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


Driven by steady growth, Ogletree Deakins' French employment team comprises 40 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

Chambers Review

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Employment - France

4
Band 4

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.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Cécile Martin
4
Cécile Martin
Head of Employment
4
Band 4

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

Cécile has excellent interpersonal skills and is very competent and very responsive.

She has strong expertise in labour law topics.

Jean-Marc Albiol
4
Jean-Marc Albiol
Head of Employment
4
Band 4

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 is a great professional – responsive, perceptive and very pragmatic.

We work with Jean-Marc with full confidence given his in-depth expertise in employment law and his knowledge of the issues faced by companies.

Jean-Marc offers great support, exceeds all our expectations and is very responsive.

Karin Dulac
U
Karin Dulac
U
Up and Coming

Karin Dulac enters the rankings this year and advises clients on restructurings, executives terminations and M&A-related employment matters.

Karin has provided us with extremely high-quality service.

Karin Dulac has very solid experience in her field of expertise. Her creativity, pragmatism and search for excellence make her a key player in her field of activity.

The commerciality of her advice is good and her responsiveness is great.

Ranked Lawyers at
Ogletree Deakins

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France

Employment

Cécile Martin
4
Cécile Martin
Head of Employment
4
Band 4
Jean-Marc Albiol
4
Jean-Marc Albiol
Head of Employment
4
Band 4
Karin Dulac
U
Karin Dulac
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Alexandre Abitbol

Alexis Borestel

Anne-Sophie Cepoi-Demouzon

Audrey Seviran

Aurélie Lemettre

Bérengère Lubineau

Caroline Donetti

Chloé Lefrançois

Clément Dagorn

Cécile Martin

Cécile Martin

Head of Department

Eric de Laboulaye

Hassan Ahtouch

Jean-Marc Albiol

Jean-Marc Albiol

Head of Department

Jérôme Verneret

Karin Dulac

Head of Department

Marie Paulin

Myriam Mehidi

Nicolas Peixoto

Pascale Ernst

Paul Clair

Rafaël Dezelee Roque

Stéphane Bloch

Thibaud Lauxerois

Yacine Hachemi

Industries

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Banking

Energy

Finance

Healthcare

Industry

Life sciences

Luxury

Retail

Technologies

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