Fresh off opening a second office in Germany earlier this year, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is readying for a Paris launch in January by poaching local Shearman & Sterling arbitration partner Philippe Pinsolle.

Reached on his cellphone in Paris late Monday, Pinsolle said he’ll remain at Shearman until Dec. 21 and will officially join Quinn Emanuel as the managing partner of its new office in the city on Jan. 7.