Etienne Boursican has been a public M&A lawyer for nearly 25 years. He mainly assists French and international clients in securities law, corporate governance and financial communication, as well as in transactional matters and equity capital market financings. Etienne also represents issuers as well as their executive officers in stock market-related litigation.
Before joining De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Etienne Boursican, 49, had been a partner at Orrick since 2013. He began his career at Jones Day then Willkie Farr & Gallagher, in Paris and New York, and joined SJ Berwin as a partner in 2009. He holds a degree from the University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne and an LL.M. from Georgetown University.
“I am delighted to join De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, whose remarkable institutional positioning and dynamic team, young and trained by the best, are major assets that will enable us to consolidate the Firm’s public M&A practice,” says Etienne Boursican, who joins the Firm with Alexandre Zuber, associate at his side since 2017.
“We are very pleased to welcome Etienne. His arrival strengthens the ability of the Firm and of our Corporate / M&A team, now comprising 10 partners, 4 counsels and 26 associates, to handle major matters. It also bolsters the position of the Firm as one of the leading independent law firms on the French market and confirms the relevance and attractiveness of our model“, says Emmanuel Fatôme, Managing Partner of De Pardieu Brocas Maffei.
This arrival is in line with De Pardieu Brocas Maffei’s constant determination to offer its clients a wide range of high value-added services and affirms its ambition for development.