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Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe

Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe

Work Department

Head of Employment and pensions practice's Intelligence department.

Position

Partner. Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe joined CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats in 2014 as Counsel with responsibility for the employment and pensions practice's Intelligence, Scientific Development and Knowledge Management Department. Olivier was made partner in 2015.

Career

Member of the committee responsible for defining the "basic principles of labour law". President of the Welfare and Social Security Division of the Conseil d’Etat (2011-2014). Member of the French Constitutional Council (2001-2010). Deputy General Secretary of the French Presidency (1997-2000). Advisor on Welfare and Social Security to the French Presidency (1995-1997). Director of Industrial Relations at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Training (1987-1995). Policy Advisor to the Cabinet of Mr Philippe Séguin, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment (1986 - 1987). Government Commissioner of the Administrative Claims Division of the Conseil d’Etat (1981-1986). Technical Advisor to the Cabinet of Mr Jacques Barrot, Minister for Health and Social Security (1979-1981);

Languages

French, English, Italian

Memberships

Member of the committee responsible for defining the "basic principles of labour law" (November 2015). Member of ACE (French Association of Corporate Legal Advisors). Member of the American Law Institute (2012-present). European Commission expert for Democracy through Law (‘Venice Commission’) of the Council of Europe (member from 2002 to 2010). Professor at the Institute of Political Studies (IEP), Paris (2001-2010). Member of the ‘Global Constitutionalism Seminar’, Yale Law School (2003-2009). President of the Jefferson Circle, an Association of former French ‘International Visitors’ (2002-2008).

Education

Institute of Political Studies (IEP), Paris (1970). Degree in Public Law (1971). ENA (National Administration School-Higher Education for top civil servants) (1975). Léon Blum valedictorian.