Pascale Lagesse is a Partner and Founder of Bredin Prat’s Employment Law practice.  

She has over 30 years of experience advising international corporate clients on:

- the employment issues arising out of mergers & acquisitions and business divestitures

- individual disputes and complex collective disputes with unions and works councils

- large-scale restructuring projects as well as day-to-day employment advice and assistance.

Prior to joining Bredin Prat, Pascale served as the head of the Employment, Pensions and Benefits practice of the Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

She is a graduate of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Maîtrise in judicial practice) and the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (DEA in Private Law). She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1989.

Pascale is active in a variety of professional organisations, in particular the International Bar Association (IBA). She is currently the Vice Chair of the IBA’s Legal Practice Division (LPD) and a member of the Management Board. She has held many other positions within the IBA, including Treasurer of the Association, Chair of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee and Chair of the Global Employment Institute.

She is also the Course Director for Labor Law Studies at the Paris Bar School and a member of the Research Commission at Paris Panthéon-Assas University.

Awards

Pascale’s expertise in the field of employment law is consistently recognised by the leading legal directories. She is ranked Band I in Employment by Chambers Europe, is a Legal 500 Hall of Fame Member for Employment and is listed as a Best Lawyer for Labour and Employment and Employee Benefits.