Davis Polk & Wardwell has recruited the managing partner of respected Paris independent Jeantet along with another partner, as the Wall Street leader boosts its only foreign law practice.

Georges Terrier joins Davis Polk along with corporate partner Christophe Perchet in a significant boost to the top 25 US law firm's Paris arm.

The 61-year old Terrier, a corporate and litigation lawyer, has been managing partner of Jeantet since 2000. Perchet has been a partner since 2001, after joining Jeantet in 1997 from the local arm of London giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was an associate.