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February 11, 2008 (Paris, France) - Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide, announced that Maïté Lavrilleux has joined the firm's rapidly expanding Paris-based corporate and transactional practices as an associate.
Ms. Lavrilleux has significant experience in private equity matters including leveraged buyouts and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring and insolvency matters. She is the latest addition to the firm's growing European presence, particularly its private equity and corporate capabilities in Paris and London.
"Maïté brings years of experience handling a range of complex and important matters in sectors such as banking and finance, high-tech, and media, to name just a few. She is an important addition to our corporate and transactional platforms both in Europe and worldwide," said Yasmine Tarasewicz, head of Proskauer's Paris office.
The firm recently welcomed one of Europe's most prominent groups of private equity lawyers, led by Daniel Schmidt and Olivier Dumas, to its Paris office and global Private Investment Funds Group. It also announced the continued expansion of its new London office with the addition of William Yonge, an experienced securities regulation and funds lawyer, who joined as partner.
Ms. Lavrilleux, who will also be working closely with Paris-based corporate partners Délia Spitzer and Guillaume Kellner, joins Proskauer from Poulain & Associates. She received her Ph.D. in Economics and Business Law and Master's Degree in Business Law and Tax from the Faculty of Law Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, and her post-graduate degree from the Institute of International Studies of Paris. She is also the graduate of international executive programs at Berkeley School of Business and the University of California of Los Angeles.
Proskauer's Paris office provides French and European Union legal advice. Its core practices include: general corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructurings, and joint ventures; commercial law including competition law matters, distribution, and licensing; labor law, with a particular emphasis on large corporate reorganizations and litigation; tax including international taxation of companies and individuals, tax structuring of corporate transactions and investment funds, and personal tax planning; and commercial litigation including appearances before various French courts and international arbitration tribunals and acting as "instructing solicitor" in cases before courts and jurisdictions in which the firm is not admitted.
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Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is an international law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide from offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Paris, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, conducting internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation. Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, information technology, insurance, internet, lodging and gaming, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. The firm can be found online at http://www.proskauer.com.
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