Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : France
Band 3
About
Provided by Baker McKenzie
Our Employment & Compensation Group offers its vast expertise and experience in complex multinational operations to clients both in France and abroad. The 19 lawyers of our Employment & Compensation Group in Paris provide clients with full service in all areas of employment.
The team's wide range of individual skills and experience, including two lawyers specialized in employment litigation, allows us to offer our clients continued assistance covering all issues from upstream advice to protecting client interests in litigation involving both individual and collective disputes. Our expertise ensures that our clients - general counsel and human resources directors - benefit from technical support from specialists that take into account the human dimension in a field that is continually evolving.
Our Employment & Compensation Group works on a day-to-day basis with the other Baker McKenzie in-house multidisciplinary teams, in particular on employment issues and consequences that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions and general corporate restructurings
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie's employment law team demonstrates extensive experience in transaction-related employment advice, supporting clients with employee transfers and post-M&A integration, as well as the implementation of social plans. With additional strength in the redundancy aspects of restructuring mandates, the department's expertise also covers disciplinary measures. The practice has a strong track record of representing clients from the pharmaceutical sector.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie advised Sika on the employment aspects of its EUR5.3 billion acquisition of the Master Builder Construction Chemicals Group from Lone Star.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has excellent expertise and is an innovator in finding solutions."
"The team provide a lot of practical, business-oriented advice. They solve problems easily and bring a solution to the table immediately without causing issues."
"The team regularly handles complex and sophisticated matters for us and provides us with very strong support."
"The firm has excellent expertise and is an innovator in finding solutions."
"The team provide a lot of practical, business-oriented advice. They solve problems easily and bring a solution to the table immediately without causing issues."
"The team regularly handles complex and sophisticated matters for us and provides us with very strong support."
Notable Practitioners
Gilles Jolivet represents clients in various employment mandates, including negotiations and coordination with the works councils.
"Gilles Jolivet provides a high level of service and gives us easy-to-understand explanations."
"He is a very thoughtful and practical adviser whose counsel is highly trusted in situations where we are navigating the nuances of French employment law and regulations. He is also very responsive, thorough and patient."
Denise Broussal regularly advises on the employment aspects of cross-border M&A transactions as well as redundancy plans.
"Denise Broussal is an outstanding legal adviser with very strong legal and communication skills and an excellent commercial understanding."
"Denise's extensive experience helped our redundancy process run very smoothly and with very limited drama. She anticipated all the moves and fully understood the needs of our company."
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