The Best Lawyers in France™ 2025 recognizes 61 Jones Day lawyers across 38 practice areas

The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in France™ has recognized 61 Jones Day lawyers across 38 different practice areas from Jones Day's Paris Office. Three lawyers were named “Lawyer of the Year,” 11 lawyers were named to the list for the first time, and seven lawyers were named "Ones to Watch." 

The lawyers named and their practices are below: 

• Ozan Akyurek - Litigation
• Nicolas J. André - Tax Law
• Jérémy Attali - Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (New)
• Eric Barbier de La Serre - Competition / Antitrust Law; European Union Law (Lawyer of the Year)
• Pierre Barthélemy - Administrative and Public Law (Ones to Watch)
• Emmanuel G. Baud - Intellectual Property Law
• Fabienne Beuzit - Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Jean-Michel Bobillo - Labor and Employment Law (New)
• Renaud Bonnet - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Capital Markets Law; Corporate Law; Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law (Lawyer of the Year)
• Audrey A. Bontemps - Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Thomas Bouvet - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Intellectual Property Law
• Florent Bouyer - Capital Markets Law; Securities Law
• Nicolas Brice - Administrative Law; Energy Law; Public Finance Law; Public Law; Regulatory Practice
• Alban Caillemer du Ferrage - Derivatives; Structured Finance Law (Lawyer of the Year)
• Aurélie Camard - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (New and Ones to Watch)
• Rodolphe Carrière - Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Emmanuel de La Rochethulon - Real Estate Law; Tax Law
• Jean-Guillaume de Tocqueville - Banking and Finance Law; Financial Institutions
• Alexandre de Verdun - Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Philippe Delelis - Administrative Law; Public Law
• Adrien Descoutures - Private Equity Law (Ones to Watch)
• Seth E. Engel - Capital Markets Law (New)
• Rémy Fekete - Media Law; Technology Law; Telecommunications Law
• Edouard Fortunet - Intellectual Property Law
• Charles Gavoty - Capital Markets Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
• Philippe Goutay - Banking and Finance Law; Securities Law
• Bénédicte Graulle - Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice; Criminal Defense
• Jean-Gabriel Griboul - Capital Markets Law; Corporate Law; Private Equity Law
• Frédéric Gros - Banking and Finance Law
• Olivier Haas - Information Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law
• Sophie Hagège - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jean Pierre Harb - Arbitration and Mediation; International Arbitration
• Linda A. Hesse - Banking and Finance Law; Capital Markets Law
• Qian Hu - Derivatives
• Wesley R. Johnson, Jr. - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Carol Khoury - Real Estate Law (New)
• Elie KIeiman - Arbitration and Mediation; Construction Law; Energy Law; International Arbitration; Litigation
• Françoise S. Labrousse - Environmental Law
• Eileen Lagathu - Competition / Antitrust Law (New)
• Erwan Le Douce-Bercot - Real Estate Law
• Philippe Marchiset - Intellectual Property Law (New and Ones to Watch)
• Solène Maulard - Real Estate Law (Ones to Watch)
• Isabelle Maury - Banking and Finance Law; Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Structured Finance Law
• Carine Mou Si Yan - Banking and Finance Law (New)
• Florence Moulin - Investment Funds; Private Equity Law
• Edward J. Nalbantian - Capital Markets Law
• Claire Pauly - Arbitration and Mediation; International Arbitration
• Geoffroy Pineau-Valencienne - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Flavia Poujade - Real Estate Law
• Eddy Prothière - Intellectual Property Law
• Marie-Fleur Rautou - Derivatives (New)
• Marie-Antoinette Rettori - Capital Markets Law (Ones to Watch)
• Emmanuelle Rivez-Domont - Employee Benefits Law; Labor and Employment Law
• Gaël Saint Olive - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Armelle Sandrin-Deforge - Environmental Law; Public Law
• Diane Sénéchal - Banking and Finance Law; Leveraged Buyouts
• Elodie Simon - Environmental Law
• Ileana Smeureanu - International Arbitration (New and Ones to Watch)
• David Swinburne - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity Law
• Christine Van Gallebaert - Capital Markets Law; Structured Finance Law
• Alexandre Wibaux - Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law (New)