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August Debouzy
7 rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris
France

Work Department

Employment

Position

Partner

Specialist in employment and social welfare law.

Career

Virginie Devos, a partner at August Debouzy since 2005 within the Labour and Employment Law department, assists her clients with the management of the development and transformation of their organization as well as with their day-to-day activities on all aspects of employment and labour law, employee savings schemes and social welfare. Pragmatic, she helps clients build the most appropriate legal solution best matching the objective pursued, having regard to the political and economic environment, based on her keen understanding of the social fabric in which the client operates, with the best quality/risk ratio in mind.

Regularly interviewed on employment law topics and spurred by the desire to share her knowledge and expertise, Virginie Devos teaches at the business law school of Montpellier.

Before joining August Debouzy, she honed her skills at Deloitte & Touche (now Deloitte Avocats) and at Jacques Barthélémy.

Languages

French | English

Memberships

Admitted to the Hauts de Seine bar in 1994

Education

  • Specialization Certification in employment, social security and social welfare law, 2002
  • Postgraduate degree (DESS-DJCE) in Business Law, University of Montpellier, 1993
  • Postgraduate degree (Magistère) in Business Law, University of Montpellier, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

France > Employment

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.