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Jean-Martial
Buisson

Partner

I assist companies of all sizes (international groups, mid-sized enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises), in the private as well as public sector, in their daily issues in labor law. 

This advisory activity encompasses all labor law matters, from individual issues to massive restructuring plans. I also handle all of my clients’ labor law litigation before all civil, administrative, and criminal courts.

Areas of expertise

  • Daily employment support and advice (management of pre-litigation situations, management of workplace accidents and occupational illness, management of relations with senior executives and corporate officers, etc.)
  • Restructuring and staff reduction (redundancy plans, voluntary departure plans, management of collective conflicts, etc.)
  • Support in the overhaul of collective statuses
  • Management of employee representative bodies
  • Management of work hours
  • Collective relations (interactions with the Labor Administration, internal regulations, etc.)
  • Drafting of documents (employment contracts, specific clauses/agreements on work schedule arrangements/participation and profit-sharing agreements/economic notes, redundancy plans/termination and severance procedures, settlements)
  • Training and due diligence activity (buy side/sell side)

Business sectors

Metallurgy
Aeronautics
Air transport industries

Languages

French
English

Professional background

  • Fromont Briens

Individual rankings

  • Best Lawyer in France 2021 / 2022/ 2023 / 2024 / 2025 (Labor and Employment law)

Publications

  • Nature of the agreement extending pre-existing collective agreements within merged companies – Cass. soc., 27 Nov. 2024, no. 22-20.886 (La Semaine juridique – Social no. 3 of 21 January 2025)
  • “Referendum for Validation of a Minority Agreement: Scope of Consultation of Employees and Modes of Challenge” (JSL No. 536, February 21, 2022)
  • BFM Business: – “Tech HR: What Are the Challenges of the Right to Disconnect for the Employer, What Rights for Employees?” (February 19, 2022)
  • Podcast on Human Resources in the Age of Social Networks with Capital, September 2021
Team of Jean-Martial