With over thirty years’ experience in transformations, Antoine is a strategy and employment relations consultant to French and multinational companies and groups in a wide range of sectors, helping them address the workforce challenges entailed in structural changes (restructuring, transformation, reorganisation, etc.).

In addition, Antoine assists his clients with corporate transactions (takeover bids, M&A, concentration, etc.), HR policy implementation (extended working hours, career management, mobility, training, etc.), and compensation policy (employee savings and shareholding schemes, executive officer status, etc.).

Antoine also supports his clients in complex collective bargaining litigation, as well as in criminal litigation as required.

He is a member of the IBA (International Bar Association) and EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association).

Before founding Vivant Avocats, Antoine was a partner at Barthélémy, created the employment law department at Eversheds Sutherland in Paris, and co-founded Cotty Vivant.

Antoine is ranked as a Legal 500 Grand avocat du marché and has been awarded an individual distinction by Chambers and Partners.

Corinne Baron-Charbonnier exerce depuis 20 ans en droit social, en conseil comme en contentieux, pour le compte d’entreprises et groupes de dimension nationale et transnationale.

Sa pratique couvre l’ensemble de l’organisation sociale de l’entreprise (représentation du personnel, négociation collective, organisation du temps de travail, rémunération, épargne salariale et plan d’actionnariat salarié, restructurations avec ou sans licenciement collectif) et le droit de la sécurité sociale.

Elle dispose notamment d’une expérience reconnue dans la gestion de contentieux collectifs de travail complexes opposant l’entreprise à ses organisations syndicales, et en matière d’institutions représentatives du personnel à l’occasion de leur mise en place dans le cadre d’opérations de transformation en société européenne. Elle offre également un accompagnement complet des entreprises à l’occasion de contrôles URSSAF.

Diplômée d’une maîtrise en droit social (1999 – Major de Promotion) et d’un DEA de droit social (2000) auprès de l’Université Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne -, Corinne était auparavant Counsel chez CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats.

Pauline graduated from the ‘Science Po’ law school in Paris and has been an attorney since 2016.

She began her career working in Antoine Vivant’s team before joining Vivant Avocats.

She has developed specialist expertise in CSR and the roll-out of compliance policies in the field of social relations. She assists the practice’s clients as they manage employment and labour relations.

Pauline is a member of AvoSial.

Admitted to the Paris Bar in January 2017, Sarah Haouchine advises French and foreign companies and their management on various individual and collective law topics. In particular, she intervenes in collective negotiations, restructuring operations, collective redundancies, transfer of business and employees’ international mobility.

She also handles individual litigations before the Labor Courts and the Courts of appeal.

Prior to joining Vivant Avocats, Sarah worked as an associate at LPA Law, EY Société d’Avocats and Ogletree Deakins.

Sarah is involved in French (Avosial) and international associations (International Employment Lawyers Association) and speaks English.

Judith Rameau is a lawyer since January 2019.

She advises French and international companies of all sizes, both in consulting and litigation, on issues relating to individual and collective labor relations.

A graduate of the Master 2 DPRT (Droit et Pratique des Relations de Travail) at the University of Montpellier, Judith was previously an associate at Capstan.

Jean Chauviré is a consultant to the practice. He has worked as a magistrate, notably for the French Court of Cassation’s employment chamber.

He contributes to the development of the firm’s doctrine and provides specialist technical expertise, in particular for major, high-risk litigation.