Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : France
Band 4
Contact number
+33 1 5757 8080About
Provided by Dechert LLP
Our growing labor and employment practice handles urgent, complex or sensitive employment law issues. We provide assistance in a collaborative and pragmatic way, frequently in an international or multi-disciplinary context.
Our clients, including boards of directors, legal departments and human resources departments, seek our expertise on transitions, group reorganizations, high-profile litigation, and compensation and benefits issues. We also handle sensitive and crisis cases such as plant closures, reorganizations, social plans, executive departures, health and safety issues at work, and strikes.
Our team identifies issues that our clients have not recognized as potential problems, while keeping a pragmatic approach to heavily regulated employment environments such as France.
Chambers Review
With notable areas of expertise including employee litigation and workplace harassment cases, Dechert is skilled in the labour aspects of M&A transactions and reorganisations, such as redundancy plans and employee transfers. The department is further experienced in handling working conditions and working time matters.
Work Highlights
- Dechert advised Havea on the employment law aspects of its acquisition of Biocyte.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dechert are very knowledgeable, and provide sound and tailored advice for their customers. I receive pragmatic and applicable advice from Dechert along with a risk analysis that helps me take informed decisions."
"The team is very commercial and able to advise clearly on complex matters."
"The lawyers at Dechert are very business-oriented on top of being experts in their field. They are at ease when dealing with complexity."
"The team are very pragmatic, precise and sharp."
"Dechert are very knowledgeable, and provide sound and tailored advice for their customers. I receive pragmatic and applicable advice from Dechert along with a risk analysis that helps me take informed decisions."
"The team is very commercial and able to advise clearly on complex matters."
"The lawyers at Dechert are very business-oriented on top of being experts in their field. They are at ease when dealing with complexity."
"The team are very pragmatic, precise and sharp."
Notable Practitioners
Philippe Thomas operates a strong employment practice and ably handles a wide range of matters, including redundancy plans, harassment cases, litigation and working time policy cases.
"Philippe Thomas is easy to work with, providing the best legal advice and taking the context into consideration as well as the level of risk me and my company are ready to take. He is very responsive and agile."
"Philippe is very commercial, practical, and he understands our business."
"He has the strength to give appropriate advice and be very accurate. He is really great."