
The boutique employment firm FACTORHY offers comprehensive support to French and international clients across a wide range of industries. Founding partners Leslie NICOLAÏ, Grégory CHASTAGNOL and Benjamin DESAINT bring extensive experience in all key areas of the field including collective negotiation, social structuring, management of social risks and high-stakes employment litigation.
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Key clients
- Société Générale
- Banque Lazard
- Häagen-Datz
- Général Mills
- Mondelez
- D2L GROUP
- Groupe Bertrand (Burger King, Léon, Au Bureau, Hippopotamus, Pitaya, Paradis du Frit, Hanoï Ca Phé)
- Allianz
- Vinci
- Michelin
- Swile
Work highlights
Advised D2L Group with the employment aspects of merging three non-profits, securing social cost optimisation, legal compliance and continuity of employee representation.
Advising LIDL France in challenging the 2024 paid leave reform via a priority constitutional question, leading a national legal strategy against the law’s economic impact on employers.
Advised GECO on a soft restructuring using a GEPPMM agreement to manage absenteeism and secure dismissal procedures legally.
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Practice head
Benjamin Desaint; Leslie Nicolaï; Grégory Chastagnol
