The team at CMS Francis Lefebvre advises leading French and international clients on the full range of employment matters, including collective and individual litigation, relations with staff representatives and collective bargaining. The 'very attentive and particularly innovative' multidisciplinary team draws on a collaborative approach and a depth of experience across its global network. Laurent Marquet de Vasselot , Caroline Froger-Michon , Guillaume Bossy, Ludovique Clavreul, Vincent Delage , Nicolas Callies  and Pierre Bonneau  are key contacts, advising clients across a range of sectors and matters.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Availability, responsiveness and excellent understanding of the challenges facing our organization.'

  • ‘The team is very attentive and particularly innovative. They are extremely pleasant.'

  • ‘Caroline Froger-Michon and Guillaume Bossy are very responsive, innovative, attentive.'

  • ‘Excellent advice and support. They are true partners.'

  • ‘Responsiveness and availability, innovation, collaborative tools.'

  • ‘Diligence, efficiency, innovative.'

  • ‘Always very available, the team has varied skills between individual law, collective advice or litigation.'

  • ‘Pierre Bonneau: close to internal teams, makes labor law material understandable and accessible.'

Key clients

  • Professionnels de l’Emploi en Portage Salarial
  • Imerys
  • Autoliv
  • Steelcase
  • SNCF
  • Prisma Media (Vivendi Group)
  • Sanofi
  • The Adecco Group
  • Etex
  • Somfy
  • Ebro/Lustucru
  • Radisson Hotel Group
  • Renault/Volvo Trucks
  • Martin Belaysoud Group
  • Aldes Group
  • Eagle Football Group
  • Sysco
  • Colgate/Palmolive
  • Accenture

Work highlights

  • Assisted PEPS (Professionnels de l’Emploi en Portage Salarial), the most important employer organization in France within the payroll companies sector, with several claims against two collective bargaining agreements that were disputed by a representative union.
  • Advised Imerys, the world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions, on all global employment aspects for the completion of the disposal of its assets serving the paper market to an affiliate of Flacks Group, a US investment firm.
  • Assisted Colgate-Palmolive with the closure of a site in France, dedicated to bleach products (“la Croix” products).

Lawyers

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Pierre Bonneau
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Laurent Marquet de Vasselot
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Other key lawyers

Laurent Marquet de Vasselot, Pierre Bonneau, Caroline Froger-Michon, Nicolas Callies, Vincent Delage, Raphaël Bordier, Damien Decolasse, Guillaume Bossy