Reed Smith Launches Employment Practice in Paris

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Reed Smith has launched an employment practice at its Paris office with the appointment of partners Nicolas Sauvage and Caroline Masson, who join from the French firm Courtois Lebel along with four associates and a legal counsel.

Benoit Charot, managing partner of Reed Smith’s Paris office, said the creation of the employment practice is part of the firm’s strategy to expand the Paris office.

“The incoming team is a new step towards the development of our Paris office and we will continue to seize every opportunity to enhance our practice, particularly in corporate/M&A, tax and financing,” Charot said in a press release.

  

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The team is slated to assist clients on a broad range of human resources matters, encompassing both individual and collective working relationships, the firm said in a press release. The focus will be on advising and guiding French and foreign companies through reorganization, M&A, outsourcing and collective redundancies.

Joining the firm as associates are Stéfanie Oudard, Mélanie Race, Nathalie Marchand and Fernando Teixeira. The new legal counsel is Michaela McCormack.

Reed Smith’s Paris office was created in 2005 with 10 members. It has grown to nearly forty lawyers, including 11 partners.