A key issue today is managing the legal aspects of change.

Restructurings to improve competitiveness have become a permanent feature of business life, and have also been the subject of numerous employment law reforms, both at national and at European level.

It is therefore essential that businesses involved in a restructuring have legal support, as the stakes are substantial, both in human and in financial terms.

Our areas of practice

We advise our clients in the following areas:

• Business transfers (mergers by absorption, sales/transfers of intangible assets, transfers to parent companies under the simplified French TUP procedure, outsourcing etc) 
• Risk minimisation and handling of the employment aspects of restructurings
• Support for advance workforce and skills planning
• Collective redundancy procedures, employment safeguarding schemes, mobility schemes
• Due diligence on business acquisition

Our approach

Our approach is based on:

• The expertise of our teams, based on our regular work in the field
• The availability of the firm’s expertise in other fields on both legal and tax issues. The complexity of the issues which arise demands synergy of legal expertise between tax law and company law for example, in restructuring matters
• Methodical precision: we assess requirements, implement strategies, and support clients through the various phases of their operations, both on an advisory basis and when managing litigation
• The ability to handle international matters through dedicated multilingual lawyers with expert knowledge of international employment law practice.

Our clients

Our clients are French and international corporate groups and their subsidiaries operating across the full range of business sectors.