Actance is distinguished for its skills in employment litigation, collective bargaining negotiation and restructurings. The firm’s cross-sector expertise allows it to represent a diverse client portfolio spanning various industries. Loïc Touranchet specialises in collective bargaining, high-risk litigation and restructuring. Pierre-Alexis Dumont advises national and international companies on HR issues and employee relations. Emeric Sorel is another leading figure in the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Attentive, great capacity to absorb significant workloads and respond to peaks in our activities, perfect mastery and expertise on all subjects of social rights.'
‘Emeric Sorel and Caroline Carmier are recommended for their perfect legal mastery, their valuable solutions and their pragmatism.'
‘Responsive, pragmatic, reliable team, which provides fair advice on all matters of social law.'
‘Highly recommend Caroline Carmier for her ability to make herself available and dig into the points to provide complete insight, and Emeric Sorel for his experience and his perspective.'
‘Lucie Vincens and Emeric Sorel are committed, adaptable, with a vision to support strategic choices in the implementation of social policy.'
‘Loïc Touranchet: responsiveness, quality of responses provided, adaptability to the business, availability, compliance with communicated deadlines.'
‘ he main quality of the Actance teams, in addition to their great professionalism, is their responsiveness and their ability to put themselves in the place of their interlocutors.'
‘Emeric Sorel's honesty, combined with his professionalism and expertise, make him a rare person.'
Key clients
- PWC
- Vivendi
- Upsa
- Le Figaro
- Renault
- Metlife
- S&P (+IHS)
- Eaton
- Velux
- BPCE
- Elior
- Suez
- Remy Cointreau
- Sisley
- Natixis
- Schneider Electric
- Altice
- Abbott
- Publicis
- Dassault Systèmes
- Moody’s
- Nexity
- Zurich
- Thales
- Colgate
- Ecolab
Work highlights
- Advised the successive court-appointed administrators throughout the receivership, then the liquidation of the Ventoris group, resulting in the economic redundancies of 3,200 employees over 15 entities
- Advised Eaton (French and US teams) on the closing down of their Aerospace site in Southern France in S1 2023 (transfer of the business to Tijuana and Bengalore)
- Advised Vivendi in dealing with all employment issues concerning the sale of Editis and Gala to Lagardère
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Virginie Audet, Franck Blin, Chloé Bouchez, Eliane Chateauvieux, Laurence Chrebor, Pierre-Alexis Dumont, Laurent Jammet, Aymeric de Lamarzelle, Sébastien Leroy, Nelly Pourtier, Jean-Michel Renucci, Sophie Rey, Marion Robert, Emeric Sorel, Loïc Touranchet, Lucie Vincens