Howrey has hired the name partner of French litigation boutique Hauteclocque Larroumet & Associes, former Lovells partner Jean de Hauteclocque, in a boost for the US firm's Paris arm.

De Hauteclocque joined the Washington DC-based intellectual property (IP) leader earlier this week as a partner.

De Hauteclocque formerly headed Lovells litigation practice in the French capital before leaving to set up his own firm in 2003 alongside law professor Christian Larroumet, who was of counsel at Lovells.