Experienced lawyers

With over 450 lawyers worldwide, we have one of the largest and most international teams of capital markets lawyers of any global law firm.

Our capital markets practice covers the full range of capital markets products and incorporates specialists in debt and equity capital markets, derivatives and structured finance, securitisation, corporate trust and agency and high yield.

Few practices can match our award-winning, top tier position across the full range of capital market products. With such a deep bench of specialists and global reach, international and industry-leading ‘first-of-a-kind’ transactions are our hallmark. We have been instrumental in nearly all the major developments in the capital markets, starting with the first ever eurobond issue in the 1960s.

This department offers French and international clients a combination of in-depth knowledge of the French and international market with the reach and expertise of a global legal practice.

The team draws on its considerable first class expertise across mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, private equity, equity capital markets, restructurings and advisory work such as corporate governance to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions.

Lawyers working in the corporate department constantly work together in multi-disciplinary and international teams.

Recognised as one of the market’s top Employment and Benefits practices, we provide our clients with the very best, practical, robust and packaged advice. Our experienced and highly-regarded specialists in employment, incentives and pensions work closely together, and with our market-leading corporate, regulatory and litigation practices, so that we offer a full-service and truly integrated approach.

Our Paris practice offers a complete banking and finance service and a comprehensive, cross-border capability, in conjunction with our client’s other international offices.

It handles a wide variety of transactional and advice work for banks, public entities, financial institutions and corporates in debt capital markets, securitisation, structured finance, regulatory, leveraged acquisition finance, global loans, project finance (projects and private-public partnerships) and restructuring.

Allen & Overy is a leading adviser on complex, high value and cross-border Innovation & Digital transactions. Our team, led by Laurie-Anne Ancenys, has in-depth experience in the fields of computer law, information technology and data protection.

Our experts act for international and domestic clients, handling both contentious and non contentious matters, as well as regulatory issues. They have developed an expertise in data protection compliance projects and, more specifically, in the implementation of personal data processing, pan-European data protection strategies and international data transfers.

They also specialises in the drafting and negotiation of complex agreements related to business and technology matters.

We have specialist intellectual property (IP) teams in the most important IP jurisdictions worldwide.

With over 100 specialist IP partners and associates, we offer an integrated, cross-border service to meet our clients global needs, and provide specialist advice and representation in individual countries.

Allen & Overy's Paris Litigation practice aims to help clients resolve a dispute before it escalates, either by advising on prevention or by pursuing alternative dispute resolution methods. In addition to general advice and drafting, we handle litigation in the fields of product liability, building contracts, insurance, insolvency, aviation, distribution agreements and franchising. Specific teams deal with ecommerce, energy law, cross-border leasing, banking litigation, criminal law, corporate litigation, white-collar crime and cross-border dispute resolution.

Our global Public Law practice brings together more than 40 lawyers with a client base that includes public authorities, regulatory bodies, utilities, sponsors, financial institutions, and corporates. Our people advise these diverse players on global, cross-border and local public sector transactions.

 We assist a large number of public authorities and regulatory bodies on the implementation of their powers as well as with drafting and interpreting legislation. As a result, we fully understand the complexities and challenges of this area of law. Conversely, we can offer our clients in the public sphere assistance that takes into account the perspective of private sector players.

We advise on development and planning, projects and construction, large loan, mezzanine, A/B and preferred equity origination, loan workouts, NPL pool acquisitions, distressed debt acquisition (including loan-to-own strategies), investment, corporate occupation, tax, finance, securitisation, real estate investment fund formation, structuring and joint ventures, and complex real estate mergers and acquisitions.

We support our clients in their most important real estate projects on an international basis. With more than 90 partners and over 300 associates across our global network, we have both significant geographical reach and a wealth of real estate experience in the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Our clients require a seamless, multi-jurisdictional tax advisory service, whether on a stand-alone basis or as an integral part of the full legal service offered by Allen & Overy.

That's why, with over 100 tax specialists across our international network, we are able to offer both domestic and cross-border advice wherever our clients need it, whether they are financial institutions, corporate entities, or funds.

In recent years, government regulators and criminal prosecutors around the world have continued to increase attention to the activities of banks and corporations, wherever located, along with their senior officers, directors, and outside advisors. Successfully managing the risks arising from this increased focus requires a deep understanding of both the technical legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions and the practical concerns and investigative methods used by government regulators and criminal prosecutors.

Our practice includes both conducting internal investigations on behalf of clients and defending clients subject to government investigations. We cover a number of areas of specialty, notably the following:

• Antitrust
• Anti-bribery and corruption
• Securities

we provide all our employees and associates with the occasion to receive coaching sessions. The objective is to advise them on how to efficiently manage the impact of their personal life change (following maternity or paternity leave) on their working life.

This program seeks to create a unique and close relationship between an associate and a partner, by helping to his personal and professional development.

This is a training program for women's talents designed to encourage and accelerate their career development in our firm. During 4 days they work on the work/life balance, how to progress with assertiveness and how to develop their career.

each year we offer the opportunity to attend individual and group coaching sessions. In this way, our employees develop their ability to express themselves in public through internal presentations or to clients.