Lovells is to merge with French firm Siméon & Associés. Siméon's offices ? in France and Belgium ? will merge into the respective Lovells' offices on November 1 this year. The firm will be known worldwide as Lovells. The merger will give Lovells five full-time tax lawyers in Paris. Siméon tax lawyers Claire Guionnet-Moalic and Florian Delisle will join existing partner Hervé Israel and his two assistants. Jean-Pierre Langlais, a corporate partner responsible for overseeing the tax practice at Siméon, will also assist the team.
August 31 2001