Séverine Martel

Partner

Leads the Paris Employment team, offering multinational employers strategic, actionable advice on French workplace matters

Séverine is a partner in the Paris office and is responsible for the French labour and employment team.

Séverine and her team advise French companies, often subsidiaries of multinationals, on all matters related to employment law, from informing and consulting employee representative bodies to the negotiation of collective agreements and redundancy plans. Séverine is most experienced in handling international litigation, including the conflicting laws of national jurisdictions.

Recognitions

  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyersin France for Labor & Employment Law, 2025
  • Named to the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers list (formerly Acritas Stars), 2023 and 2025
  • Awarded Plume dArgent (Silver Prize) in the Article Combining Tomorrows Economic and Legal Issues  Trade Press category, Business & Legal Forum, 2023

Credentials

Education

  • University of Paris XI Sceaux, 2000, Master, Master in Civil and International Contracts
  • University of Cambridge, 1999, English, Business Certificate

Professional admissions & qualifications

  • Paris

Professional affiliations

  • AvoSial (the main French association of lawyers specialising in labour and employment law)

Languages spoken

English, French, Spanish

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