Partner

Rodolphe Olivier

Languages

French

Social media

Rodolphe Olivier joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1997 and became a partner in 2010.

He practices in employment, labour and pensions law. He co-leads the litigation team and is particularly involved in disputes relating to employment, labour and pensions law before first-instance courts (the employment tribunal, the tribunal judiciaire (trial court), the tribunal de police, the tribunal correctionnel, the administrative court) and the administrative court of appeal, and the arbitration commission for journalists in France, the CAJ.

Awards & Recognitions

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Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - Best Lawyer since 2018

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Publications

La désignation des délégués syndicaux - aspects contentieux, Editions Litec Professionnels (08/11/2007)
La contestation judiciaire des avis du médecin du travail : l'apport des arrêts de la Cour de cassation (25/10/2023)
Numerous posts and articles on employment, labour and pensions law on social media (particularly LinkedIn)

Memberships & Roles

Member of the firm’s Advisory Board (since 2025)
Coordinator, Employment, Labour and Pensions department, CMS Francis Lefebvre (since 2025)
Lecturer at the Haute École des Avocats Conseils (HEDAC) in Viroflay (since the late 1990s)
President of Haute Ecole des Avocats Conseils (HEDAC, bar training school for the Versailles Court of Appeal) (2022-2023)
Vice President of the Haute École des Avocats Conseils (HEDAC, bar training school for the Versailles Court of Appeal) (2020–2021)
Member of the Board of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar Association (2014-2019)

Lectures list

Numerous conferences at the ANDRH or for clients (case law reviews, updates on legislative developments, etc.)
Numerous training sessions in labor law and social security law (harassment, workplace health, working time, trade union law, etc.)
Led labor law sessions during HEDAC’s summer university

Education

CAPA (certificate of aptitude for the legal profession) (1996)
DESS (Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées), the law and practice of labour relations, Université de Montpellier (1993)
Master’s degree in business law, Faculty of law, Dijon (1992)

Practice Areas

Employment, Labour & Pensions Individual and collective disputes, criminal employment law Duration and organisation of working time New working styles Complex transactions and transfers of undertakings Relationships with employee representatives and collective bargaining Pensions Individual employment relationships Pay, employee savings and employee shareholding schemes Restructuring and EPP

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News France

Best Lawyers 2026

12 Jun 2025 2 min read

News France

Best Lawyers 2019

25 Jun 2018 2 min read

Press releases France

CMS publishes first edition “CMS International Guide to Pensions”

08 Mar 2011 4 min read