France

Created in 1974, Weil & Associates provides a full range of legal services to multinational companies as well as Court representation. The firms areas of expertise include French Employment and Labour Law, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, White Collar Crime, IP/IT, Regulatory affairs, M&A, Bankruptcy and Business reorganization. Weil’s work is based on mutual trust with each client be they international companies or small and medium-sized enterprises. Their goal is to provide clients with tailor made solutions which take into account each client's specific business interests.

The experienced and dynamic legal team is comprised of 5 Partners and 6 Associates. As a relatively small firm, they are agile enough to respond rapidly and with flexibility to client’s needs. The team is also very international with lawyers admitted to the Bar in France, Germany and the USA. Many of the team speak German, French and English fluently. As a result of this international expertise, they are in a position to represent clients in German and English speaking countries as well as in French-German cross-border cases.

Founder, Heinz Weil is a distinguished legal professional. He is former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), he chairs the European Committee of the German Federal Bar, is Council member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and is a European Commission legal expert. Partners at the firm are regularly called on to speak at conferences hosted by the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association.

Mathilde Houet-Weil is distinguished among peers as “an outstanding lawyer” who is “very passionate about her practice and her clients”. WWL

Mathilde Houet-Weil Partner at Weil & Associés was one of the panelists in Innangard’s discussion on How can employers make sure that they fulfill their duty of care in case of teleworking.