters on behalf of public entities and private companies, investment funds and financial institutions. Benoît has developed significant experience with, and a keen understanding of, the strategic and legal issues of Energy and Infrastructure sectors (including transportation, telcos, data centers, water and waste, etc.) and has established close relationships with many key players in these sectors. Benoît assists his clients in the structuring, negotiating, drafting and executing their public contracts (concessions, complex public contractual arrangements, occupancy contracts) as well as project contracts (EPC, O&M, PPA contracts, etc.). He is involved in all matters relating to the granting of authorizations or regulations applicable to economic activities in a variety of contexts (capital transactions, structuring and implementation of greenfield projects, regulatory issues, and litigation). He specializes in regulatory, environmental law and state aid law. He works closely with the firm's M&A, Private Equity and Financing teams. Benoit is ranked “Up & Coming” in Chambers France 2026, with clients noted that “Benoît Thirion is an excellent professional. He provides very good level of service." Benoît teaches public law at Sciences Po Paris Law School. He regularly publishes articles on topics related to his practice. · Public Law

Bruno Leroy

Bruno Leroy is a partner in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the Paris office. Mr. Leroy historically advises French and international companies in the context of complex tax structuring, including domestic and international acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, IPO, restructuring, development of international financings, optimization of funds flow, and transfer pricing. He has a wealth of experience in M&A transactions, tax structuring, and international tax planning. · Tax

Camille Paulhac

Camille Paulhac is a partner and heads the Antitrust and Competition Department in Brussels and Paris. Camille represents clients in contentious (cartels, abuse of dominance, state aids, follow-on actions) and noncontentious (merger control, FDI, FSR) matters before the European Commission (EC), the French Competition Authority (FCA), the French FDI authority, and European and French courts. Camille coordinates multijurisdictional cases before competition and foreign investment authorities around the world, across a number of sectors including tech, life science, digital, financial, aeronautical and energy sectors. · Antitrust

Caroline Texier

Caroline Texier heads the Financial Restructuring department of Paul Hastings in Paris. She has solid experience in restructuring companies in international distress, both in the context of amicable resolution and formal liquidation proceedings, in which she advises all types of parties. Her experience covers all aspects of restructuring, including bankruptcy litigation. · Financial Restructuring

Charles Cardon

Charles Cardon is a partner in the Corporate Department and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, for both listed and non-listed companies, as well as in LBO transactions. In private equity, Charles has significant experience in advising funds and founders in a wide range of transactions, including LBO and stock exchange related implications, such as PtoPs and IPO exits. He advises public companies in the context of their takeover bids (as advisor of target companies, bidders, or shareholders), governance matters, disclosure requirements, and relationships with shareholders as well as corporate law matters. In addition, Charles has significant experience in assisting French companies on their external growth projects, notably in the U.S., and in Latin America. · Corporate Law

Charles Filleux Pommerol

Charles Filleux-Pommerol is a partner in the Tax department of the Paris office of Paul Hastings. He advises mostly on tax aspects of private equity and M&A transactions. He has developed a very strong and extensive expertise in the tax and legal issues raised by private equity transactions and management packages. He also regularly assists clients in tax audits and litigation. · Tax

Charles Filleux-Pommerol

Charles Filleux-Pommerol is a partner in the Tax department of the Paris office of Paul Hastings. He advises mostly on tax aspects of private equity and M&A transactions. He has developed a very strong and extensive expertise in the tax and legal issues raised by private equity transactions and management packages. He also regularly assists clients in tax audits and litigation. · Tax

Damien Fenard

Damien Fenard is Of Counsel in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the Paris office. Mr. Fenard focuses his practice on tax matters, regularly advising French and international clients in contentious and advisory aspects of taxation. He has extensive experience in tax structuring of M&A transactions, both for industrial or private equity funds. Mr. Fenard regularly advises management teams in LBO transactions. He has also developed a strong experience in taxation of innovation, such as R&D tax credit, patent regime, or pharmaceutical taxes. · Tax

Joris Monin De Flaugergues

Joris Monin de Flaugergues is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Paris office. His practice is dedicated to white collar crime litigation, corporate compliance, and internal investigations. He has expertise in complex financial cases, both before the criminal courts and the French securities and markets authority. Joris also has considerable experience representing industrial companies in criminal proceedings relating to product compliance and industrial risks. · Investigations and White Collar Defense

Marc Zerah

Marc Zerah is a partner in the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings, based in the firm's Paris office. He has broad experience in leveraged finance, funds financing, and debt negotiations, acting mainly as counsel for financial institutions (senior/mezzanine lenders and debt funds) and private equity funds. · Leveraged Finance

Maxime Nativelle

Maxime Nativelle is Of Counsel in the Financial Restructuring practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Paris office. Maxime's practice primarily focuses on restructuring, insolvency proceedings and distressed M&A. His expertise covers financial and operational restructuring of companies in difficulty in the context of amicable resolution or insolvency proceedings and also outside of any proceedings. · Financial Restructuring

Olivier Vermeulen

Olivier Vermeulen is co-chair of the Paris office of Paul Hastings and a partner in the Global Finance department. With a focus in banking and finance, he has extensive experience in leveraged financing (senior, second lien, mezzanine, unirate/unitranche, and SSRCF/high-yield financings), fund financing (EBF and capital call facilities), structured finance (securitization), debt negotiations, and Islamic finance. · Banking & Finance

Ophélia Claude

Ophélia Claude is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Paris office. Her expertise spans a broad spectrum of white collar crime, compliance, and investigations, with a strong focus on vigilance, corporate sustainability due diligence, and ESG-related litigation. Ophélia's work in these areas has made her an invaluable resource for clients navigating complex regulatory environments and ethical challenges in today’s increasingly ESG-conscious world. · White Collar Crime

Quentin Dreyfus

Quentin Dreyfus is an associate in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice. He is based in the Paris office. Quentin represents corporate entities and individuals at all stages of criminal proceedings. His expertise covers all types of technical criminal litigation, in particular environmental damage, collective accidents cases, and breaches of probity. Quentin also advises major international companies on the French duty of vigilance and during internal investigations. A member of the Paris and New York bars, Quentin practiced banking and financial regulatory law in leading French firms and has gained excellent knowledge of the European financial regulatory environment, including sanctions. · Investigations and White Collar Defense

Stéphane Henry

Stéphane Henry is a partner in the Employment Law practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Paris office. Stéphane advises high-profile U.S.-based and French clients on all aspects of employment law, with a focus on areas including mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, business transfer legislation, relationships with employees' representative bodies and unions, as well as other human resources management matters. He has specialized in particular in the new technologies, chemistry and entertainment sectors. Prior to joining Paul Hastings in 2006, Stéphane worked in two international law firms based in Paris. He also served as an in-house employment and labor counsel for Accenture. · Employment Law

Tereza Courmont Vlkova

Tereza Courmont Vlkova is a partner in the Global Finance department in the firm’s Paris office. Her experience is in the field of leveraged financing, fund financing and banking/regulatory law, advising borrowers, lenders (senior/mezzanine lenders and debt funds), and private equity funds. · Leveraged Financing

Thibaut Lechoux

Thibaut Lechoux is a partner in the Global Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Paris office. He advises French and international clients, including borrowers, banks, and financial institutions, and is widely recognized for his experience in corporate and acquisition finance transactions, particularly in syndicated loans, leveraged financing, and debt restructuring. · Corporate Finance

Xavier Petet

Xavier Petet is a Paris-based partner in the Corporate Department. He is a recognized market expert with more than 15 years of experience advising clients on a broad range of complex M&A and private equity transactions throughout Europe and beyond. · Mergers and Acquisitions