Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : France
Band 4
About
Provided by Ogletree Deakins
Ogletree Deakins, the best of employment law
Ogletree Deakins continues to grow and becomes a major player in the practice of employment law for French companies and large groups. The excellent performance of its French team allowed the firm to win the golden award “Trophée d’Or 2023” in employment reorganizations at “Sommet du Droit” event in Paris and to climb on the podium of “Palmarès du Droit” ranking as one of the top three French firms in Collective Labour Relations in 2023 and in Individual Labour Relations in 2024.
Main Areas of Practice
A wide range of interventions:
- Restructuring plans
- Individual employment relationships
- Collective relationships
- Health and safety at work
- Litigation and discrimination
- Corporate operations
- GDPR & HR Data Protection
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Diversity
- Regulatory Compliance
- International Mobility
- Compensation and Benefits / Executive Status
- Social Security and URSSAF Inspection
- Retirement and pensions
- Share ownership, employee savings plans
- Labour relations in the public sector
- Criminal Labour Law
- Sports Employment Law
- Vocational training
Chambers Review
Ogletree Deakins advises across the range of employment mandates, with particular expertise in individual and collective litigation. The group handles internal investigations following harassment claims, with further experience in working hours policies and transfers of employees cases. The firm assists both French and international clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ogletree are adept at managing sensitive employment issues and contentious negotiations. They provide practical guidance and I am very impressed with their responsiveness, generally answering emails on the same day despite time zone differences. The service level is also excellent: they follow through, providing detailed advice summaries that are very useful and facilitate business decisions."
"The firm has the ability to come up with original and ingenious solutions."
"Ogletree Deakins can conduct very fine analysis."
"The firm provides appropriate solutions."
"Ogletree are adept at managing sensitive employment issues and contentious negotiations. They provide practical guidance and I am very impressed with their responsiveness, generally answering emails on the same day despite time zone differences. The service level is also excellent: they follow through, providing detailed advice summaries that are very useful and facilitate business decisions."
"The firm has the ability to come up with original and ingenious solutions."
"Ogletree Deakins can conduct very fine analysis."
"The firm provides appropriate solutions."
Notable Practitioners
Cécile Martin displays strengths in executive litigation, discrimination cases and relations with employee representative bodies. She is adept at handling restructuring matters.
"Cécile Martin has lots of qualities that are very complementary. She does impeccable work."
"She is an excellent lawyer with a deep knowledge of employment and labour law."
"She has a deep understanding of our issues."
Jean-Marc Albiol is adept at handling both contentious and non-contentious employment mandates. He has expertise in harassment claims, executive dismissals and site closures.
"Jean-Marc Albiol is excellent. He delivers excellent client service and practical advice. I appreciate his responsiveness and his ability to explain complex legal issues in a clear and direct way. He is a trusted adviser."
"He combines unparalleled technical skills with a remarkable sense of humanity."
Ranked Lawyers at
Ogletree Deakins
France
Members
Provided by Ogletree Deakins
Alexandre Abitbol
Alexis Borestel
Anne-Sophie Cepoi-Demouzon
Head of Department
Head of Department
Karin Dulac
Nicolas Peixoto
Pascale Ernst
Paul Clair
Rafaël Dezelee Roque
Stéphane Bloch
Head of Department
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