Reed Smith LLP today announced a significant addition to its Financial Industry Group (FIG) in Paris with the appointment of project, asset and export finance partner Victoria Westcott. Victoria joins the firm from White & Case, where she was a partner in the project finance team for more than ten years and the head of asset finance practice in Paris. She will be joined shortly by a team of three attorneys: Florent Rigaud (counsel), Elaine Porter (senior associate) and Abdullahi Mohammed (mid-level associate). These additions bring the firm’s finance practice in Paris to a total of two partners, one counsel and four associates.