Firm news

As announced in our December 2007 e-newsletter, the acquisition of Occade Sport, a sports event organizer, by Groupe Canal+,

Toray, a leading Japanese integrated chemical industry group, recently announced its decision to start high-barrier film business in Europe through the establishment of a new company, Toray Films Europe SAS, and the construction of new facilities for the production of biaxially oriented metalized polypropylene barrier films.

Catherine Nommick who joined Soulier in 2001 after eight years as in-house counsel within the Legal and Tax Department of CCF-HSBC in Paris has become a partner, effective as of January 1, 2008.

In its December 2007 / January 2008 issue, The European Lawyer publishes a 2007 retrospective compiling several articles authored in 2007 offering insights to understand the trend and the evolution of the legal landscape in the largest European countries, including France.

Prestige International Magazine, a French magazine specializing in architecture, design, interior decoration and art of living has published in its last issue an article on the interior design, arrangements and decoration of our Lyon premises. Click here to consult this Article (available only in French).

Following the establishment of a working group on the decriminalization of business and corporate law by French President Sarkozy and Minister of Justice Rachida Dati, the magazine Enjeux Les Echos published a comparative study of the legal provisions governing white collar crimes in the USA, Germany and France.