Bryan Cave Doubles Paris Office Size With 21 New Lawyers (1)

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has made its largest addition of lawyers since 2018 with the hire of 21 attorneys, including seven partners, from French firm Franklin.

The new BCLP partners include Henry Ranchon and Laurent Schittenhelm, who join the firm’s real estate group, as well as Christine Daric and Olivier Mesmin, who join its tax law group. They also include finance attorneys David Blondel and Olivier Borenstejn, and public law and renewable energies specialist Jean-Pierre Delvigne.

Collectively, the group had worked at a range of leading French, British, and American firms, including Paris-based Franklin, Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance, and ...