Skills Skills
Employment Contracts
Drafting and securing all types of employment contracts: permanent contracts (CDI), fixed-term contracts (CDD), part-time contracts, intermittent contracts, amendments, and specific clauses (mobility, non-compete, confidentiality, etc.).
Support for both employers and employees in the creation, modification, and management of employment contracts, ensuring legal compliance and the protection of each party’s interests. Anticipation of risks and adaptation of contracts to changes in the employment relationship.
Read moreSupport for both employers and employees in the creation, modification, and management of employment contracts, ensuring legal compliance and the protection of each party’s interests. Anticipation of risks and adaptation of contracts to changes in the employment relationship.
Remuneration & Benefits
Structuring and optimisation of remuneration packages: fixed and variable salary, benefits in kind (company vehicle, housing, etc.), welcome bonuses, golden parachutes, profit-sharing, incentive schemes, and social protection.
Support aimed at attracting, motivating, and retaining talent, while complying with social and tax regulations. Advice on the implementation of innovative arrangements aligned with the company’s strategy
Read moreSupport aimed at attracting, motivating, and retaining talent, while complying with social and tax regulations. Advice on the implementation of innovative arrangements aligned with the company’s strategy
Day-to-Day Management of the Employment Contract
Assistance at every stage of the employment relationship: working time management (day-based packages, overtime, on-call duties, etc.), contractual changes, suspensions (illness, unfitness, leave), disciplinary matters, harassment, professional underperformance, and business transfers.
Support in anticipating and resolving difficulties, securing practices, and preserving the quality of employment relationships, for both employers and employees.
Read moreSupport in anticipating and resolving difficulties, securing practices, and preserving the quality of employment relationships, for both employers and employees.
Termination of the Employment Contract
Support in designing termination strategies adapted to each situation: dismissal (personal or economic), mutual termination agreements, job abandonment procedures, settlements, and conciliation.
Assistance with the choice and implementation of procedures, negotiation of departure terms, securing agreements, and defending the parties’ interests, in compliance with legal and collective bargaining frameworks.
Read moreAssistance with the choice and implementation of procedures, negotiation of departure terms, securing agreements, and defending the parties’ interests, in compliance with legal and collective bargaining frameworks.
Litigation
Representation and defence before all courts and tribunals, including Employment Tribunals (Conseil de prud’hommes) and Courts of Appeal.
Intervention in individual or collective disputes, with a preference for amicable solutions whenever possible, and a rigorous, strategic defence before the courts. Experience allows for effective anticipation, preparation, and management of litigation to secure clients’ interests.
Read moreIntervention in individual or collective disputes, with a preference for amicable solutions whenever possible, and a rigorous, strategic defence before the courts. Experience allows for effective anticipation, preparation, and management of litigation to secure clients’ interests.
Support During Change
Legal advice and support for companies during reorganisation, restructuring, changes in activity, mergers, sales, or closures.
Assistance in anticipating social impacts, securing procedures, and implementing appropriate solutions to preserve performance and team cohesion.
Read moreAssistance in anticipating social impacts, securing procedures, and implementing appropriate solutions to preserve performance and team cohesion.
Audits and Exceptional Transactions
Conducting social audits in the context of sales, acquisitions, or compliance reviews of internal practices.
Expertise enables risk assessment, formulation of recommendations, and support in implementing corrective measures, ensuring legal security and the sustainability of exceptional transactions.
Read moreExpertise enables risk assessment, formulation of recommendations, and support in implementing corrective measures, ensuring legal security and the sustainability of exceptional transactions.
Management of Corporate Difficulties
Advice on talent attraction and retention, management of contractual changes, individual or collective dismissals, and collective proceedings (restructuring, insolvency, liquidation, etc.).
Support in anticipating and managing sensitive situations by proposing solutions tailored to each context
Read moreSupport in anticipating and managing sensitive situations by proposing solutions tailored to each context
Compliance and Regulation
Drafting and updating internal regulations, policies, charters, and workplace practices to ensure compliance with employment legislation.
Support designed to secure the company’s legal environment and to control and prevent litigation risks
Read moreSupport designed to secure the company’s legal environment and to control and prevent litigation risks
Social Dialogue and Collective Employment Relations
Support for companies in organising professional elections, negotiating collective agreements, informing and consulting the Social and Economic Committee (CSE), managing relations with trade union representatives (DS), recognising and securing practices within economic and social units (UES), negotiating collective performance agreements (APC), redundancy plans (PSE), and more.
Intervention in relations with administrative authorities (Labour Inspectorate, Urssaf, Dreets, etc.) to ensure constructive and legally secure social dialogue
Read moreIntervention in relations with administrative authorities (Labour Inspectorate, Urssaf, Dreets, etc.) to ensure constructive and legally secure social dialogue
Professional Elections
Professional elections are a key legal obligation. When poorly prepared, they may result in invalidation, disputes, or litigation risks
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Your lawyer, close to you Cristelle Devergies-Bouron
Are you a business leader, HR manager, employee, or entrepreneur?Are you looking for reliable, human, and responsive legal support in labour law?
Maître Cristelle Devergies-Bouron’s law firm welcomes you and offers recognised expertise in employment and social law, built on more than 20 years of experience gained within business law firms and companies of all sizes and across all sectors, as well as alongside employees and HR professionals.
Each situation is approached with seriousness, attentiveness, and pragmatism. Maître Cristelle Devergies-Bouron takes the time to understand your needs, constraints, and objectives to provide you with clear, tailored, and legally secure solutions.
Whether you are facing a specific legal question, a transformation of your organisation, or a complex issue, Maître Cristelle Devergies-Bouron supports you at every stage, in both French and English, throughout France, either in person or remotely.
Employment law is a tool that serves performance, peace of mind, and professional success. Maître Cristelle Devergies-Bouron helps you anticipate it, master it, and turn it into a genuine lever for optimisation for your business or professional career.
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