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August Debouzy
7 rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris
France

Work Department

Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Fabienne Haas joined August Debouzy as a partner within the employment and labour law department in April 1998. She has developed an expertise in individual and collective labour relations law and advises multinational companies.

Fabienne Haas mainly assists French subsidiaries of foreign groups, in particular Anglo Saxon, in their day-to-day management of labour relations.

Supported by a bilingual team composed of ten lawyers, the “foreign desk”, she brings a truly international dimension to the employment and labour law department thanks to her expertise.

Fabienne Haas worked for the law firm Shearman & Sterling in New York within the litigation and international arbitration department and returned to their Paris office in 1988. She joined Sullivan & Cromwell’s Paris office in 1992 and then Salès Vincent & Associés, as a counsel, until 1998.

Languages

French | English

Memberships

Admitted to the Paris bar in 1985

Education

  • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1986
  • Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Corporate Law and Economics, University of Paris I-Sorbonne, 1983
  • Master’s degree (Maîtrise) in Public Law, University of Paris II- Assas, 1982
  • Master’s degree (Maîtrise) in Private Law, “Legal Careers”, University of Paris II- Assas, 1982

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.