Virginie Devos
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Employment
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About
Provided by Virginie Devos
Practice Areas
Assistance with the management of reorganizations, restructuring transactions, sales of companies, employment management (employment protection plans, forward-looking management, collective performance agreement, etc.)
Advice on the developments of organizations (working time arrangements, construction of compensation plans, management of relations with employee representative bodies, etc.)
Employment law and social security litigation
Employee savings schemes
Career
Specialist in employment and social welfare law.
Virginie Devos, a partner at August Debouzy since 2005 within the Labour and Employment Law department, assists her clients with the management of the development and transformation of their organization as well as with their day-to-day activities on all aspects of employment and labour law, employee savings schemes and social welfare. Pragmatic, she helps clients build the most appropriate legal solution best matching the objective pursued, having regard to the political and economic environment, based on her keen understanding of the social fabric in which the client operates, with the best quality/risk ratio in mind.
Regularly interviewed on employment law topics and spurred by the desire to share her knowledge and expertise, Virginie Devos teaches at the business law school of Montpellier.
Before joining August Debouzy, she honed her skills at Deloitte & Touche (now Deloitte Avocats) and at Jacques Barthélémy
Publications
Virginie Devos regularly publishes current articles on employment and social welfare issues in the general and specialized press.
Chambers Review
Europe
Virginie Devos displays strong capabilities in high-profile employment disputes and restructurings. She often advises international clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Virginie Devos is experienced and has a deep and clear understanding of topics. I appreciate the quality of the relationship."
"Beyond her technical skills and expertise, I particularly appreciate her pragmatism and understanding of the reality of companies and socioeconomic issues."
"Virginie Devos is experienced and has a deep and clear understanding of topics. I appreciate the quality of the relationship."
"Beyond her technical skills and expertise, I particularly appreciate her pragmatism and understanding of the reality of companies and socioeconomic issues."