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OUR VALUES

Fidere Avocats is a firm dedicated to French employment law and civil service law.

The firm represents employers and assists businesses of all sizes from all sectors with matters involving employment law.

Fidere Avocats has built its practice on the following values:

EXPERTISE TRUST RESPONSIVENESS INNOVATION

Fidere Avocats represents clients from all areas of France and also handles cases with an international dimension.

The languages spoken by the firm’s lawyers include French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Persian.

The firm’s lawyers all graduated from leading law schools and have extensive experience in the fields of employment law, public service law, criminal labour law, social security law and social security coverage.

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MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE

RESTRUCTURINGS AND ASSOCIATED LABOUR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES

Labour law due diligence reviews; Mergers and acquisitions; Redundancies and job loss mitigation schemes; Transfers of undertakings; Court-ordered reorganisations and

insolvency proceedings.

LABOUR-MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND LABOUR RELATIONS

Working time; Forward-looking management of jobs

and skills, mobility; Vocational training; Mandatory sector - and company-level

negotiations; Equal opportunities; Relations with employee representative

structures; Disputes over labour-management

agreements; Industrial action and labour-management

disputes.

SOCIAL SECURITY AND SUPPLEMENTARY SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE

Choice, implementation and adaptation of death and disability benefit, healthcare expense and pension plans;

Social security contributions and benefits in kind;

Litigation over URSSAF adjustments.

INDIVIDUAL LABOUR RELATIONS

Drafting and amendment of employment contracts;

Disciplinary proceedings; Employment contract termination

(dismissal,termination by mutual agreement and settlements);

International mobility; Employee privacy, equal opportunities

and discrimination cases.

STATUS OF CORPORATE EXECUTIVES

Choice of status for executives (employment, social security and tax aspects);

Executive liability (powers of attorney); Executive compensation.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Procedures for informing and consulting the health, safety and working conditions Committee;

Risk prevention and management (occupational stress risks, harassment, burn-out);

Litigation related to occupational accidents and illnesses (e.g. involving asbestos or absolute employer liability).

GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL REMUNERATION POLICIES

Variable and/or deferred remuneration plans;

Incentive schemes; Profit-sharing schemes; Employee saving plans (company, group

and inter-company savings plans); Employee pension saving plans (group

and inter-company pension savings plans); Time savings accounts; Stock options; Employee share ownership.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS – LITIGATION

Individual and class actions, including high-risk cases;

Labour court litigation; Employee representation litigation; Social security litigation (e.g. occupational

accidents and URSSAF adjustments); Administrative litigation (e.g. involving

employees with protected status, aspects of restructurings involving the administrative courts);

Employment law litigation before the criminal courts.

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PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING

The firm has a Technical Advisory Committee chaired by Alain Sauret;

Firm lawyers provided technical oversight for four special editions of the Gazette du Palais;

Articles by firm lawyers are regularly published in legal reviews;

Firm lawyers give classes at the Paris Law University (Paris II Panthéon Assas University) and the Paris Bar School (École de Formation

Française du Barreau de Paris); The firm hosts breakfast and morning

seminars on legal current affairs; The firm also offers training sessions

directly to companies or through training organisations (Elegia, RH&M, Liaisons sociales, Lamy, etc.);

Firm lawyers contribute to the Juris-Classeur employment law encyclopaedia.

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04 MAIN PRACTICE SECTORS

INDUSTRY

SERVICES

TRADE

AGRICULTURE

NON PROFIT/ MEDICAL AND SOCIAL

SPECIAL-STATUS COMPANIES

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYERS

GEOFFROY DE RAINCOURT

05 THE PARTNERS

QUALIFICATIONS - CAREER: Geoffroy holds an advanced degree in Labour Relations Law and Practice from Paris II Panthéon Assas University. He specialises in labour law, social security law and social security coverage. He was previously a partner at Capstan.

SERVICES: Geoffroy primarily provides legal advice to corporate clients and industry groups.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Corporate restructurings; Collective bargaining; Loans of personnel; Labour-management relations;

Forward-looking employment and skills management, mobility;

Equal opportunities; Mass disputes.

TEACHING AND TRAINING: Geoffroy writes for JurisClasseur and is the author of numerous articles; he is a lecturer at Paris II Panthéon Assas University and also teaches at the Paris Bar School; he runs training sessions for ELEGIA, Liaisons Sociales and RH&M.

AMANDINE GONÇALVES

QUALIFICATIONS - CAREER: Amandine holds a master’s degree in Labour Law and Human Resources Management from Paris X University.

SERVICES: Amandine provides legal advice and litigation services to corporate clients and industry groups for all their employment- related issues.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Restructurings; Transfers of undertakings; Management of employee

representative institutions;

Working time; Individual and class actions; Mass disputes.

TEACHING AND TRAINING: Amandine runs training sessions for Liaisons Sociales and RH&M.

CHRISTOPHE FROUIN

QUALIFICATIONS - CAREER: Christophe holds a master’s degree in labour law advisory practices and is accredited as a specialised in-house counsel by Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University.

SERVICES: Christophe advises corporate clients, industry groups and public establishments on the day-to-day management of their individual and group labour relations.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Collective bargaining and labour relations;

Occupational health and prevention of recently identified occupational risks (occupational stress risks, arduous work, etc.);

Equal opportunities; New technologies; Transfers of undertakings,

in particular between the public and private sectors;

Civil service law.

TEACHING AND TRAINING: Christophe is the author of numerous articles, and is a trainer for industry groups and with RH&M.

NICOLAS CHENEVOY

QUALIFICATIONS - CAREER: Nicolas holds a master’s degree in Labour Law and Industrial Relations and a doctorate from Paris X University.

SERVICES: Nicolas primarily provides legal advice to companies in a variety of sectors, in particular special-status companies, and provides litigation services for individual and group disputes.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Corporate reorganisation; Health and safety

(arduous work prevention plans);

Group litigation;

Collective bargaining and labour relations;

Vocational training; Working time.

TEACHING AND TRAINING: Nicolas is the author of numerous articles, and is a trainer for industry groups and with RH&M.

SALIRA HARIR

QUALIFICATIONS - CAREER: Salira holds an advanced degree in private law from Reims University and a doctorate in law.

SERVICES: Salira primarily provides litigation services for individual and group disputes.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Individual and class actions; Social security litigation; Executive status; Mass disputes; Occupational health (civil

and criminal law aspects);

Prevention of discrimination and equal opportunities risks;

Status of corporate officers.

TEACHING AND TRAINING: Salira is a lecturer in labour law at the Reims High School of Management and the Reims University faculty of law.

06 ASSOCIATES

The firm’s associates all graduated from leading law schools and gained their experience of labour law practice through law firm work.

ALAIN SAURET

07 TECHNICAL ADVISOR

QUALIFICATIONS - CAREER: Alain holds an advanced degree in private law.He began his career in 1972 and specialises in employment law, social security law and social security coverage law.He was the Managing Partner of Barthélémy & Associés from 1992 to 2005, and the founding Chairman of the international alliance of labour lawyers, Ius Laboris.Alain Sauret is a Knight osf the National Order of Merit and of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

ROLES: Alain chairs the Technical Advisory Committee of Fidere Avocats. He has been a leading contributor to debate on the development of labour law in France and other countries for many years, through his teaching, as well as his publications and articles.Alain Sauret is a member of the editorial committee of the Petites Affiches, the RH&M Review and sits on the executive committee of Entreprises et Progrès.

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