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Ogletree Deakins

Employment

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Ogletree Deakins, Employers & Lawyers Working Together in France and Worldwide

Driven by steady growth, Ogletree Deakins' French employment team comprises 50 lawyers and professionals united by strong human values. Collective culture is embedded in Ogletree’s DNA. The firm’s core value, client satisfaction, is exemplified by the unwavering commitment of Ogletree’s lawyers and staff to ensure the highest quality of work and foster meaningful client relationships. Each case is approached uniquely, with a dedicated and tailor-made team that leverages the firm’s extensive knowledge and diverse expertise. This approach enables Ogletree French lawyers to provide the best solutions for complex labour disputes and strategic, high-value cases, supporting employers in both the private and public sectors.

Main Areas of Practice

  • Downsizing plan (volontary or mandatory)
  • Individual employment relationships
  • Collective relationships
  • Health and safety at work
  • Litigation and discrimination
  • Corporate operations
  • GDPR & HR data protection
  • Corporate social responsability (CSR) and diversity
  • Compliance
  • International mobility
  • Compensation and benefits / Management status
  • Social security scheme and URSSAF inspection
  • Retirement and pensions
  • Share ownership, employee savings
  • Public sector labour relations
  • Criminal labour law
  • Sports Law : Employment & tax
  • Vocational training

Industries (10)

  • Banking
  • Luxury
  • Finance
  • Industry
  • Retail
  • Transport
  • Energy
  • Healthcare
  • Life sciences
  • Technologies

Chambers Review

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Employment - France

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

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.

À propos de l’équipe

Ogletree Deakins conseille sur l’ensemble des mandats de droit social, avec une expertise particulière en matière de contentieux individuels et collectifs. Le cabinet gère les enquêtes internes à la suite de plaintes pour harcèlement, avec une expérience supplémentaire des questions de temps de travail et des dossiers de transferts de salariés. Le cabinet assiste des clients français et internationaux.

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Strengths

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  • The lawyers are available, have knowledge of the latest news and are pragmatic.

    Employment respondentFrance

  • The team has a pragmatic approach tailored to our needs, with concrete and operational recommendations, going beyond theoretical legal analysis.

    Employment respondentFrance

  • The team's solutions are adapted to complex situations with great concern for the client's interests.

    Employment respondentFrance

  • The lawyers have a very solid grasp of international elements.

    Employment respondentFrance

  • Ogletree Deakins is dedicated to studying all the details of a subject to provide us with the appropriate answer. It has an excellent ability to handle complex and sophisticated cases.

    Employment respondentFrance
  • L'équipe adopte une approche pragmatique adaptée à nos besoins, avec des recommandations concrètes et opérationnelles, allant au-delà de l'analyse juridique théorique.
    Employment respondentFrance

Notable Practitioners

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  • Jean-Marc Albiol
    Jean-Marc Albiol

    Jean-Marc Albiol

    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 est un expert dans la gestion des mandats de droit social en conseil comme en contentieux. Il possède une expertise dans les dossiers de harcèlement, les licenciements de cadres et les fermetures de sites.

    • Jean-Marc is a pleasure to work with. He is pragmatic and business-oriented.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • Jean-Marc provides an excellent service and very good interpersonal skills.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • Travailler avec Jean-Marc est un plaisir. Il est pragmatique et orienté business.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • Jean-Marc offre un excellent service et a de très bonnes compétences relationnelles.

      Employment respondentFrance
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  • Cécile Martin
    Cécile Martin

    Cécile Martin

    Cécile Martin displays strengths in executive litigation, discrimination cases and relations with employee representative bodies. She is adept at handling restructuring matters.

    Cécile Martin a des connaissances dans les contentieux concernant des dirigeants, les affaires de discriminations et les relations avec les organismes de représentation du personnel. Elle est experte dans la gestion des dossiers de restructuration.

    • She is very personable, experienced and responsive.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • Elle est très agréable, expérimentée et réactive.

      Employment respondentFrance
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  • Karin Dulac
    Karin Dulac

    Karin Dulac

    Karin Dulac advises clients on restructurings, executives terminations and M&A-related employment matters.

    Karin Dulac conseille ses clients sur des dossiers de restructuration, de licenciement de dirigeants et de droit social lié au M&A.

    • I enjoy working with Karin. She is very pragmatic, responsive and has perfect command of her cases. It is a real pleasure to work with her.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • We appreciate Karin's responsiveness, sharpness, anticipation and strategy.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • J'aime beaucoup travailler avec Karin. Elle est très pragmatique, réactive et maîtrise parfaitement ses dossiers. C'est un vrai plaisir de collaborer avec elle.

      Employment respondentFrance

    • Nous apprécions la réactivité, la perspicacité, l'anticipation et l'approche stratégique de Karin.

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Ranked Individuals at Ogletree Deakins (3)

France

Members

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  • Stéphane Bloch

  • Nicolas Peixoto

  • Alexandre Abitbol

  • Paul Clair

  • Pascale Ernst

  • Anne-Sophie Cepoi-Demouzon

  • Alexis Borestel

  • Rafaël Dezelee Roque

  • Jean-Marc Albiol

    Head of Department

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  • Cécile Martin

    Head of Department

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  • Aurélie Lemettre

  • Jérôme Verneret

  • Eric de Laboulaye

  • Bérengère Lubineau

  • Caroline Donetti

  • Audrey Seviran

  • Myriam Mehidi

  • Yacine Hachemi

  • Clément Dagorn

  • Thibaud Lauxerois

  • Hassan Ahtouch

  • Marie Paulin

  • Hasna Nait Hammou

  • Rudy Rabelle

  • Perle Berthelot

  • Lisa bessedik

  • Karin Dulac

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