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FACTORHY

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A niche employment boutique, FACTORHY has expertise in the full gamut of employment law. Leslie Nicolaï, who is particularly sought after by investment firms and automotive services; Benjamin Desaint, who specialises in company transfers and labour lending; and Grégory Chastagnol head the team.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Factorhy teams are very responsive and always complete in their response with a reminder of the legal rules, an analysis and one or more solutions according to the different risks.’

  • ‘They know how to be available and attentive to provide a solution to the problems encountered in a concrete way and without sticking to the texts. They can offer more or less risky alternatives, take us out of our comfort/risk zone, leaving the final decision to us.’

  • ‘The particular traits of this team are above all its agility and responsiveness.'

  • 'Experts in social law and know how to provide a legal and practical response to all the questions that may arise in social law. In addition, given their organization (one partner and several collaborators with interests in different fields), they respond efficiently and quickly to their clients.

  • 'Factorhy's approach is innovative with practical solutions provided in social law.’

  • ‘The Factorhy team has perfect knowledge of the company's sector of activity. Their support for more than 10 years, for certain lawyers, allows us to be agile and extremely efficient both in the management of simple files as well as those of the most strategic nature.’

  • ‘The strength of Factorhy is to have many lawyers who are experts. They are available and responsive, which allows us to move forward quickly on files.’

  • ‘It is a brilliant, accessible team with the ability to make complex subjects understood. They are responsive, available and understand business issues and problems well. They have different personalities and complement each other very well. I have worked with many lawyers in my career, some large, well-known firms but in my opinion they are the best currently on the market.’

Key clients

  • AFD
  • Metro France
  • Burger King (BK services)
  • ADP Aéroport de Paris
  • CMA CGM
  • Ceva Logistics
  • Inditex
  • Alixio
  • SE Loger
  • Groupe OFI and Abeille Assurances
  • Cemoi Confiserie
  • France Chimie

Work highlights

  • Advised on a wide-ranging plan to restructure METRO France in 2022/23.  
  • Advised on the acquisition of Bollore Logistics.
  • Advised on a complex merger operation for EXTIME, and, more broadly, the ADP group.    

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Benjamin Desaint, Grégory Chastagnol, Leslie Nicolaï