Biglaw Associate Is First Confirmed Fatality Of The Paris Attacks
His firm describes the 26-year-old victim as "a talented lawyer, extremely well liked, and a wonderful personality in the office."
A 26-year-old Biglaw associate, Valentin Ribet of Hogan Lovells, is the first confirmed fatality from the Paris attacks last night that have killed at least 129 people in coordinated gun and bomb attacks. The London School of Economics, where Ribet earned an LLM in international business law in 2014, tweeted the terrible news:
We contacted Hogan Lovells, which issued this statement to us:
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Hogan Lovells is greatly saddened by the loss of Valentin Ribet. Valentin was at the Bataclan concert hall on Friday night and he was killed in the attack that took place there. This is an awful tragedy and hard for any of us to truly comprehend. We are shocked by both our loss and the wider events in the city.
Valentin worked in the litigation team, specializing in white-collar crime. He was a talented lawyer, extremely well liked, and a wonderful personality in the office. He was 26. Our thoughts at this time are with Valentin and his family as well as with his colleagues in the office and across the firm.
We extend our condolences to Valentin Ribet’s friends, family, and Hogan Lovells colleagues at this time.
(Flip to the next page for Ribet’s Hogan Lovells bio and LinkedIn profile.)
Lawyer first confirmed fatality named after Paris terror attacks [The Guardian]
UK-Trained Lawyer Is Among 127 Paris Victims [Sky News]
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