Squire Sanders is pleased to announce that Denis Charles Barat has joined its Paris office as a Partner in the Global Corporate Practice.  M. Barat joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.  

An Avocat à la Cour and a highly regarded French corporate law specialist, M. Barat has extensive experience in M&A and also in securities law and public and private equity.  A particular focus is French outbound activity where M. Barat has worked closely with clients in sectors such as consumer, food and beverages, luxury goods, manufacturing and distribution.  

M. Barat is a graduate of leading business school Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and holds a post-graduate degree (DEA de droit privé) from the University of Paris-I.

Commenting on the appointment, Paris Office Managing Partner Christopher Wilde said: “Denis Barat is a welcome new addition to our team in Paris.  His experience with major French companies and private equity firms, his cross-border transactional knowledge, and his capital markets expertise, will boost our core strength in corporate matters and fit so well with the essential service we offer – delivering pragmatic French and transnational advice to both foreign and domestic clients.  We’re delighted Denis is joining us.”

EMEA Chair of the Global Corporate Practice, Jane Haxby, added:  “Our practice group has been strengthening several key teams in jurisdictions around the world to provide the inbound and outbound M&A knowledge and capital markets expertise our clients are seeking. We’re very pleased that in Denis Barat we have another accomplished French corporate expert to join our team in Paris.”