Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Sophie Dechaumet is a key player in social law, she highlights her team and gives them the means to succeed.’

  • ‘The team led by Virgile Puyau stands out for its modern and pragmatic approach to the subject. Their high-quality work takes into account the operational needs and constraints of their clients. The team demonstrates great availability and responsiveness, particularly in the event of an emergency, while providing sound legal advice.'

  • ‘Virgile Puyau clearly stands out for his understanding of operational but also strategic issues.'

  • 'Joël Fernandez, also stands out for his responsiveness and his ability to propose solutions adapted to our specific needs. He demonstrates great professional qualities: accessible and thoughtful. ’

  • ‘Sophie Dechaumet: Responsive. She has a reassuring attitude and is very professional. She is a winner.’

  • ‘The team is very professional and people are immediately available and attentive. There is a diversity of complementary skills within Winston. I particularly appreciate the mix of professionalism and proximity to the client, we feel supported and the teams are very concerned about the issues.’

  • ‘Virgile Puyau has a perfect mastery of business knowledge and combines remarkable strategic experience in negotiations, he is always at the right level and maneuvers skillfully to achieve the objective.’

Key clients

  • AB TASTY
  • Accueil Immobilier SAS
  • Act Beauty France
  • Adoc Talent Management
  • Amphenol
  • Association pour le Développement du Service Notarial (ADSN)
  • Cash Paris Tax Refund Sarl
  • Comcast Group
  • Davril Promotion SAS
  • DOMCO SAS
  • Fimo France
  • Fondation Saint Francois
  • Generix Group
  • Groupe Accueil
  • Groupe ALSEI SAS
  • Groupe OPALE SAS (ALSEI Group)
  • Groupe Sevetys
  • High Executives exits
  • Imalliance SA
  • Imapole
  • Information et Diffusion ID Sarl (RTL)
  • Jaybeam Wireless
  • Kadant
  • Mediarithmics
  • Metropole Television SA (M6)
  • Outpost 24
  • Polygon France SAS
  • Qair Group
  • Rouje SAS
  • Sidaction
  • TVH Consulting SAS
  • Venedim SAS

Work highlights

  • Advised Generix Group and its subsidiaries on all the labor & employment aspects of its external growth operations and intra-group reorganisations.
  • Assisted Comcast International France with the regrouping of all the employees of its various subsidiaries (Comcast International France and the NBCU entities).
  • Advised Sevetys in connection with the opening to new investors of the capital of the company and day-to-day assistance.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Virgile Puyau, Sophie Dechaumet

Other key lawyers

Joël Fernandez