Clifford Chance's Paris office celebrates its 50th anniversary with publication of a book reviewing major events of the past half century

To mark the occasion of the firm's 50 years in the French legal market, the Clifford Chance Paris office has published a book looking at major legal, economic and business events, as well as landmarks in Clifford Chance's own history, in every year since 1962.

The book was written by lawyers from Clifford Chance's Paris office, with important additional contributions from leading academics, clients of the firm and other well-regarded lawyers.

Yves Wehrli, managing partner for Clifford Chance in Paris commented, "The people who work at Clifford Chance are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and bring many different perspectives.  Each has made an important contribution to our history.  This book is a reflection of our culture and demonstrates our continued commitment to those values that we hold most dear."

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 Legal services in France

Clifford Chance’s Paris office opened in 1962 and now ranks among the leading law firms in France.

We advise French and international organisations, drawn from the whole spectrum of business, on a wide range of complex legal matters.

Our lawyers work closely together, mobilizing the firm's resources in France and our other international offices.  This is supplemented by our comprehensive network of correspondents in countries where the firm is not directly represented.

We have a policy of seconding lawyers into business and between the various offices of Clifford Chance.  This is a rich source of experience for them, the firm, and the business concerned and helps us to provide clients with a seamless service around the world.

Finally, many of our lawyers are lecturers in French universities, participate in conferences and contribute to national newspapers and legal reference works.

Our network enables us to provide our clients with consistent quality combined with rapid response from anywhere around the world.

We seek to build long‑term relationships with our clients and we are proud of the trust they place in us.  This trust enables us to develop and implement strategies that are appropriate to their business requirements.

Combining pragmatism and creativity, we provide practical solutions in the most important and the most complex cases.

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• Mergers & acquisitions, stock exchange law
• Private equity
• Commercial Contracts
• Banking &finance
• Capital markets (debt & equity)
• Financial regulatory
• Antitrust
• Projects (infrastructure & energy)
• TMT
• French & international tax
• Real estate
• Employment law
• Public law
• PFI/PPP
• Environment
• Intellectual property
• Litigation & dispute resolution
• Arbitration
• White collar crime
• Insurance
• Insolvency & restructuring
• Sport
• Renewable energy

Geographical desks

• Africa desk
• Arabia desk
• India desk
• Central & Eastern Europe group
• Franco-German desk