Mrs. Olivia Heilpern has joined Soulier Avocats as Of Counsel in labor and employment

Olivia Heilpern has worked for national and international law firms for almost ten years. She devotes her practice to supporting and defending companies in labor & employment law and global mobility.

She practices all aspects of labor & employment law, including both individual issues (employment contracts, compensation, negotiations, dismissals) and collective issues (collective agreements, staff representative bodies, health and safety in the workplace, etc.).

She provides legal assistance and support in connection with business and group reorganizations and restructurings (collective lay-off plans, voluntary separation plans, transfers of employees, etc.), labor due diligence (compliance audits, due diligence investigations in M&A transactions, etc.) as well as with the management of the labor implications of their growth policy.

Olivia Heilpern also assists French and foreign companies and groups in the definition, implementation and monitoring of their global mobility policy (secondment, expatriation, hiring of foreign workers, etc.).

A new Environmental Crime Directive coming soon

Laure Marolleau, Esq.

A provisional agreement has been reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law.

This agreement relates to a proposal for a Directive, the aim of which is to improve the effective enforcement of criminal law and to combat the most serious environmental offenses which can have devastating effects on both the environment and human health.

Latest news in French labor and employment

Olivia Heilpern, Esq.

In recent weeks, the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) has issued a number of rulings providing useful clarification on issues that are important to companies and their corporate officers.

These rulings concern inter alia the criminal liability of employers in the context of their obligation to ensure the safety of their employees, a reversal of case law pertaining to the right of evidence in civil matters, the absolute protection of an employee on maternity leave against dismissal, and the compensation due to an employee using his/her home for professional purposes.

Soccer and EU competition law: The “Super-League” judgment

Safi Mbarki, Esq.

Sport has always played a key role in international relations. Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) specifies that the European Union contributes to developing the European dimension in sport. However, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recalled in the past that sport must not hinder the application of the competition rules set forth in Article 101 (cartels and other agreements that disrupt free competition) and Article 102 (abuse of dominant position) of the TFEU.

The three judgments issued by the CJEU on December 21, 2023 have generated as much discussion as the “Bosman” judgment in 1995 which prohibited the imposition of quotas on foreign players in European soccer.

This article discusses the most notable of the three judgments, i.e., the so-called “Super League” judgment.

Next session of our Compliance Task force - Risk Mapping: Definition, Issues at Stake, Methodology

The next session of the Compliance Task Force created by the European American Chamber of Commerce Auvergne Rhone-Alps (EACC) in partnership with Soulier Avocats will be held on Mars 14, 2024.

The theme of this session will be “Risk Mapping: Definition, Issues at Stake, Methodology”.

Following a brief review of the latest developments in compliance, especially  with respect to Corporate Due Diligence Duty, our Counsel Claire Filliatre and Benjamin Bayard, Senior Manager Deloitte Risk Advisory, will share their experience in risk mapping and will discuss in particular the provisions of the Sapin 2 Law, the crucial importance of this risk steering and management tool, the various methodological steps in the risk mapping process, and the absolute necessity of close collaboration between the various stakeholders.