Litigation and risk management

Criminal Labour Law

JP Karsenty acts during the investigation phase and before the criminal courts. It defends corporate entities and managers as well as employees, whether they are prosecuted for labour law violations or victims of such violations. 

The firm's labour law and criminal law divisions combine their respective expertise to guarantee effective monitoring of labour law cases and controlled procedures. 

The lawyers of JP Karsenty's criminal law team also provide advice to companies and their managers on criminal risk prevention. They also assist companies and their managers by providing advice on criminal risk prevention. 

The firm is able to intervene as risk prevention counsel as soon as a criminal risk emerges and assists its clients from the pre-litigation phase of the proceedings (labour inspection investigations, internal investigations).

The criminal labour law team is led by Matthieu Chirez and Clémence Colin, accompanied by their respective teams.

Legal works in this area

  • The firm has developed expertise in defending the interests of employees in collective or individual disputes;
  • Assistance to defendants or victims in cases relating to offenses provided for in the Labour Code and the Criminal Code: obstruction, illegal lending of labour, bargaining, moral or sexual harassment, harm to employees’ health, concealed work, etc. ;
  • Assistance to defendants or victims in cases relating to unintentional offenses, such as manslaughter or unintentional injury or endangerment of life;
  • Assistance with administrative inspections.

Track records

  • Defense of a company director in the context of a preliminary investigation and then before the criminal court for facts of concealed work and concealment of activity ;
  • Defense of a company and its director under investigation for facts of endangering the life of others;
  • Defense of an employee for facts of moral harassment at work.
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