Prepared customized standard employment contracts for various categories of employees on behalf of the French branch of a Belgian company specialized in the distribution of saw chains and accessories.
Labor & Employment
- Successfully defended an Apprenticeship Training Institute before the Labor Court and before the Court of Appeals in the framework of a dispute concerning an alleged breached of its obligation to ensure the safety of its employees
- Advised a leading American company in semi-conductors in connection with the closing of a deficient entity with hundreds of employees, prepared the employment preservation plan and monitored its implementation
- Successfully defended many French companies and French subsidiaries of foreign groups against claims of unfair dismissals brought by employees dismissed on economic grounds
- Assisted a national aviation company in the closing of its branch in France
- Assisted a large Italian corporation in the management of relocations, defined and implemented successive collective dismissal procedures for economic reasons and assisted directors and line managers throughout these procedures
- Assisted a subsidiary of a Swedish industrial group in connection with labor consequence of its merger with two other group companies, including but not limited to, with respect to collective status of employees and employee representation issues
- Provided legal advice and assistance to a French subsidiary of a Japanese industrial group with 450 employees in connection with the implementation of a new optional profit-sharing plan
- Assisted a branch of activities of a worldwide company specializing in automobile equipment and plastic injection mouldings, following the mailing of dismissal letters that were not in conformity with the latest case law developments
- Advised and assisted several foreign industrial groups in designing and implementing a psychosocial risk prevention policy (addressing various issues related to health and safety at work) and preparing an action plan in this respect
- Advised a Norwegian group in connection with the sale of its French subsidiary, provided legal advice in relation to the works council information/consultation process, including the preparation of the legally required economic reports