YARDS guides clients on a broad range of employment law issues, particularly in the context of restructurings, collective redundancies, M&A transactions, collective negotiations, as well as individual dismissal procedures and departure negotiations. Practice co-head Christine Hillig-Poudevigne excels with implementing various types of restructuring projects, job preservation schemes, voluntary redundancy schemes and negotiated collective dismissal procedures. Fellow practice head Marion Ayadi joined from Raphaël Avocats in April 2025 and brings expertise in IRP matters, notably employee representative institutions, including election processes and information and consultation procedures.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is always available, has a deep understanding of the business world and quickly grasps the issues and their implications. They are particularly adept at supporting the company through major restructuring projects. We readily entrust them with high-stakes financial litigation cases and are extremely satisfied with their work.’
- ‘Lucas Aubry is both rigorous in securing internal business processes and creative in developing defence strategies, capable of combining legal compliance with operational agility. He is also quite an expert in payroll, a very complex area in France.'
- ‘Excellent responsiveness and quality of advice.’
- ‘The team is extremely available and attentive to all the details of our requests and issues. They quickly understood our sector of activity and its challenges.’
- ‘Availability, responsiveness, a focus on simple solutions and seamless collaboration.’
- ‘The team stands out for its responsiveness and attentiveness. A high level of professionalism that we particularly appreciate.’
Work highlights
Advised a France-based global company on a restructuring project, involving the arrival of a new private investor as main shareholder.
Advised a France-based company on a restructuring plan involving the elimination of 70 permanent positions and on various disputes with a nexus to France, including technical issues related to the evaluation of dismissal indemnities.
Advising a France-based company in the financial services sector on an internal reorganisation involving 30 employees, individual litigations, telework and compensation issues, governance and on the management of employee representatives.
Practice head
Christine Hillig-Poudevigne; Marion Ayadi
Other key lawyers
Lucas Aubry