Salans
Encyclopedia
Salans is an international, full-service law firm
operating from 22 offices across 17 countries.
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
operating from 22 offices across 17 countries.
Profile
With 22 offices located in the world’s main commercial centres and emerging markets, Salans’ lawyers advise on complex transactions using a combination of local and international expertise. Over 80% of revenue is generated from legal services provided by more than one office across the firm.History
Salans was founded in Paris in 1978 by Carl Salans, Jeffrey Hertzfeld and Eliane Heilbronn. All three were US-trained attorneys admitted to the Paris bar. Salans and Hertzfeld practice international arbitration while Heilbronn is an international transactional attorney. The name was shortened to Salans in 2002.Clients
Salans’ clients include major multinational corporations, commercial investment and regional banks, insurance companies, investment funds, international organisations, public entities and sovereign states. Salans also advises not-for-profit organisations and individuals on a wide variety of matters.Notable Mandates
- BiovailBiovailBiovail Corporation was a Canadian pharmaceutical company, operating internationally in all aspects of pharmaceutical products. Its major production facility was located in Steinbach, Manitoba...
in its $190m acquisition of French pharmaceutical company Pharma PASS Group. - TurkcellTurkcellTurkcell is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 34.1 million subscribers as of June 30th, 2011.- Company background :...
in its negotiations for an $100m finance facility including an $80 million murabahaMurabahaMurabahah or murabaha is a particular kind of sale, compliant with shariah, where the seller expressly mentions the cost he has incurred on the commodities for sale and sells it to another person by adding some profit or mark-up thereon which is known to the buyer...
Sharia-compliant facility from HSBCHSBCHSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
. - Landesbank Berlin Holding in its disposal of its real estate servicing business for symbolic consideration of €1 to the State of BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. - PfizerPfizerPfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
in its $500m acquisition of the worldwide rights to cancer drug Campto from Sanofi-SynthélaboSanofi-SynthélaboSanofi-Synthélabo was a Paris-based pharmaceutical company formed in 1999, when Sanofi merged with Synthélabo. Sanofi-Aventis was formed in 2004 when Sanofi-Synthélabo merged with Aventis.Sanofi was created in 1973....
. - Advice to the Turkish shipping line U.N Ro-Ro Group in majority stake sale to private equityPrivate equityPrivate equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
house KKR.
Practices
Arbitration • Banking & Finance • Capital Markets • Competition and Trade • Corporate • Employment • IP, Technology & Communications • Litigation • Notary Services • Real Estate • Regulatory and Public Law • Reorganisation, Restructuring & Insolvency • TaxSectors
Automotive • Banks and financial institutions • Energy • Information Technology • Leisure and hospitality • Life sciences • Luxury goods • Media • PPP • Private Equity • Real Estate • Retail • Shipping & International Trade • Telecommunications • Global French Desk • German International Practice Group • Global China DesksOffices
AlmatyAlmatyAlmaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
(opened 1994)
BakuBakuBaku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
(1999)
BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
(2007)
BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
(2008)
BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
(2006)
BratislavaBratislavaBratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
BucharestBucharestBucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
(2004)
BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
(2006)- FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
(2008) 
Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
(2009)
IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
(2004)
KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
(1992)
LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(1992)- MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
(2007) 
MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(1991)
New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(1999)
ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(1978)
PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
(2004)- ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
(2004) - St. Petersburg (1993)
WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
(1991)
Affiliated firms
Abu DhabiAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
, with City International Advocates & Legal Consultants
GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, with Mgaloblishvili, Kipiani, Dzidziguri
IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, with Hariani & Co- LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, with Pinsent Masons (UK and the Gulf Region) - KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, with Krupa Srokosz Patryas Sp.k. - KrasnodarKrasnodarKrasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...
, with ABY Advocates Bureau Yug - NoumeaNouméaNouméa is the capital city of the French territory of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian , Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians,...
, with Descombes & Salans 
PapeetePapeete-Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront esplanade*Bougainville Park -Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront...
, with Salans Polynesie
QatarQatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, with The Qatar International Law Firm- Rostov-on-DonRostov-on-Don-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...
, with Eberg Stepanov & Partners
Awards in 2010
- Awarded "European Law Firm of the Year", The LawyerThe LawyerThe Lawyer is a weekly British magazine for commercial lawyers and corporate directors, first published in 1981. It is owned by Centaur Media plc....
- Awarded "Law Firm of the Year: France", The Lawyer
- Shortlisted "Law Firm of the Year: Russia and the CIS", The Lawyer
- Shortlisted "Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe", The Lawyer
- Awarded “Best European Law Firm” by International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards
- Awarded “Best Legal Firm in CEE and CIS (Capital markets and Corporate Actions)”, emeafinance
- Salans’ China Real Estate/Construction Practice awarded “Firm of the Year” by Asian-Counsel
- Salans’ Kyiv office shortlisted for the “Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence”
- Salans awarded “Best French Law Firm” by International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards
- Salans recommended as a top law firm in Poland by Rzeczpospolita
- Winner, “Client Choice Award”, Poland, International Law Office
- Salans’ Kyiv office awarded “Banking and Finance Law Firm of the Year” in Ukraine by Corporate INTL Global Awards
- Salans Warsaw highly recommended by other law firms in Litigation, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw highly recommended in Competition and Anti-trust, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw recommended by other law firms in M&A, Privatisation, Restructuring, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw recommended as a top law firm in Tax, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw recommended in Intellectual Property and Trademark, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw highly recommended in Project Finance, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw highly recommended in Insolvency and Restructuring, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw’s International Arbitration “ranked in Elite” by Global Competition Review
- Salans Warsaw recommended by other law firms in Pharmaceutical Law, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans Warsaw awarded leader in the field of Energy Law, Rzeczpospolita
- Salans’ Paris office awarded the Silver Trophy, Asset and Project Finance, PPP, Trophées du Droit et de la Finance
- Salans’ Paris office awarded the Silver Trophy, LBO Small and Mid Cap, Trophées du Droit et de la Finance
External links
- Official website
- Rankings in Chambers and Partners and the Chambers Student Guide