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Steering employee relations and supporting transformations

The team advises French companies and their directors and officers, both in the day-to-day management of employee relations and in the most structuring phases of their development: external growth transactions, complex restructurings, organisational transformations and sensitive litigation.

Its practice is based on an integrated view of employment law, considered as a strategic lever serving performance, legal certainty and the success of transactions. The team thus acts on all individual and collective issues, in close articulation with economic, financial and human stakes.

Recognised for its expertise in restructurings, employment audits and carve-outs, the team also stands out for its in-depth practice in employment litigation, both individual and collective, including the handling of complex cases with significant financial, social or reputational stakes. This complementarity makes it possible to anticipate risks ahead of projects and, where necessary, to ensure a strategic defence before the courts.

The firm also advises companies on the evolution of their work organisations, taking into account new social and compliance requirements, the stakes relating to fundamental rights and freedoms in the workplace, the prevention of psychosocial risks and the emergence of more flexible and hybrid organisational models.

OUR APPROACH

At the forefront of legislative and case-law developments in a constantly evolving field, the team develops pragmatic and operational solutions, tailored to its clients’ economic and organisational constraints. It favours a tailored approach, combining technical excellence, strategic vision and a refined understanding of decision-making environments.

Structured to meet the needs of French and international groups, the team is composed of fully English-speaking lawyers who share the culture and working methods of their clients. The team advises them in France and internationally on complex employment matters, in a logic of long-term partnership and long-term advisory work.

Our service offering

Individual and collective employee relations

  • The team handles all issues arising in individual and collective employee relations, advising companies on the structuring and securing of their employment practices.
  • It assists its clients in particular in managing contractual relationships, mobility issues and remuneration policies, as well as in handling disciplinary situations and individual or collective terminations. It also acts in connection with the conduct of social dialogue, the management of relations with employee representative bodies, the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and the implementation of information and consultation obligations.
  • This expertise allows us to provide legally secure and operational solutions on the structuring issues of employment law, in close connection with the organisational stakes of companies.

Restructurings, transformations and complex transactions

  • The team acts on mergers and acquisitions and business transfers, both in the pre-transaction phase — through employment audits and the analysis of employment risks — and in the structuring and negotiation of transaction documentation, in particular the review and securing of SPAs and sale agreements, in close coordination with the Corporate – M&A teams.
  • It also advises companies on the structuring of transactions so as to integrate, from the outset, the applicable employment obligations, in particular information and consultation procedures with employee representative bodies and their impact on the timetable.
  • It further advises companies on the structuring and implementation of restructuring and reorganisation transactions affecting employment and collective status. In this context, the team assists companies in managing relations with employee representatives, preparing and conducting information and consultation procedures and negotiating collective bargaining agreements.

Complex and high-risk employment litigation

  • The team assists and represents companies and their directors and officers in the management of complex individual and collective employment disputes, with significant financial, social or reputational stakes, before employment tribunals, civil courts and administrative courts.
  • It acts in particular in disputes relating to the termination of the employment contract, mass or strategic litigation, restructurings and reorganisations, as well as collective disputes relating to the functioning of employee representative bodies, the validity of collective bargaining agreements and compliance with information and consultation procedures.
  • The team defines and implements targeted litigation strategies, integrating the procedural and substantive issues specific to each case, in close cooperation with legal and human resources departments.

Fundamental rights, social compliance and emerging issues

  • The team develops specific expertise on issues relating to fundamental rights and freedoms in the workplace, human rights and social compliance.
  • It advises its clients on issues relating to CSR, ESG, duty of vigilance, professional equality and the prevention of psychosocial risks, as well as on the adaptation of organisations to new forms of work and hybrid organisational models.
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