City firm Denton Wilde Sapte (DWS) has set up a strategic alliance with French reconstruction and insolvency firm Poulain & Associés. The exclusive arrangement will allow Poulain & Associés, which has four partners and 11 lawyers, access to the banking, tax, labour law, intellectual property and technology capability of DWS' Paris office. DWS chief executive Howard Morris said: 'Both firms are predicting a proliferation of restructurings and insolvencies within the French market, particularly in cross-border work.'