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Chassany Watrelot & Associés (CWA)
79 cours Vitton
69006 LYON
France

Position

Managing partner
| Attorney registered with the Lyon Bar Association

Career

Before founding Chassany Watrelot & Associés in 1987, Philippe Chassany was a partner at Fideurope. Philippe Chassany is a former member of the Lyon Bar Association Council.

He mainly intervenes on issues related to collective employment relations, restructurings, job protection plans and employment relations.

His expertise is also much sought-after in the framework of Labour Law collective and individual litigations before all competent courts of justice.

Languages

French

Memberships

Philippe Chassany is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Education

Post graduate degree in Tax and Business Law (DESS Droit des Affaires et Fiscalité) – University of Lyon III (1982)

Corporate lawyer degree (DJCE, Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d’Entreprise) – University of Lyon III (1982)

Master’s degree in Private Law (Maîtrise Droit Privé) – University of Saint-Etienne (1979)

Lawyer Rankings

France > Employment

Employment law boutique Chassany Watrelot & Associés (CWA) has offices in Paris, Lyon and Sophia-Antipolis, as well as bases in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The firm has strong resources and a wide range of expertise, and assists all types of clients including large French and international corporations. The team is retained to handle complex and challenging work, including large downsizing projects and the management of collective relations and litigation. The practice is also regularly called upon to assist with large M&A and private equity transactions, and complex employee transfer and reorganisation projects; it also has expertise in the compensation and benefits and social security spaces. Philippe ChassanyJérôme Watrelot and Elisabeth Graujeman co-lead the practice, which also includes key members  Hélène Guillot, Virgile Zeimet and Abdelkader Hamida.

Paris > Droit social

La boutique de droit social Chassany Watrelot & Associés (CWA) dispose de bureaux à Paris, Lyon et Sophia-Antipolis, ainsi que des bases au Maroc, en Algérie et en Tunisie. Le cabinet dispose de solides ressources lui permettant de déployer un large éventail d’expertises. Il accompagne une base de clientèle très diversifiée, comprenant de grandes entreprises françaises et internationales. L’équipe traite des dossiers complexes (comme de grands plans de réduction d’effectifs), assure la gestion des relations collectives et des litiges. Le cabinet intervient aussi régulièrement dans de grandes opérations de fusions-acquisitions et de capital-investissement, ainsi que dans des projets de transfert de salariés et de réorganisation d’entreprise. Il possède également une expertise dans les domaines de la rémunération, des avantages sociaux et de la sécurité sociale. La pratique est codirigée par Philippe ChassanyJérôme Watrelot et Elisabeth Graujeman .  Hélène GuillotVirgile Zeimet et Abdelkader Hamida sont également des contributeurs importants au sein de l’équipe.