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Three readings of the same matter

A high-stakes matter is read on three levels at once. Treating them separately produces advice that is right on paper and unworkable on the ground.

The three readings

  1. 01

    The legal reading

    Employment law, social security law and corporate law handled together, because high-stakes matters never fall neatly into just one of the three.

    What it rests on

    Master's in law, corporate careers option — Lyon III, 1993. HEDAC, the Versailles Court of Appeal bar school. Admitted to the Val-d'Oise Bar in July 2025.

  2. 02

    The financial reading

    A legal decision has a cost, a payment schedule and an effect on the accounts. Quantifying them is part of the advice; ignoring them leaves the client with a decision they cannot weigh.

    What it rests on

    ICCF certificate in corporate finance — HEC Paris and First Finance, 2026.

  3. 03

    The operational reading

    A solution the teams responsible cannot execute is not a solution. Real timescales, approval chains and administrative load are examined alongside the rest.

    What it rests on

    Lean Six Sigma Black Belt — École centrale de Paris, 2011. Twenty-five years in industry, eleven of them heading employee relations for a financial group.

Why the poles are not kept apart

Employment law and corporate law are distinct subjects, but the matters that count almost always fall under both. A disposal triggers employee consultations; a director's departure engages both an office and an employment contract; an intra-group reorganisation transfers contracts.

Entrusted to two advisers, such matters advance on two timetables that do not speak to each other. The first symptom is always the same: a signing date fixed without regard to an irreducible consultation period, discovered too late to be recovered.

Holding these subjects together is not a method the firm chose; it is the direct consequence of how it is organised. The benefit is a single timetable. The limit is a capacity that is not a team's, and it is stated before a matter is opened.

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Employment law

Securing and steering employment and HR matters, from individual employment relations to collective restructurings.

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Company management and HR departments; employees and individuals.

Corporate law

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Business owners, directors, shareholders and founders.

Immigration and nationality law

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Individuals and families; employers recruiting or seconding foreign staff.