Sophie Gossmann DJCE
Avocat au Barreau de Strasbourg (Attorney at law)
DESS Droit des affaires
Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise (DJCE)
Languages: French (native language),
German, English
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Expertise inFrench Law
Career
- 1990 Studied political science at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Strasbourg, specialised fields: Economics and Finance
- 1993 Postgraduate studies in commercial law and training as a consultant corporate lawyer (DJCE)
- 1994 Practical training in various banking institutions and law firms in Strasbourg, Worms and Zurich
- 1995 Admitted as Avocat au Barreau de Strasbourg (French attorney) and joined law firm ASA Avocats Associés in Strasbourg
- 2000 Joined the law firm EPP Rechtsanwälte Avocats
- Head of the labour law department Strasbourg / Sarreguemines / Baden-Baden
Activities
- Consulting and representation of German-speaking clients (board members, managing directors, heads of human resources departments) on all aspects of French labour and social security law:
- Drafting of individual employment contracts and general terms and conditions of employment in France:
- Fixed-term and open-ended employment contract
- Working time
- Trial period
- Social security contributions
- Expert guidance on the termination of an employment contract in France:
- Negotiation and conclusion of a termination agreement (rupture conventionnelle)
- Terminations
- Negotiation of settlements, conclusion and drafting of a settlement protocol, reconciliation of interest proceedings for the purchase and transfer of businesses in France, consulting in the field of labour law
- Negotiation and litigation in France
- Posting of staff to France - Secondment (détachement)
- Drafting of individual employment contracts and general terms and conditions of employment in France:
Speaking Engagements
- Lecturer on French labour law
- Industrie- und Handelskammern (IHK)
- Handwerkskammern (HWK)
- Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
- In-house seminars in companies in France and Germany
Publications:
French Law
Publications:
French Law