Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its Paris M&A practice with the hire of a trio of lawyers from US firm Debevoise & Plimpton.

The team, which is led by partner Marc Castagnede and includes senior associates Dan Taieb and Olivier Thebault, joined A&O yesterday (21 March), bringing the total number of partners at the magic circle firm’s Paris office to 30 and the number of M&A partners to seven.