The Paris office of the law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has won the 'European Banking and Finance Deal of the Year' award at The Lawyer European Awards.
The awards, presented at a ceremony in London on Thursday 15 March, celebrate the very best of legal talent across Europe.
Stephenson Harwood’s Paris office has been recognised for its expertise in the structuring of complex tax-based leasing structures for a series of transactions combining tax leasing and export credits. Partners Alain Gautron and Stéphane Salou, both based in the firm's Paris office, have spearheaded the development of these types of products in the French legal market.