Bio

His main practice area is giving labour and employment law advice to foreign companies employing staff in France. Jerome Debost also advises certain French companies and start-ups, providing support in M&A transactions or offering day-to-day guidance and assistance. In his advisory capacity, Jérôme has handled the implementation of large-scale workforce restructuring plans, sometimes involving mass redundancies combined with an employment protection plan. He has also defended employers in proceedings challenging economic redundancies and in other Employment Tribunal disputes. He provides labour law support for M&A transactions (legal due diligence, initiating the information and consultation process with employee representative bodies, providing advice, where necessary, on the formalities imposed under the Hamon Act and on necessary pre-closing and post-closing measures).