queenedeyCity technology leader Bird & Bird has bolstered its fast growing European network by hiring two partners and eight assistants from the French and Dutch arms of the disintegrating Andersen Legal network.

Tax partner Anne Quenedey becomes Bird & Bird’s 10th French-based partner. Quenedey, together with two assistants, joined the UK firm’s Paris office on 8 June to launch and head a French law tax practice.