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Nicolas Léger

Partner
Head of Employment, France
Paris
About

Nicolas advises French and foreign companies on complex reorganizations, and more broadly on collective labor relations (collective agreement negotiations, organization of working time, staff representation, etc.). He assists his clients on sensitive individual and collective litigations and also handles on the social aspects of corporate operations.

Nicolas led DLA Piper’s employment team in France since 2024.

Areas of FocusEmploymentRestructuringEnergy and Natural ResourcesHealthcareMedia, Sport and Entertainment
Bar admissionsAvocat admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising General Electric on the reorganisation of its Power division.*
  • Advising General Electric with respect to the social aspects of the sale of its nuclear activities to EDF.*
  • Advising a mutualist group with respect to an internal reorganisation.*
  • Advising a Finnish industrial group (lifting equipment) with respect to a reorganisation.*
  • Advising an American key player of the aeronautics industry on the reorganisation of its activities.*
  • Advising a lift manufacturer with respect to a litigation relating to asbestos exposure.*
  • Advising a retail / food American leader on a sensitive matter of dicrimination.*
  • Advising a Parisian club’s sports team with respect to a harassment matter.*

*Denotes experience from previous firm.

Languages
  • French
  • English
Education
  • University of Paris I, Pantheon Sorbonne, Ph.D., Private Law, 2003
  • University of Paris I, Pantheon Sorbonne, D.E.A.,1998

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • The Legal 500 – Next Generation Lawyer
  • Best lawyers: since 2020

Publications and media

  • Various interviews for french magazines Le Monde and Les Echos
  • La preuve du temps effectivement travaillé, Droit Social, January 2022
  • Contentieux de l’employeur contre les décisions du Médecin du travail, RJS 2020

Seminars

  • Senior lecturer in labor law at Sciences-Po Paris
  • Regular interventions on the French chanel BFM TV

Connect

Phone

+33 (0)1 40 15 24 01
(Work, Paris)
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