RollOnFriday can exclusively reveal that Slaughter and May has decided to close its Paris office.
The office, which currently has only one partner and three associates, will close by April 2010. The firm said that Andrew McClean, the resident partner, has spent most of the last six months doing work which could easily be serviced from London and is to relocate. It's not clear what will happen to the associates.
The firm has long had a best friends relationship with French firm Bredin Prat, and it will now rely exclusively on that. Graham White, Slaughter and May's Executive Partner, told RollOnFriday that "our Paris office was only ever kept on as a transitional arrangement" and the firm had anticipated closing it for a while. Although oddly there's no mention of that in the firm's description of the office on its website...
There was more positive news in China however, with the firm confirming that it had opened its Beijing office this week.
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The office, which currently has only one partner and three associates, will close by April 2010. The firm said that Andrew McClean, the resident partner, has spent most of the last six months doing work which could easily be serviced from London and is to relocate. It's not clear what will happen to the associates.
The firm has long had a best friends relationship with French firm Bredin Prat, and it will now rely exclusively on that. Graham White, Slaughter and May's Executive Partner, told RollOnFriday that "our Paris office was only ever kept on as a transitional arrangement" and the firm had anticipated closing it for a while. Although oddly there's no mention of that in the firm's description of the office on its website...
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A Frenchman reacts to the news that Slaughter & May will be closing its Paris office, yesterday |
There was more positive news in China however, with the firm confirming that it had opened its Beijing office this week.