Ashurst has hired the first dedicated fund formation partner for its Paris office, taking on SJ Berwin partner Xavier Comaills, who joined the City firm's French arm earlier this week (15 September).Comaills helped launch SJ Berwin's Paris office in 2001. Prior to that he worked at Salans Hertzfield & Heilbronn. Comaills' practice focus ties in well with the Paris arm's private equity offering, but he will be the only partner in the office purely dedicated to funds work. Paris managing partner Frederic Pinet told Legal Week: "We have a team of six lawyers doing tax structuring and funds work but hiring someone of Xavier's calibre was an opportunity we could not miss. He is one of very few specialists in this area in France."We did not have any dedicated partners in Paris because this is a very narrow market. It is not as big a market as London but it has expanded in recent years." The hire takes Ashurst's Paris office to 18 partners and around 75 lawyers in total. The firm has made relatively few partner hires for the office in recent times but hired Orrick Rambaud Martell finance partner Sylvie Perrin in April 2007. Outside private equity, the office also handles litigation and competition work. Before joining Salans, Comaills worked at Richards Butler where he was part of the M&A team
September 18, 2008 at 01:51 AM
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Ashurst has hired the first dedicated fund formation partner for its Paris office, taking on SJ Berwin partner Xavier Comaills, who joined the City firm’s French arm earlier this week (15 September).
Comaills helped launch SJ Berwin’s Paris office in 2001. Prior to that he worked at Salans Hertzfield & Heilbronn.
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