CMS Bureau Francis Léfèbvre is growing its US tax group and hiring a senior associate from a magic circle firm in Paris. Michel Collet is joining the firm in New York as a local partner on September 3 this year. Collet is joining BFL from Linklaters where has been a senior associate for two years. Collet specialized in mergers and acquisitions as well as structured finance at Linklaters and will continue to do so at BFL where he will work primarily for US and French companies. The main differences between his work at Linklaters and BFL will be the role he will play in developing the international practice at BFL.
August 31 2002