Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton opened in France in 1949. The office has approximately 100 lawyers and an office in Paris. 

Cleary Gottlieb is an international law firm founded in 1946,now with 1,100 lawyers in more than 50 countries. 

Focusses / specialisms 

The French office has a focus on debt and equity capital markets and M&A, where the firm has achieved top-tier status in France. The firm is also very active in financial services regulatory work. 

Key clients 

In banking and finance, key clients of the firm include Worldline, Edenred, Nexans, Capgemini, Latour Capital, Axéréal, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Benin, Republic of Senegal and Envol Immobilier. 

In capital markets banking, key clients of the firm include ArcelorMittal, Total, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Council of Europe Development Bank, Neoen, Vallourec, Oragroup and Worldline. 

In financial services regulatory, key clients of the firm include Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas, UniCredit, Euronext, ESMA, The Vatican, Dexia, Natixis, AFME and French Banking Federation. 

In M&A, key clients of the firm include Veolia, Alstom, Worldline, Capgemini, Novasep, Crédit Agricole, COFACE, Latour Capital, Amundi and Bpifrance Participations. 

In private equity, key clients of the firm include Latour Capital, Warburg Pincus, Mubadala Capital, Ardea Partners, Qualium Investissement, Silver Point Capital, Emerging Capital Partners, TPG, CVC Capital Partners and Bridgepoint. 

In projects andenergy, key clients of the firm include Petrosen, Republic of Senegal, Republic of Iraq, Republic of Benin, Port de Dakar, Envol Immobilier, OCI, Société des Hydrocarbures du Tchad, Republic of Chad and ArcelorMittal.