Best Lawyers in France has recognized 19 Paris lawyers for excellence in its 2026 edition. The annual guide honors lawyers and firms considered leaders in their legal practice areas by peers. The ranking is designed to highlight the opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical and legal practice areas.

Goodwin’s Paris-based lawyers, who have been recognized as one of the leading private equity and mergers and acquisitions teams in France, specialize in leveraged buyouts, private equity and public-to-private transactions for French and foreign private equity funds. The Paris team also features significant experience and expertise across capital markets and venture capital transactions, banking and finance, healthcare and life sciences, and tax law.

The following Goodwin Paris lawyers were included in this year’s rankings as both Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch:

Best Lawyers

Nathalie Alibert

  • Private Equity Law

Maxence Bloch

  • Private Equity law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Marie-Laure Bruneel

  • Private Equity Law
  • Tax Law

Arnaud David

  • Private Equity Law
  • Investment Funds

Thomas Dupont-Sentilles

  • Venture Capital Law

Marie Fillon

  • Intellectual Property Law

Jérôme Jouhanneaud

  • Private Equity Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Xavier Leroux

  • Venture Capital Law

Thomas Maitrejean

  • Private Equity Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Céline Moille

  • Regulatory Practice

Adrien Paturaud

  • Banking and Finance Law

Guilhem Richard

  • Capital Markets Law
  • Health Care Law

Anne-Charlotte Rivière

  • Venture Capital Law
  • Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Ones to Watch

Rodolphe Amaudric du Chaffaut

  • Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Laurent Bonnet

  • Private Equity Law
  • Banking and Finance Law

Louis de Chezelles

  • Intellectual Property Law

Paul Fournière

  • Private Equity Law
  • Tax Law

Benjamin Garçon

  • Private Equity Laws
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Mariléna Gryparis

  • Banking and Finance Law 
  • Capital Markets Law

Visit Best Lawyers in France for more information on Goodwin’s rankings.