Salans

Salans
No. of offices	22
No. of attorneys	over 700
Major practice areas	General practice
Revenue	US$282 million
Date founded	1978 (Paris)
Company type	LLP
Website
www.salans.com

Salans is an international, full-service law firm operating from 22 offices across 17 countries with its main office located in London.

Profile

With 22 offices located in the world’s main commercial centres and emerging markets, Salans’ lawyers advise on complex transactions using a combination of local and international expertise. Over 80% of revenue is generated from legal services provided by more than one office across the firm. 

History

Salans was founded in Paris in 1978 by Carl Salans, Jeffrey Hertzfeld and Eliane Heilbronn. All three were US-trained attorneys admitted to the Paris bar. Salans and Hertzfeld practice international arbitration while Heilbronn is an international transactional attorney. The name was shortened to Salans in 2002.

Clients

Salans’ clients include major multinational corporations, commercial investment and regional banks, insurance companies, investment funds, international organisations, public entities and sovereign states. Salans also advises not-for-profit organisations and individuals on a wide variety of matters.

Notable Mandates

• Biovail in its $190m acquisition of French pharmaceutical company Pharma PASS Group.
• Turkcell in its negotiations for an $100m finance facility including an $80 million murabaha Sharia-compliant facility from HSBC.
• Landesbank Berlin Holding in its disposal of its real estate servicing business for symbolic consideration of €1 to the State of Berlin.
• Pfizer in its $500m acquisition of the worldwide rights to cancer drug Campto from Sanofi-Synthélabo.
• Advice to the Turkish shipping line U.N Ro-Ro Group in majority stake sale to private equity house KKR.

Practices

Arbitration • Banking & Finance • Capital Markets • Competition and Trade • Corporate • Employment • IP, Technology & Communications • Litigation • Notary Services • Real Estate • Regulatory and Public Law • Reorganisation, Restructuring & Insolvency • Tax

Sectors

Automotive • Banks and financial institutions • Energy • Information Technology • Leisure and hospitality • Life sciences • Luxury goods • Media • PPP • Private Equity • Real Estate • Retail • Shipping & International Trade • Telecommunications • Global French Desk • German International Practice Group • Global China Desks

Offices

Almaty (opened 1994) Baku (1999) Barcelona (2007) Beijing (2008) Berlin (2006) Bratislava Brussels Bucharest (2004) Budapest (2006) Frankfurt (2008) Hong Kong (2009)

Istanbul (2004) Kiev (1992) London (1992) Madrid (2007) Moscow (1991) New York (1999) Paris (1978) Prague (2004) Shanghai (2004) St. Petersburg (1993) Warsaw (1991)

Affiliated firms

• Abu Dhabi, with City International Advocates & Legal Consultants
• Georgia, with Mgaloblishvili, Kipiani, Dzidziguri
• India, with Hariani & Co
• London, with Pinsent Masons (UK and the Gulf Region)
• Katowice, with Krupa Srokosz Patryas Sp.k.
• Krasnodar, with ABY Advocates Bureau Yug
• Noumea, with Descombes & Salans
• Papeete, with Salans Polynesie
• Qatar, with The Qatar International Law Firm
• Rostov-on-Don, with Eberg Stepanov & Partners

Awards in 2010

• Awarded "European Law Firm of the Year", The Lawyer
• Awarded "Law Firm of the Year: France", The Lawyer
• Shortlisted "Law Firm of the Year: Russia and the CIS", The Lawyer
• Shortlisted "Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe", The Lawyer
• Awarded “Best European Law Firm” by International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards
• Awarded “Best Legal Firm in CEE and CIS (Capital markets and Corporate Actions)”, emeafinance
• Salans’ China Real Estate/Construction Practice awarded “Firm of the Year” by Asian-Counsel
• Salans’ Kyiv office shortlisted for the “Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence”
• Salans awarded “Best French Law Firm” by International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards
• Salans recommended as a top law firm in Poland by Rzeczpospolita
• Winner, “Client Choice Award”, Poland, International Law Office
• Salans’ Kyiv office awarded “Banking and Finance Law Firm of the Year” in Ukraine by Corporate INTL Global Awards
• Salans Warsaw highly recommended by other law firms in Litigation, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw highly recommended in Competition and Anti-trust, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw recommended by other law firms in M&A, Privatisation, Restructuring, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw recommended as a top law firm in Tax, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw recommended in Intellectual Property and Trademark, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw highly recommended in Project Finance, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw highly recommended in Insolvency and Restructuring, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw’s International Arbitration “ranked in Elite” by Global Competition Review
• Salans Warsaw recommended by other law firms in Pharmaceutical Law, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans Warsaw awarded leader in the field of Energy Law, Rzeczpospolita
• Salans’ Paris office awarded the Silver Trophy, Asset and Project Finance, PPP, Trophées du Droit et de la Finance
• Salans’ Paris office awarded the Silver Trophy, LBO Small and Mid Cap, Trophées du Droit et de la Finance

External links

• Official website
• Rankings in Chambers and Partners and the Chambers Student Guide