Gibson Dunn Celebrates 50 Years in Paris, Adds Five-Lawyer Team

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Paris office turns 50 this year and to mark the occasion it said it has lured a team of five lawyers from Ashurst to launch new litigation and finance practices in the city.

All five lawyers “will be joining” Gibson Dunn’s Paris office as partners soon, a Gibson Dunn spokeswoman said.

The group includes Jean-Pierre Farges, who founded Ashurst’s dispute-resolution and restructuring practices in Paris and Bertrand Delaunay, who served two years as managing partner of Ashurst’s Paris office and focuses on private M&A and private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts and joint ventures, among other things.

Others in the group include Pierre-Emmanuel Fender, who ...