Addleshaw Goddard

Addleshaw Goddard

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Sara Bellahouel

Sara Bellahouel

Work Department

Employment

Position

Sara advises French, foreign and groups of companies on both individual employment relations (employment contracts, intra-group mobility, discrimination and equal treatment, disciplinary procedures, termination of employment contracts, etc.) and collective employment relations (collective bargaining, relations with the works council, etc.).

In particular, she assists clients with reorganisations (collective redundancies, voluntary redundancy plans, employee transfers, etc.) and with the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions (due diligence, information and consultation of the works council, etc.).

In litigation, she represents clients before national courts in both employment law and social security law (industrial tribunals, courts of law, appeal courts).

Career

2024-To present: Associate at Addleshaw Goddard (Paris, France) 2023-2024: Senior Associate at Ascent Avocats (Paris, France) 2020-2023: Attorney – Private Practice (Paris, France) 2016-2020: Senior Associate at Soulier Avocats, Employment & Labor Law department (Paris, France) 2015-2016: Associate at PwC Société d’Avocats, M&A department in Employment & Labor Law (Paris area, France) 2013-2015: Trainee Lawyer at Soulier Avocats, Employment & Labor Law department (Paris, France) 2014: Observation internship as a Trainee Lawyer at Nossaman LLP (Orange County, California, USA)

Languages

French (native) - English (fluent) - Spanish (Intermediate level)

Education

2017-2018: Master 2 – Employment & Labor Law – University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne 2016-2018: Master 2 – Business Law, Corporate Lawyer Specialization – University Toulouse 1 – Capitole 2013-2014: Trainee Lawyer – Robert Badinter Promotion – Certificate of Aptitude for Practice as an Attorney (“CAPA”) 2010-2011: Master 1 – International Business Law – University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne 2009-2011: University Diploma in Applied Language in English – Common Law – University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne 2009-2010: Bachelor’s Degree – Undifferentiated Law – University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne