U.S. firm Goodwin has launched a real estate practice in Paris with the hire of rival Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s French real estate head.

Sarah Fleury has joined Goodwin’s Paris office as a partner, where she will lead the new group. She advises French and international investors on a range of real estate transactions, including asset and share deals, joint venture and real estate mergers and acquisitions, hospitality investments, office building acquisitions and commercial leases.