Dentons

Employment and Labor

Yoel Bendavid is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office. He is a member of the Employment and Labor group.

Yoel advises French and foreign companies in all areas of labor law, including individual and collective labor relations, as well as individual and collective litigation.

He advises companies in the luxury industries, chemical industries, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce and FinTech startups.

Yoel focuses on advising companies on the social aspects of corporate law, in particular with regard to mergers and acquisitions, implementation of restructurings and downsizing for economic reasons, implementation of redundancy procedures for individual reasons, implementation of automatic transfers of employment contracts, information and consultation of employee representative bodies.

Yoel is also involved in litigation. He assists and represents companies involved in individual and collective disputes before employment tribunals and appeal courts, notably concerning redundancies for economic reasons, individual dismissals, fraudulent transfers, moral harassment, working time issues, professional elections, discrimination and negotiations with senior executives.

He is the author of several articles in his areas of expertise.

He holds a specialist certificate in labour law awarded by the French National Bar Council (Conseil National des Barreaux – CNB).

Counsel, Dentons, 2024-Present Associate, Dentons, 2019-2024 Associate, Marvell Avocats, 2016-2019 Associate, Hogan Lovells, 2015-2016 Legal Counsel, Capstan Avocats, 2014-2015

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Member of the ACE (Association des Avocats Conseils d'Entreprises) since 2018 Jury member of the CRFPA for the Institute of Legal Studies of the University Paris II-Panthéon-Assas

University of Montpellier I, 2013, Master 2, DPS Degree in Labor Law and Health Care University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas, 2012, Master 1, Labor Law

Contributor, "Employers must consult before introducing artificial intelligence tools", Global Employment Lawyer, Issue 2 / 2025, June 2025