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August Debouzy
7 rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris
France

Work Department

Employment

Position

Senior Partner

Career

Emmanuelle Barbara, Senior Partner at August Debouzy, has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1993. As a Managing Partner (Associé-gérant) of August Debouzy from 2001 to 2017, she created the labour 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 labour law services and advice. In 2012 and 2018, Emmanuelle Barbara received the “Lawyer of the Year” award in labour law from Best Lawyer 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 labour 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.

Languages

French | English | Italian

Memberships

Admitted to the Paris bar in 1993

Education

  • Specialization Certification in employment, social security and social welfare law, 2000
  • Postgraduate degree (DESS) in Business Law and Taxation, University of Paris II, 1989

Lawyer Rankings

France > Employment

(Hall of Fame)

Emmanuelle BarbaraAugust Debouzy

August Debouzy maintains its strong reputation as a leading firm in the market, assisting French and international clients in the real estate, pharmaceutical, media, hospitality, financial institutions and travel industries. The team routinely advises on the full spectrum of employment mandates, including day-to-day management issues, employment litigation and restructuring projects, along with sensitive sexual harassment matters. Emmanuelle Barbara leads the team and is noted for her extensive expertise in employment, compensation and benefits law, regularly advising on social security issues. Other key partners include Marie-Hélène Bensadoun, Catherine Le Manchec, Virginie Devos, Anaïs Qureshi, Fabienne Haas and Eric Manca. Counsels Diane Reboursier, Sonia Moreau, Laure Hosni, Isabelle Hadoux-Vallier, Kathy Azevedo and Boris Léone-Robin are also noted.