Bredin Prat provides comprehensive advisory and litigation services across the full spectrum of employment law. The practice offers deep expertise in collective bargaining, complex compensation structures, executive management matters, compliance, alternative redeployment mechanisms, employee transfers, large-scale restructurings and redundancy plans. Practice head Laetitia Tombarello focuses on collective bargaining and employment issues arising from mergers and acquisitions. Cyril Gaillard is highly regarded for his litigation practice, including matters involving the criminal aspects of employment law. Caroline Combes excels in business transfers and restructuring projects, including in the context of insolvency prevention or proceedings.
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Work Department
Employment Law
Position

Partner

Career

Laetitia Tombarello, Partner at Bredin Prat, leads the Employment Law team.

She advises French and foreign groups on their restructuring and reorganisation transactions involving high-stakes employment issues.

Her practice also includes advising on the employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border transactions.

She also has expertise in advising companies on issues concerning senior executive appointments and departures, and on CEO and other executive compensation packages, as well as employee profit-sharing schemes.

Laetitia lectures on employment law at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.

Languages
French, English
Memberships
Admitted to the Paris Bar (2006)
Education

Laetitia Tombarello is a graduate of Sciences Po (2003) and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (DESS in Law and Economic Globalization, 2004).

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Extremely fast and responsive, even at the highest level. Always finds innovative solutions and approaches to problems.’

    ‘The firm distinguishes itself through its profound expertise in the field, its recognised experience, and its in-depth knowledge of the market as well as the political and social environment. These elements enabled it to adopt a concrete approach to assess the legal and practical risks of each decision and to anticipate the unions' reaction.'

    'The firm adopts a highly pragmatic approach to issues, while striving to best reconcile business imperatives, sometimes conflicting, particularly regarding the complexity of legal communication. It possesses the expertise, resources and capacity to manage complex cases, as was the case with the two large-scale restructurings (affecting 1,400 employees, or 30% of the workforce) on which it advised us.' 'The firm perfectly grasped the complexity of our organisation and the highly regulated banking environment. They took the necessary time to understand these issues before proposing solutions, always ensuring that their impact on the organisation was integrated, particularly in terms of network reorganisation.’

    ‘Potential clients should know that with Bredin Prat they are getting deep subject expertise and a truly collaborative approach to working.'

Key clients

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Work highlights

Advised Casino on the definition and implementation of their unprecedented transformation plan due to significant financial difficulties.