The introduction of a draft bill on what is known as 'employment securing ' could offer more flexibility for employers and more security for employees. But is this a possible win-win deal or a marriage doomed to fail, asks Christine Hillig-Poudevigne.
Pittsburgh-headquartered global law firm Reed Smith has announced the opening of a competition practice in Paris with the appointment of Michel Debroux to its partnership.
High-profile French lawyer Oliver Metzner, nicknamed the 'gangsters' lawyer', was found dead near his private island in Brittany yesterday morning.
French law firm Fromont Briens has flown out of the blocks since the turn of the New Year, launching a landmark training department and adding four new partners to its ranks.
Boston-based law firm Nixon Peabody is to shut its four-year-old Paris office, it was confirmed yesterday.
English footballer Joey Barton has threatened legal action against Britain's Daily Mail newspaper after a column last week suggested he should 'come out as gay'.
A group of Europe's most influential and muscular independent law firms is forming an alliance to challenge the power and continuing incursions of UK and US firms on the continent.
Companies that operate both in the United States and in European Union Member States, such as France, often grapple with tensions between FCPA compliance and enforcement of European Union and local country data privacy protections.
Pittsburgh-headquartered global law firm Reed Smith has launched a partnership with King's College London to give law students work placements at the firm's London and Paris offices.
Women are joining the French legal profession in stronger numbers than men, but far fewer hold managing and partnership positions, according to a recent study from the Paris Bar Association.
French employment law specialist law firm Moisand Boutin & Associés advised Paris-based transport infrastructure engineering group Systra on the labour aspects of a merger involving its subsidiaries Inexia and Xelis.
London-headquartered law firm Allen & Overy advised Crédit Agricole SA(CASA) and Crédit Agricole CIB (CACIB) on the establishment of Crédit Agricole Public Sector SCF, the French legislative covered bond platform of the group.
A criminal complaint is set to be launched today by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge following an alleged invasion of privacy by an unnamed photographer who took pictures of the Duchess while she was topless.
The Paris office of London's magic circle law firm Clifford Chance has become entangled in a legal battle with two female non-lawyer employees.
Law firms in France have shown overall growth in revenues.
Pinsents heads for the French capital following German move
Anglo-US global giant DLA Piper is looking to boost its presence in the French capital through a merger with a corporate Paris boutique law firm.
New York-headquartered law firm Skadden is representing leading French botanical beauty care brand Yves Rocher Group.
Paris-based law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel advised leading French wine producer Castel Frères on the purchase of six companies from the Patriarche group, which are active in the production of still and sparkling wines.
A leading British law school is to risk the wrath of French traditionalists by launching an English language post-graduate course in Paris.