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David Blanc is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. David, who practices law in Lyon, France, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Nazanine Farzam is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Nazanine, who practices law in Lyon, France, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Nazanine is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Brice BRIEL is a partner and co-head of the Employment law – Social welfare law department. He has developed particular expertise in : collective bargaining (conclusion of collective agreements, working time, mandatory annual negotiations, incentives and profit-sharing, etc.), workforce management (employment contracts, legal monitoring for updating collective agreements, variable pay, disciplinary proceedings, terminations, mobility, etc.), social welfare, individual and collective gri...

Cécile Curt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Cécile, who practices law in Lyon, France, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Cécile is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Carole Codaccioni is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Carole, who practices law in Lyon, France, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Carole is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Emmanuel KAEPPELIN is co-head of the "Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. Alongside standard services in corporate law (repeat advisory work and company management), he has developed more specific expertise in the following areas : company transfers and acquisition audits (acquisitions on behalf of French or international groups) equity financing and company restructuring (LBOs, MBOs, fundraising, mergers, demergers, partial asset transfers, agreements between partners, etc...

Stanley MITON advises on economic law matters (contract law, distribution law, competition law and consumer law) and commercial litigation. He has been a lecturer in business law at EM Lyon since 2019 and coaches teams in the context of the law clinic (EM Lyon incubator). He also mentors entrepreneurs through the association Synergie 6 organization. He began his career in Paris with the law firms Gide Loyrette Nouel and White & Case. After an experience in Casablanca (Morocco), he joined ...

Frédéric SUBRA is co-head of the LYON office’s "Wealth law & taxation" and "Corporate taxation" Departments. Alongside standard services in tax law (repeat advisory work and litigation management), he has developed recognized expertise in : taxation linked to mergers and acquisitions and more generally to company restructurings and transfers taxation of groups of companies, tax consolidation, global consolidation tax audits during closures of accounts or acquisitions, ...

Jean-François DEFUDES is partner and co-head of the “Corporate taxation” department. His professional career has enabled him to acquire solid expertise in the following areas : Corporate and group taxation (restructuring, corporation tax, tax consolidation, VAT, local taxes, etc.) Mergers and acquisitions and restructuring operations (M&A) Taxation of executives (remuneration, capital gains, dividends, IFI) Tax audit and litigation International taxation Tax demateriali...

Audrey Lançon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Audrey, who practices law in Lyon, France, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Audrey is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.