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Emmanuel Bénard

Paris, France

Europe Guide 2022

Ranked in 1 departments

Ranked in : Employment

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Europe

Employment - France

Band 1

Emmanuel Bénard 's "quality support, both on legal advice and also on strategic subjects, makes him a great lawyer," according to clients. He impresses sources from across the market with his top-quality employment practice. Noted by sources as "innovative in proposing solutions," he advises on restructuring projects and the related redundancy plans as well as litigation involving high-level executives.

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Emmanuel Bénard is an employment lawyer and Office Leader of the Paris’ office, respected for his deep experience with challenging restructuring and complex collective litigation, he is also Head of the Employment Law Practice for Europe.

Emmanuel represents numerous French and international companies on all aspects of employment law including international and cross-border issues.

His practice focuses on reorganizations, collective redundancies. He notably advised key players of the Financial, Metal, Food and Beverages, Pharmaceutical, Technology, Leisure and Music Industries in implementing economic dismissals and voluntary departures. He also assists these clients with employee representation and collective bargaining and sensitive individual cases.

Emmanuel has a strong proficiency in collective litigation as well as criminal litigation and currently handles a number of sensitive cases arising from works council and health and safety committee information consultation procedure, professional elections, collective bargaining agreements and employees performance appraisal system.

With a long-standing experience on landmark M&A, he regularly supports HR Directors in dealing with works council information and consultation procedures and transfer of employees triggered by such complex projects, helping them achieving their strategic objectives.