Leading Adviser Awards 2020

60 Acquisition International - Leading Adviser 2020 Acquisition International - Issue 12 2020 17 Sep201124 Société d’Avocats Built on strong foundations of technical knowledge, innovation and pragmatism, Petrel et Associes is a law firm based in France and Tel Aviv specialising in labour law. Led by Founder Pascal Petrel, the law firm is a community of committed lawyers that has spent almost three decades counselling and assisting their clients through even the most complex legal issues, working with them to provide optimal support in corporate law. stablished almost thirty years ago, Petrel et Associes is a French law firm operating in Paris, Lyon and Tel Aviv and specialising in all issues surrounding labour law, from employee protection to remuneration schemes, company pension and contingency plans to international mobility. The firm is also involved in complementary engagements and is an accredited training body that organises unique training sessions in corporate law for its clients. Supported by solid technical expertise, P&A takes great pride in the creativity it proffers through inventive and innovative solutions for clients regarding all aspects of labour law, which are curated through dedicated collaboration with clients in cohesion with vast legal knowledge. Employing strength, pragmatism and audacity, P&A has garnered a loyal network of companies within a variety of sectors, offering them legal advice and solutions whilst also gaining unparalleled experience of the various economies and challenges faced by national and multinational companies every day. Well-reputed for its accessibility through the excellent communication links fostered by P&A with its clients that consequently facilitates rapid responses and fast project turnaround, P&A takes pride in the core values that it has held since it was first established by Pascal Petrel, a well-renowned foreign lawyer who sits as Chairman for E Contact: Pascal Petrel Company: Petrel et Associes Web Address: www.petrel-associes.com many internationally recognised legal institutions. It is an environment in which clients are viewed as collaborative partners, offering them a culture of close support and attentive service, and which regularly proves itself to be versatile and innovative. It is a unique culture that has been curated at P&A and the ingenuity that has been created within it expands much further than the projects Petrel and his team of expert lawyers are involved in. Indeed, the firm organises an afternoon debate every trimester, in which staff can engage in discussions around current affairs and gain vital insights into how these will impact the work that P&A does for its clients. Most recently, current trends have centred around the advancement of technology and its use in the workplace, principally in light of the ongoing pandemic and the resultant shift of workplaces to online platforms. Consequently, P&A has spent recent months investing heavily in technological and management solutions in order to strengthen their own business approach, thus ensuring that they are able to continue delivering cutting edge and relevant legal advice services to its loyal clientele. This shift to virtual mediums has principally consisted of the creation of a new podcast and webinar dedicated to the maintenance of the culture of excellence that P&A has built over the last three decades. The insights that have gone into that culture will now be shared, as P&A is embarking on exciting plans to have their business training programmes certified so as to be used by their clients, taking P&A’s already comprehensive offering of services to the next level. With visions set on the wider impact of their work in the legal issues surrounding labour and employment, as well as in their education of businesses in corporate law, P&A is continuing to strive towards excellence in the delivery of every project outcome for its clients. We look forward to seeing where Petrel and his team’s remarkable ambition takes P&A next. P&A takes great pride in the creativity it proffers through inventive and innovative solutions for clients regarding all aspects of labour law, which are curated through dedicated collaboration with clients in cohesion with vast legal knowledge. Leading Employment and Labour Law Firm of the Year, France