Shearman & Sterling’s Paris arm has hired a tax partner from local firm Veil Jourde La Garanderie, the second senior defection from the top 10 French firm in the past month.

Niels Dejean is to join Shearmans on 4 November as the 16th partner in the New York firm’s Paris practice, along with two lawyers from his team, Christophe Delrieu and Yann Grolleaud.