Emmanuelle Barbara

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Employment

France

19 Years Ranked

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France

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Emmanuelle Barbara, Senior Partner at August Debouzy, has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1993. As a Managing Partner of August Debouzy from 2001 to 2017, she created the labor department (comprising 35 lawyers, including 8 partners), which is involved in all areas of employment law and the development of HR strategies. In just fifteen years, her department has become a leading provider of labor law services and advice.

In 2012, 2018 and 2024, Emmanuelle Barbara received the “Lawyer of the Year” award in labor law from Best Lawyers magazine. She teaches at Sciences-Po Paris’s School of Law in Master II level. She also actively participates, within multiple think tanks, in the debate on the evolution of French labor law.

She is a member of the board of directors of the French think tank Institut Montaigne and was a board member and approved qualified person of the French Central Agency of Social Security Organizations (ACOSS) between 2007 and 2017.

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Individual Editorial

Emmanuelle Barbara is highly sought after by leading French and international corporates from a range of sectors, including retail and hospitality. She assists with the negotiation of collective agreements, employee transfers and employment criminal law cases.

Editorial individuel

Emmanuelle Barbara est très recherchée par les plus grandes entreprises françaises et internationales de divers secteurs, notamment le commerce et l’hôtellerie. Elle participe à la négociation de conventions collectives, aux mutations de salariés et à des dossiers de droit pénal du travail.

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