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"M&A Law Firm of the Year"

(Trophées du Droit et de la Finance, 2011)

"A stellar team. A renowed French boutique with a strong international dimension. Bredin Prat is recognised as a market leader by clients and peers alike. Already known for its activity in the industrial and banking sectors, the team is also recognised for its expertise in stock exchange regulation and securities litigation. Clients praise the high partner to client ratio they experience."
(Chambers Europe, 2011)

"Bredin Prat is an outstanding firm at the top of the market."
(Chambers Global, 2011)

"Few firms can match Bredin Prat's track record on high-profile public M&A transactions. But besides the credentials, what sets the firm apart in the market is its 'special touch', 'responsiveness', 'commitment' and 'very commercial' approach. The firm 'always delivers an outstanding level of service', while its first-class expertise in litigation is another asset to the practice."
(Legal 500, 2011)

"Sensational firm" Bredin Prat stands out for the superior quality of its services, where partners are heavily involved in deals in a "very proactive" manner, providing "greater response times" and "excellent follow up". It can rely on a "phenomenal CAC 40 clientele" and a first-class network of "best friends". The firm has built a dream team...

(Legal 500, 2010)

"Combining boutique qualities with international firm capabilities, this French outfit is an undisputed market leader, attracting glowing praise from both peers and clients. Traditionally active on behalf of French groups from the industrial and banking sectors, Bredin Prat has a wide client base that encompasses prominent international corporate groups as well as investment funds."

(Chambers Europe, 2010)

"The service is outstanding and unique - it is the haute couture of the legal world. Combining boutique qualities with international firm capabilities, this French outfit is an undisputed market leader, attracting glowing praise from both peers and clients. Traditionally active on behalf of French groups from the industrial and banking sectors, Bredin Prat has a wide client base that encompasses prominent international corporate groups as well as investment funds."
(Chambers Global, 2010)

"They are the best firm in M&A and they are getting better...". 
(IFLR 1000, 2009)

"This M&A powerhouse has a reputation for fielding high-quality lawyers and for working on the most important deals. Its position as a leader is unquestionable - it has a high concentration of individual talent that contributes to the firm's huge success. Clients also stressed that the firm's work is a benchmark for quality and is consistently remarkable. In addition to its excellent advisory work, the team impresses with its litigation skills."
(Chamber Europe 2009)

"Independent Bredin Prat is the best in town, standing out among its main competitors with that quality of its work which is always exceptional and the high level of partner involvement. In addition, the firm is well equipped in terms of complementary practices and has wonderful connections abroad through its network of best friends."
(The Legal 500, 2009)

"An incontestable authority for M&A in France, this firm is well placed to take advantage of the strong flow of private equity activity that has taken place in that country. Providing 'excellent commercial advice of the thighest order', it is the firm of choice for public M&A and steering a course around regulatory issues that occur."
(Chambers Global, 2009)

"With its centre of excellence firmly rooted in Paris, this firm is an obvious choice for corporate and M&A activities ... Clients and peers alike endorse the 'superb quality of the lawyers' at Bredin Prat, who have once again been employed on some of the most high-profile deals of the region."
(Chambers Global, 2009)

"They have been the top M&A lawyers in Paris for the last decade and they are still head and shoulders above the rest.'”
(IFLR 1000, 2008)

"Comprising 17 partners, Bredin Prat's corporate team is one of the largest transactional teams on the Paris market and no one is in any doubt about the firm's tier one status. Even besides its heavyweight team, the practice's deal flow cannot help but impress."
(IFLR 1000, 2008)

"In an era of megafirms, the top M&A firms in France stay defiantly small...Bredin Prat towers over the rest of the Paris corporate bar."
(The American Lawyer, 2007)

"Bredin Prat's offices sum up its position in the world of European mergers and acquisitions: elite and very French.”
(The American Lawyer, 2007)

"Leading firm for corporate/M&A in France (jointly) for each of the last six years”
(Chambers Global)

"Both clients and competitors shower the firm with praise, highlighting the team's 'outstanding stable of talent' and 'ability to stay the course in huge stock market battles or politically sensitive matters.'"
(Chambers Global, 2007)

"This 'outstanding heavyweight' of the French corporate world has enjoyed another year 'at the pinnacle of the market.'"
(Chambers Global, 2007)

"This heavyweight of French M&A remains firmly at the forefront of the market…An amazing level of quality combined with a commendably high ratio of partners to assistants.”
(Chambers Global, 2006)

"Bredin Prat is the most highly nominated firm in France for mergers and acquisitions with more nominations from clients and peers than any other firm…”
(Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2005)

"Even with its small size, Bredin Prat dominates the M&A market in France. The firm's success owes much to its targeted positioning, both in terms of its areas of legal specialization, and in terms of its clients.”
(Option Finance, 17 January 2005)

"In its commitment to ‘haute couture' M&A advice, and its connections to leading corporate and banking clients, it is the Rothschild or Lazard of the French legal market.”
(Acquisitions Monthly, March 2003)

"Complementing its peerless reputation for public M&A, Bredin Prat is increasingly renowned in private equity.”
(Chambers Global 2006)

"Its constant presence in the largest transactions inevitably places it near the top of the market for sheer involvement in capital markets-heavy deals.”
(Chambers Global 2006)