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March 6, 2008 (Paris, France) - Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide, announced that Jean L'Homme, an experienced banking and finance lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in Paris.
Mr. L'Homme has particular experience in financial services regulatory matters and project finance. He regularly advises a wide range of major investment and commercial banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and investment service providers on regulatory issues affecting their businesses and transactions both in France and internationally, as well as governments and governmental agencies around the world on the financing of infrastructure projects, including many of the most recent, high-profile projects in France and North Africa.
"We are extremely excited to add Jean to our corporate practice and integrate his significant capabilities into our international platform, which encompasses a growing range of transactional, fund formation, financing, and regulatory work across Europe and around the world," said Yasmine Tarasewicz, head of Proskauer's Paris office. "His presence will enable us to continue our international expansion and demonstrates our continued ability to attract the region's top legal talent."
Mr. L'Homme is the latest addition to Proskauer's Paris-based corporate practice, which recently welcomed one of Europe's most prominent groups of private equity lawyers, led by Daniel Schmidt and Olivier Dumas. The firm 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.
Mr. L'Homme joins Proskauer from the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was head of the firm's Finance and Regulatory/Financial Services groups. He received his Business and Tax Law degree from University of Paris II and is also a graduate of the University of La Réunion.
Proskauer's Paris office provides legal advice to businesses and entities in France, the European Union, and worldwide. Its core practices include: general corporate transactions such as 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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