The French legal arm of Deloitte & Touche is taking on up to 30 Andersen Legal (AL) lawyers following the defunct legal arm’s April agreement to merge with Ernst & Young’s (E&Y’s) Paris law firm, HSD Ernst & Young.

The AL lawyers are a boost to the 180-lawyer Deloitte & Touche Juridique et Fiscal Paris team, which has 18 partners under English managing partner Peter Parsons.