Paul Hastings in French merger talks
Legal Week Global reports
October 13, 2003 at 08:03 PM
1 minute read
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has begun merger talks with Paris' Moquet Borde & Associes as the West Coast giant begins a search for a heavyweight launch in the French legal market.
The 750-lawyer firm has been engaged in talks with 60-lawyer Moquet Borde for two months. A deal would be a major step for the US firm's European practice, which is currently restricted to a 12-lawyer London arm.
Paul Hastings chairman Seth Zachary told Legal Week Global: "We are in initial discussions with several French firms, of which Moquet Borde is one."
Zachary added that the US firm was also hoping to launch client-driven practices in Germany, Italy and Spain.
Paul Hastings is the third US firm Moquet Borde is known to have held merger talks with following discussions with Dorsey & Whitney and Morrison & Foerster.
The Paris firm has been considering an international merger since the collapse of its pan-European alliance BBLP
in 2001.
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