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Orrick Offices
61 rue des Belles Feuilles
75016
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Mr Emmanuel Bénard
Work Department
Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Emmanuel Bénard is an employment lawyer and Office Leader of the Paris’ office, respected for his deep experience with challenging restructuring and complex collective litigation, he is also Head of the Employment Law Practice for Europe.
Emmanuel represents numerous French and international companies on all aspects of employment law including international and cross-border issues.
His practice focuses on reorganizations, collective redundancies. He notably advised key players of the Financial, Metal, Food and Beverages, Pharmaceutical, Technology, Leisure and Music Industries in implementing economic dismissals and voluntary departures. He also assists these clients with employee representation and collective bargaining and sensitive individual cases.
Emmanuel has a strong proficiency in collective litigation as well as criminal litigation and currently handles a number of sensitive cases arising from works council and health and safety committee information consultation procedure, professional elections, collective bargaining agreements and employees performance appraisal system.
With a long-standing experience on landmark M&A, he regularly supports HR Directors in dealing with works council information and consultation procedures and transfer of employees triggered by such complex projects, helping them achieving their strategic objectives.
Co-author of an insightful and pedagogic book on all labor and employment facets of companies’ reorganization, Emmanuel is described by his clients as “a guru in the field of employment law” and praised for his “business sense”.
Languages
French, English
Memberships
Member of the EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Employment
(Hall of Fame)Orrick handles major international employment matters including large-scale restructurings and downsizings. The team is active for clients in a range of sectors and advises major blue-chip companies on high-level and sensitive cases. Emmanuel Bénard, a noted specialist in collective litigation and criminal employment law, leads the team. He is supported by Nadège Owen, who is a trusted adviser to corporate clients on a range of employment issues. Hélène Boukez and Soumaya Ouzzani are other key practitioners of note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- EU, competition and distribution
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: LBO
- Insolvency
- Real estate
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration