Willkie Farr & Gallagher has hired a highly-rated tax partner from Andersen Legal (AL) in a significant boost to the US firm’s Paris tax department.

Marie-Helene Raffin, who will join the firm on 1 October along with two associates, is regarded as one of the top three tax lawyers in the local arm at AL. She becomes the 10th partner in Willkie Farr’s 60-lawyer Paris office.