Proskauer Rose has absorbed Paris private equity boutique Schmidt Gicqueau Dumas Mull-Jochen (SGDM), as the US firm continues its European buy-out push.

SGDM founding partner Daniel Schmidt and private investment funds partner Olivier Dumas both join the New York-based law firm as partners, while corporate lawyers Mireille Mull-Jochen and Arielle Halini and tax specialist Estelle Piazza join Proskauer as associates.