Benoît Cazin assists companies and professional bodies in all aspects of employment law, social security and industrial relations.
He advises on structuring projects, managing HR transformations, carrying out audits and conducting negotiations. He also provides training in these areas.
Acknowledged for his expertise in the management of psychosocial risks and the prevention of harassment, he assists employers with the implementation of internal investigations when potentially contentious situations are identified.
As a litigation lawyer, he handles both individual and collective disputes.
Benoît Cazin puts his expertise to work for start-ups, foreign investors, companies in the health and biotechnology sectors, energy, agribusiness, sport and the audiovisual, film and cultural industries.
Benoît Cazin is a member of AVOSIAL (Association des Avocats d’Entreprises en Droit Social) and AFDT (Association Française de Droit du Travail).
Areas of intervention
- Employment law
- Social relations
- Social security
- Vocational training
- Occupational health
- HR transformations
- Internal investigations
- Pre-litigation and litigation
Véronique Dutoit has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1995, and thanks to her dual background in law and finance, she has developed solid experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity.
Her areas of expertise include LBOs, OBOs and FBOs (family buy-outs); the sale and transfer of companies and capital restructuring transactions; and the negotiation and structuring of management packages.
Working in a wide range of sectors, including energy, banking and insurance, investment funds, audiovisual and culture, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, new technologies, the public sector, healthcare and biotechnology, she tailors her advice to the specific needs of each area of activity.
An expert in corporate structuring, she also advises families and businesses on group reorganisations, mergers, demergers and capital transactions. Throughout a company’s development, she contributes her expertise in governance, executive profit-sharing and contractual issues.
An astute negotiator, she plays a key role in business combinations (in bonis or turnarounds) and joint ventures, using her know-how and listening skills to facilitate the conclusion of strategic agreements. She works in both French and English, helping national and international clients with complex transactions.
Areas of intervention
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Financing
- Corporate Law
- Restructuring and distressed companies
- Business and industrial contracts
Loris Palumbo specializes in business criminal law and commercial litigation. He advises and assists executives and legal entities, whether defendants, victims, or simply involved, at all stages of criminal proceedings, from the prevention of criminal risk in companies, the management of prosecutions, the preparation of hearings with realistic simulations, to the criminal defense.
He also represents clients before the commercial courts and assists them in managing disputes arising from their commercial relations (unfair competition, termination of business relationships, contractual non-performance, etc.), conflicts between shareholders, and post-acquisition litigation. Prior to the litigation phase, he supports his clients in negotiations and amicable dispute resolution procedures.
Before joining ACD Avocats in 2024, Loris Palumbo was a partner at Spring Legal. He previously practiced for five years at Lombard Baratelli & Associés, where he actively participated in the defense of executives from the CAC 40, publicly traded companies, and prominent politicians in sensitive and high-profile litigation.
Loris Palumbo works in the audiovisual, cultural, banking, investment fund, energy, industrial, luxury, and healthcare sectors.
Areas of intervention
- Business criminal law
- Civil and commercial litigation
- Compliance
Frédéric BLAISE, a partner specialising in labour law, works with directors and teams responsible for human relations.
Frédéric BLAISE has developed expertise that enables him to present legal matters as a tool that serves the company’s needs. Although labour law is often misunderstood, endured, and viewed as a constraint, it can also be put to work for entities, regardless of their size or activity sector.
Whether for better organising the working schedule, reconsidering the compensation structure, or facing recruiting challenges and the need to foster employee loyalty, Frédéric BLAISE and his team come up with new, ingenious ideas on how to adapt the company’s operations for better overall performance, giving as much importance to financial results as to employees’ wellbeing and sense of belonging to the company that employs them, because the two things are inextricably linked.
In order to provide long-term support to his clients, Frédéric BLAISE offers his services in the form of a yearly subscription, which favours the development of a trusting relationship with the director and enables him or her to effectively manage the budget allocated to the company’s personnel management strategy.
A member of the CJD, Frédéric BLAISE receives regular training in the use of collective intelligence tools and conducts workshops as part of the Groupe d’Aide à la Décision [decision making assistance group] movement, which support directors’ reflections by enabling them to present issues to other executives and company directors.
Areas of intervention
- Individual labour relations
- Relations with employee representatives and employee representative bodies
- Collective labour relations
- Functioning of the Employee Representative Committee
- Social security
- Working time
- Labour-related disputes
- URSSAF disputes
- Structuring of the social model
- Restructuring / Job preservation plans
- Compensation
- Value sharing
- Pre-litigation / Settlements
- Prevention of difficulties
With 32 years of experience, Tristan has developed solid expertise in a variety of domains including corporate law, the transfer of companies, commercial leases and associated disputes. Before joining ACD Avocats, he worked as a partner at well-known firms including Mercy Avocats and Richard & Mertz.
Tristan operates in key sectors such as services, dining, licensed medical professions, real estate and industry. He is specialised in the sale of pharmacies and professional corporations, as well as in providing advice to directors.
Tristan develops personalised solutions that meet his clients’ complex needs, whether they are small or medium-sized businesses or local authorities. In addition, his experience with international clients, in particular in Luxemburg, enables him to work on cross-border issues.
Areas of intervention
- Structuring / Creation, Mergers / Acquisitions
- Sales / Transfers
- Governance
- Capital increases / fundraising / bond issues
- Taxation of settlements
- Asset structuring
- Directors’ compensation
- Commercial and professional leases
- Business assets
- Disputes between partners
- Post-acquisition disputes
- Liability guarantee
- Collective insolvency procedures
- Directors’ liability
Mickael Munin is a partner who regularly acts in an advisory and litigation capacity in the Commercial Strategy and Innovation department.
Mickael advises his clients, in a variety of sectors, concerning all of their legal or strategic questions related to innovative technological projects in the digital and e-commerce domains. He has in-depth knowledge of the law of trademarks, designs and models and copyright law. He has developed expertise that enables him to present legal matters as a tool that serves the needs and industry constraints of the firm’s clients.
With respect to commercial and economic law, his work involves both companies located upstream in the chain or commercial relationship (manufacturers, suppliers, publishers, service providers) and those located downstream (wholesalers, distributers, clients), in both B2B and B2C sectors, which grants him a global, cross-sectional perspective of the files entrusted to him.
He also works on challenges related to distribution law (franchises, concessions, licenses) and commercial contracts. He has also developed a reputation based around personal data considerations such as bringing his clients into conformity with the GDPR and the French Information Processing and Freedoms Law.
Mickael MUNIN has taught for several years at Université de Lorraine as part of the Master 2 [Year 2 of French 2-year Master’s degree] in Intellectual Property and Information Technology and in various public and private higher learning institutions. He regularly conducts or speaks at conferences and debates at incubators, which enables him to get close to startups looking for a trustworthy legal partner.
Contractual strategy and negotiation: commercial contracts, distribution networks, General Terms of Sale or Use, e-commerce, platforms, international commerce
Areas of intervention
- Strategic alliances and joint ventures
- Information technology contracts and projects: development, maintenance, hosting, applications
- Protection of innovation, technology transfer
- Use of intellectual and industrial property: trademarks, patents, know-how, copyright
- Data, GDPR
- Consumer protection: promotions, unfair commercial practices
- DGCCRF, CNIL audits, intellectual property disputes, fraud
- Unfair competition
Based in Paris, Séverine Valent specialises in corporate law. She applies her expertise to companies’ regular corporate obligations, transfers and restructuring, as well as to the drafting of contracts. Séverine is also active in the creation and sale of businesses, offering strategic advice to businesses, in particular in the automotive sector, to optimise their operations and growth.
Areas of intervention
- Corporate legal follow-up, advice to directors
- Transfer and restructuring
- Contracts
- Workforce restructuring
- Corporate legal monitoring
- Creation, transfer and restructuring
- Sales of businesses (commercial or professional)
- Commercial and professional leases
- Legal and strategic advice for companies
Philippe Sester is a lawyer specialising in corporate law who works in Épinal and Nancy. He offers comprehensive assistance to directors for corporate legal follow-up, as well as advice concerning company transfers and restructuring. Philippe also acts as a mediator, which enables him to offer amicable solutions to disputes between partners and collective insolvency procedures.
Areas of intervention
- Corporate legal follow-up, advice to directors
- Transfer and restructuring
- Disputes between partners
- Collective insolvency procedures
A lawyer and an expert in the prevention of corporate financial difficulties, Jean-Marc Bidon is involved in the management of tax and social debt moratoria, as well as mediation and collective insolvency procedures. Jean-Marc assists companies facing financial difficulties with ad hoc mandates, conciliation, and the implementation of judicial settlement plans. He is known for his pragmatic approach and his commitment to facilitating the takeover of companies in critical situations.
Areas of intervention
- Tax and social debt moratoria
- Credit and corporate mediation
- Ad hoc mandates and conciliation
- Safeguard procedures and judicial settlement
- Takeover of companies in special situations and in collective insolvency procedures
- Acts related to collective insolvency procedures
A specialist in corporate law, Armin Cheval has been a partner at ACD Avocats since 2004.
An expert in corporate legal follow-up and in advising directors, he regularly works on company transfers and restructurings, as well as on disputes between partners. Armin Cheval primarily works in the health and automotive sectors, particularly in Nancy and Metz. A winner of the Conférence du stage speech contest, mediator and lecturer in business transfers, he is an active member of various professional and academic associations.
Areas of intervention
- Corporate legal follow-up, advice to directors
- Transfer-restructuring
- Disputes between partners
