From day-to-day compliance and transactional support, to complex restructurings and internal investigations, Ashurst LLP has established itself as a trusted adviser and a formidable litigator in the employment market. With more than three decades of experience, practice head Muriel Pariente is highly skilled in managing complex redundancy plans, handling both individual and collective dismissals and navigating relationships with employee representative bodies and trade unions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Muriel Pariente and Sara Mauger are my main contacts. They are very professional and expert, very responsive and precise.’
- ‘Excellent availability, a detailed knowledge of potentially risky subjects with a precise analysis of the steps to be taken.'
- 'Among the top in Paris and nationally.'
- ‘The team's primary strength lies in its exceptional level of technical expertise. Muriel Pariente has a perfect grasp of the nuances of French legislation and case law trends, ensuring we receive reliable and proactive advice.'
Key clients
- Unilever
- Advent
- CVL 3
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Famille C Participations
- PACP
Work highlights
Advised a longstanding client, a family-owned diversified investment group, on internal investigations into allegations against senior management.
Represented a global workforce solutions company on a broad spectrum of complex individual and collective employment disputes. The work encompassed both advisory and litigation services, including handling high-stakes electoral challenges, post-termination litigation, obstruction claims and sensitive conflicts involving unions and employee representatives.
Advised a client involved in the inspection, verification, testing and certification of all aspects of employee representative body consultations, both locally and internationally, on a multi-billion-Euro public exchange offer.
Practice head
Muriel Pariente
Other key lawyers
Jordan Cohen; Sara Mauger; Keren Aboukrat; Gabriella Martinis