Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Edouard De Rancher and his team at Winston outperform by far other firms.'

  • ‘Complex and sophisticated matters are handled with mastery by Edouard De Rancher, that's the reason why we come to him when such matters arise. They are able to rapidly answer an RFP and mobilise the right members of their team with the right set of capabilities.’

  • ‘Very competent team, very technically reliable, always has relevant and concrete recommendations for customers.'

  • ‘Cohesive, competent team that has the flexibility to adapt to customer needs.’

  • ‘Thomas Pulcini: professionalism, rigour, competence, mastery of subjects, availability.’

  • ‘Team is very involved in the files, with very good access to the partners.’

  • ‘Thomas Pulcini has a very good command of transactional taxation, and is very responsive and involved.’

  • ‘The strength of this team is based on the quality of its partner. Close relationships with the clients, responsiveness, completeness of responses. Very high sense of service.'

Key clients

  • Air France KLM
  • Roche
  • Emeis (formerly Orpéa)
  • Dover Corporation
  • Paris Saint Germain Football Club
  • Vivalto Santé
  • Beam Suntory
  • Telemos Capital
  • Aptiv
  • Mérieux Equity Partners
  • Ardian
  • IK Partners
  • Keensight Capital
  • Quilvest
  • Sagard
  • Capza

Work highlights

  • Represented Beam Suntory in its proposed sale of the Courvoisier premium French cognac brand and related assets to Campari Group.
  • Represented Eurofeu's partners (CAPZA and the management team) in the context of IK Partners' majority stake acquisition.
  • Represented Ardian in connection with its exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Alstef Group.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners: Transactional/corporate tax
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Edouard de Rancher, Thomas Pulcini