Linklaters

Linklaters today announces the election of Patrice Doat, a leading French capital markets lawyer, as a partner in its Paris office.

Patrice Doat joins Linklaters from the French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel, where he started in 1994 and became partner in 2004. Highly experienced in the Paris and pan-European market, he brings significant expertise in securitisation and structured products, including covered bonds.

His expertise and background will strengthen Linklaters' capital markets capabilities both in France and globally and will further enhance the firm’s position as the leading legal adviser on complex and international structured finance matters.

“The election of Patrice Doat is part of the firm's ongoing development and highlights our commitment to servicing our clients in the best way possible and being the leading global law firm in the France.”

“My three associates and I are delighted to join the capital markets team and to add our expertise to this widely recognised practice. Linklaters' values will give me the opportunity to further develop my business activity. I am looking forward to work in a truly globally-minded environment.”

For further information please contact: Rupert Winlaw on +44 20 7456 3219 or Solène Guesdon +33 1 56 43 59 69

Notes to editors

• Linklaters LLP is a leading global law firm, supporting clients in achieving their strategies wherever they do business. We use our expertise and resources to help clients pursue opportunities and manage risk across emerging and developed markets around the world.
• Linklaters has been in Paris for nearly 40 years and is one of the market leading business law firms, advising on many of the most complex deals and significant cases in France in recent years. Our Paris-based lawyers provide integrated legal advice to a wide range of industries in all key areas of business law. We field French, English and US lawyers across the following specialisms: Corporate/M&A (public and private) and Private Equity, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets (Debt and Equity), Restructuring and Insolvency, Competition/Antitrust, Projects and Energy, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Employment, Intellectual Property, and Tax. Our partners are all leading practitioners in their field and almost all of them are ranked in the top categories in the legal directories.
• Linklaters has an established reputation as a world leader in the field of capital market transactions. This practice is underpinned by the deals that we have acted on and our top tier rankings in directories and industry league tables. Both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 directories place Linklaters at the top of their rankings for capital markets work.