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# Emmanuelle Barbara

- Position Senior Partner
- Email ebarbara@august-debouzy.com
- Phone Number +33145615983
- Languages English, French, Italian
- Location Paris
- Bar Paris Bar

## Practice Areas

- [Employment and Social Security Litigation](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/employment-and-social-security-litigation/)
- [Labor and Social Security Law](https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/expertise/employment-and-labor-law/)

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## Biography

Emmanuelle Barbara, Senior Partner at August Debouzy, has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1993. As a Managing Partner of August Debouzy from 2001 to 2017, she created the Employment and Social Security Law department (comprising 30 lawyers, including 10 partners), which is involved in all areas of employment law and the development of HR strategies. In just fifteen years, her team has become a leading provider of labor law services and advice. In 2012, 2018 and 2024, Emmanuelle Barbara received the “Lawyer of the Year” award in labor law from Best Lawyers magazine. She teaches at the Master’s level (Master 2) at Sciences Po Paris Law School. She also actively participates, within multiple think tanks, in the debate on the evolution of French labor law,

Emmanuelle Barbara is recognized by the French National Bar Council as a specialist in both labor and employment law and social security and employee benefits law. She is a member of the board of directors of the French think tank Institut Montaigne and was a board member and approved qualified person of the French Central Agency of Social Security Organizations (ACOSS) between 2007 and 2017.

> She is an outstanding partner who has a broad perspective on strategic issues.
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>  Chambers and Partners France 2026

> She is present and involved from the launch of projects and provides innovative solutions by challenging options in order to propose the best possible solution.
> 
>  Chambers and Partners France 2026

## Background

- 2000 Specialization Certification in Employment, Social Security and Social Welfare Law
- 1989 Paris 2 - Université Panthéon Assas | Master's degree (DESS) in Business Law and Taxation

## *Rankings and* **Recognition**

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- (01)Best Lawyers 2027 - France Employment The Best Lawyers in France
- (02)Chambers and Partners 2026 Employment Band 1
- (03)Legal 500 2026 - France Employment TIER 1

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