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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | The Firm | History |
 | | On December 1, 1989, the Firm significantly expanded its Paris operation for the first time, hiring four new partners specializing in mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. |
| | With 14 lawyers, Significant Clients of the Paris office would come to include Elf Aquitaine, the French oil giant (later merged into TotalFina); major French food catering company Elior; and various private equity and LBO funds. |
| | The Washington office added an environmental regulation practice and would count American Home Products and Chemical Lehman among its frequent clients. By the end of the decade the Washington office would have a headcount of over 100: 13 partners, one counsel, 45 associates and a staff of more than 50. |
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