Emmanuelle Barbara
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Employment
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About
Provided by Emmanuelle Barbara
Practice Areas
General employment law
Corporate restructuring
Litigation
Employee savings schemes
Executives’ status
Career
Emmanuelle Barbara, Senior Partner at August Debouzy, has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1993. As a Managing Partner (Associé-gérant) of August Debouzy from 2001 to 2017, she created the labour department (comprising 35 lawyers, including 8 partners), which is involved in all areas of employment law and the development of HR strategies. In just fifteen years, her department has become a leading provider of labour law services and advice. In 2012 and 2018, Emmanuelle Barbara received the “Lawyer of the Year” award in labour law from Best Lawyer magazine. She teaches at Sciences-Po Paris’s School of Law in Master II level. She also actively participates, within multiple think tanks, in the debate on the evolution of French labour law. She is a member of the board of directors of the French think tank Institut Montaigne and was a board member and approved qualified person of the French Central Agency of Social Security Organizations (ACOSS) between 2007 and 2017.
Publications
Emmanuelle Barbara has contributed to numerous publications, through articles and analyses.
Chambers Review
Europe
Emmanuelle Barbara is highly sought after by leading French and international corporates hailing from a range of sectors including retail and hospitality. She assists with the negotiation of collective agreements, employee transfers and employment criminal law cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Emmanuelle Barbara is the most incredible lawyer I have ever met in my life. I have never worked with a lawyer like her before."
"She is very smart and sharp."
"She has a deep knowledge of the case."
"Emmanuelle Barbara is the most incredible lawyer I have ever met in my life. I have never worked with a lawyer like her before."
"She is very smart and sharp."
"She has a deep knowledge of the case."