Annie Elfassi

Practice Areas

Baker McKenzie’s Luxembourg Employment practice is known for its expertise across a wide range of employment law matters for both domestic and internationally recognised clients. Our advice spans pension benefits, social schemes following corporate restructurings and employment disputes.

The team is particularly recognised for its work on the legal position of the statutory duties of directors and on providing expert advice around terminations of CEOs and redundancies.

The team advise a diverse range of clients that include some of the most high profile companies operating in Luxembourg. As part of a global network of 76 offices across 46 countries, our team is in a unique position and able to seamlessly coordinate and tap into a variety of knowledge on cross-border employment law issues.

We are the only law firm to be ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global for Employment for 12 consecutive years.

Key practice areas:

Employment Disputes

Executive Compensation & Incentives

Global Immigration & Mobility

Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

International Labor & Human Rights

Managing Business Change & Disruption

Pensions

Supply Chains

Trade Secrets

Workplace Privacy and Data Protection

Professional Memberships

ELSA: « Employment Law Specialists Association » (member of the board)

EELA: « European Employment Lawyers Association » (member)

Publications

• Annie has co-authored the book on the status of board members from an employment law and social security perspective see link here: https://www.legitech.lu/product/le-statut-du-dirigeant-dentreprise/.

• She co-authored a book on the status of managers from an employment law perspective and social security law point of view: https://www.legitech.lu/product/le-statut-du-dirigeant-dentreprise/)

• She has also contributed to The Employment Law Review on the Luxembourg jurisidiction (https://thelawreviews.co.uk/author/profile/1013084/annie-elfassi)

• Is also the co-chief editor of JurisNews social security and personal tax (https://www.larcier.com/fr/jurisnews-droit-de-la-securite-sociale-et-fiscalite-personnelle.html)

She also regularly comments on judgments made at the European Court of Justice in employment law issues.

Personal

Annie Elfassi is the Partner in charge of the Litigation and Employment departments of Baker & McKenzie's Luxembourg office. She has over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, Annie Elfassi was a member of the Litigation and Risk Management practice and headed the Employment department of a leading law firm in Luxembourg. Prior to this experience, she worked for nearly 8 years in a local law firm as counsel and litigation attorney. She also have a working experience in France in the legal and insurance sectors.

Annie Elfassi is a renowned expert in Dispute resolution and Employment matters. She advises and assists clients on dispute resolution, employment law, contract Law, corporate Law, and intellectual property rights. She manages all aspects of shareholder disputes, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and/or fraud.

Annie has a strong experience in employment disputes, commercial litigation, insolvency procedure, debt collection. She has also been involved in transactional and arbitration work.

She is experienced in employment law issues in an international context, particularly in the complex areas of cross-border employment, pension benefits, social security and corporate restructuring effects on employment.