French firm Franklin is replenishing its ranks, hiring six partners and 18 associates and creating two new departments.

It comes little more than a month after the firm lost 27 lawyers, including seven partners, to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's (BCLP) Paris office earlier this year.

The new arrivals will help Franklin replenish the loss of key players in M&A and finance to BCLP, which has also hired away partners and teams in real estate, taxation, and public law.