Séverine is a partner in the Paris office and is responsible for the French labor 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.
Credentials
Awards & Recognition
- Named to Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers (formerly Acritas Stars) list 2023, 2025
- Awarded Plume d'Argent (Silver Prize) in the “Article combining tomorrow's economic and legal issues - trade press" category, Business & Legal Forum 2023
Notable Quotes
- January 2025, Emission “avec vous”, BFM Business
- October 2024 « Fin du télétravail : droits, obligations et recours » BSMART TV
- September 2024 « L’impact de l’IA, rupture conventionnelle, burn-out, vice du consentement, congés illimités » BFM Business
- August 2024 « Comment bien réussir sa rentrée ? » BFM Business
- 26 July 2023: The 2024 Paris Olympics Are One Year Out. The Lawyers Are Getting Ready, Law.com Quotes of Séverine Martel, Marianne Schaffner, Carole Steimlé and Nicolas Walker.
- 12 December 2022 Vers une semaine de quatre jours : mirage ou réalité ? – Interview for Décideurs
- Juillet 2021 Television interview about job abandonment - BSMART TV
- August 2020 “3 questions pour comprendre le nouveau dispositif d’activité partielle de longue durée” L’Usine Nouvelle
- July 2020 "TV interview about the new long-term partial activity mechanism" BSMART TV
- July 2016 "Quel droit à la déconnexion dans la loi El Khomri ?" L'Usine Digitale
- February 2015 "Dialogue social : le pari de la base de données unique" Les Echos Business