March 28th, 2024 – Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Guide: Vivien & Associés is ranked in five practice areas
Our firm has once again been distinguished in the Legal 500 EMEA 2024 (link to the ranking) ranking in five practice areas:
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Tax
Laurent Assaya is also ranked individually in the Insolvency practice area.
We would like to thank our clients for their trust, as well as for their recommendations which, year after year, underline the quality of the work of our partners and their teams.
Here are some extracts from our clients’ testimonials:
Employment
‘Hyper-competent, pro-active team, strong bond between partners and lawyers. We feel supported on all subjects due to their expertise and the different skills of the firms which are requested according to the needs. We feel confident and comfortable with this solid and pleasant team.’
‘A multi-disciplinary team, very responsive and which very quickly involves teams from other areas of law depending on the issues encountered. Good interpersonal skills and confidence building.’
‘The V&A social law team stands out for its responsiveness, availability, expertise coupled with constant pragmatism which allows us to move forward efficiently with cases. Its strength also lies in the strong interaction between the firm’s different teams, which provides 360° advice and contacts who know the company and its challenges perfectly. The advice is always provided on time and of very good legal relevance.’
‘Marie-Emilie Rousseau-Brunel particularly stands out in her ability to understand all the social issues of a case and appreciate the impact of the multiple aspects of a case on the situation of employees or the company. Her analyzes and advice are always relevant in social audit files or business reorganizations.’
‘The Vivien & Associés team is very quick and precise in the exchanges and answers they provide.’
‘The Vivien team operates with good autonomy and good dynamics. The Vivien team does not fail to raise the questions that need to be asked. The level of advice is therefore very good.’
‘Marie-Emilie Rousseau-Brunel is an excellent, experienced and very accessible lawyer. She also shows very good speed of execution and high quality questioning.’
‘Marie-Emilie Rousseau-Brunel provides excellent advice.’
Insolvency
‘Efficiency, availability, quality of the relationship, very good understanding of the files and strong technical skills.’
‘Smart, fast and good people.’
‘Laurent Assaya and his colleagues are very business-oriented and quickly understand the challenges of their clients. We particularly appreciated their pragmatic approach to the file, the relevance of their advice and their responsiveness and availability in their support.’
‘Close-knit team with real availability, including on high-profile or smaller files.’
Mergers and acquisitions
‘A very complete law firm that can provide high quality services for nearly any M&A and venture capital transaction.’
‘Julie Tchaglass is always available. Her understanding of both the transactions and the client’s needs make her an outstanding lawyer. In addition, she and her team always solve our requests in a timely manner, even in urgent matters.’
‘Specialists in all subjects relating to M&A and beyond. The particular traits are: efficiency/speed – excellent analysis and understanding of issues – creativity – international network.’
‘Judith Fargeot has very in-depth knowledge of all aspects of M&A, great advisory capacity, very high rigor in particular to anticipate risks.’
‘Julien Koch has distinguished himself as an indispensable partner, combining availability, responsiveness, involvement and professionalism. His efficiency and ability to innovate have been crucial in resolving complex situations.’
‘Judith Fargeot is an excellent lawyer with great precision, very good speed of execution and high quality questioning. Lisa Becker is also very efficient, also very available, fast and very reliable. Judith Fargeot and Lisa Becker form a remarkable team, very efficient and available with whom it is pleasant to work.’
‘The team led by Judith Fargeot is creative, innovative and efficient with a great capacity to adapt to different project contexts.’
‘The team is very available, is very quick in discussions and provides answers and solutions. The team always ensures that the client is well informed and does not fail to raise questions that need to be asked. The level of advice is very good.’
Tax
‘The team listens to us and is proactive. She has very good knowledge of our sector of activity.’
‘Marine Pelletier-Capes listens to our problems and provides pragmatic solutions in a responsive manner’
‘Competent, united and complementary team, attentive, direct always with kindness, available. This is the best team I have known in many years.’
‘Marine Pelletier-Capes – Competent, efficient, available, personable.’