The Best Lawyers in France™ 2026 recognizes 64 Jones Day lawyers across 39 practice areas

The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in France™ has recognized 64 lawyers across 39 different areas of practice from Jones Day's Paris Office. One lawyer was named "Lawyer of the Year," 12 lawyers were named to the list for the first time, and nine 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
• Eric Barbier de la Serre – Competition/Antitrust Law; European Union Law
• Pierre Barthelémy – Administrative and Public Law (Ones to Watch)
• Emmanuel G Baud – Intellectual Property Law
• Fabienne Beuzit – Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Renaud Bonnet – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Capital Markets Law; Corporate Law; Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
• Audrey Bontemps – Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Thomas Bouvet – Intellectual Property Law; Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
• Flourent 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
• Aurélie Camard – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Ones to Watch)
• Rodolphe Carrière – Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Emmanuel de La Rochethulon – Real Estate Law; Tax Law
• Alexandre de Verdun – Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Philippe Delelis – Administrative Law; Public Law
• Adrien Descoutures – Private Equity Law (Ones to Watch)
• Xavier Domino – Public Law
• Seth E Engel – Capital Markets Law
• Rémy Fekete – Media Law; Technology 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; Regulatory Practice; Securities Practice
• 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
• Sophie Hagège – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jean-Pierre N Harb – Arbitration and Mediation; Construction Law; International Arbitration
• Linda A Hesse – Banking and Finance Law; Capital Markets Law
• Qian Hu – Derivatives
• Wesley R Johnson Jr – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Anne Kerneur – Venture Capital Law
• Carol Khoury – Real Estate Law
• Elie Kleiman – Arbitration and Mediation; Energy Law; Litigation
• Françoise S Labrousse – Environmental Law
• Eileen Lagathu – Competition/Antitrust Law
• Marta Lahuerta Escolano – Media Law
• Erwan Le Douce-Bercot – Real Estate Law
• Philippe Marchiset – Intellectual Property Law (Ones to Watch)
• Solène Maulard – Real Estate Law (Ones to Watch)
• Isabelle Maury – Banking and Finance Law; Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Structured Finance Law
• Hatziri Minaudier – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Florence Moulin – Private Equity Law
• Carine Mou Si Yan – Banking and Finance Law
• Edward J Nalbantian – Capital Markets Law
• Claire Pauly – Arbitration and Mediation
• Geoffroy Pineau-Valencienne – Capital Markets Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
• Flavia Poujade – Real Estate Law
• Eddy Prothière – Intellectual Property Law
• Marie-Fleur Rautou – Derivatives
• Marie-Antoinette Rettori – Capital Markets Law (Ones to Watch)
• Emmanuelle Rivez-Domont – Employee Benefits Law
• Armelle Sandrin-Deforge – Environmental Law; Public Law
• Thibault Schulthess – Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Ones to Watch)
• Diane Sénéchal – Banking and Finance Law
• Elodie Simon – Environmental Law
• Ileana Smeureanu – International Arbitration (Ones to Watch)
• Charles Smith – Litigation; Banking and Finance Law (Ones to Watch)
• David Swinburne – Corporate Law; Private Equity Law
• François-Guilhem Vaissier – Energy Law; Project Finance and Development Practice
• Christine Van Gallebaert – Capital Markets Law; Structured Finance Law