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S&C in Europe
S
&C has a truly international client base, with almost half of its clients
headquartered outside the US. Over 40% of these non-US clients are located
in Europe. Today, more than 100 Europe-based lawyers, including 29 partners
in London, Paris and Frankfurt, advise clients with respect to German, French,
English, EU and US law.
FRANKFURT
• The Firm’s Frankfurt office opened in 1995 and today has 20 resident lawyers, including five partners.
Our lawyers offer clients substantial German and US law capabilities, primarily with respect to capital
markets/securities, M&A (including private equity) and financings (ranging from acquisition finance to
restructuring advice). Despite our relatively small size compared to the offices of peer firms, we routinely
rank among the leading law firms for German capital markets and M&A transactions.
LONDON
• S&C’s London office, established in 1972, comprises 65 lawyers (including 19 partners), nearly half of
whom are English-law qualified. They have particular expertise in corporate finance, M&A, private equity,
capital markets, credit, leveraged and acquisition finance, project development and finance, restructuring,
antitrust and EU/English/German competition law, criminal defence and investigations and tax. The
London office advises corporate, government and investment banking clients throughout Europe, Africa,
and the Middle East and Gulf regions, the former CIS and Central Asia.
PARIS
• The S&C Paris office, first opened in 1927, is the oldest of the Firm’s European offices. Today, the
20-lawyer, including 5 partners, Paris-based team conducts complementary French and US law practices,
advising corporate, government and investment bank clients on a broad range of corporate and finance
matters, including equity and debt capital markets, and cross-border and domestic M&A (including
private equity). The office also has a significant French tax practice, as well as projects and litigation
practices. More than half of our Paris-based lawyers practice French and EU law.
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