Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner will open a Luxembourg desk in its Paris office in January, joining other firms in establishing a presence in the European center of investment funds and their regulation.

Ambroise Foerster will join BCLP as a partner from Allen & Overy, where he was a counsel in Luxembourg. Prior to joining A&O in 2022, he practiced for eight years at DLA Piper in Luxembourg and Paris, rising to counsel and establishing and heading the firm’s Luxembourg desk out of Paris.