Leaders and Social Risks: A Cross-Analysis
As companies evolve in a demanding and constantly shifting social environment, the ability to anticipate, analyze, and manage sensitive situations is becoming crucial. Olivier Bluche, Catherine Broussot-Morin, and Agathe Moreau, partners in the Employment Law & Occupational Risks department, share their approach to supporting executives facing human, organizational, and litigation-related challenges. An excerpt from this conversation was published in Le Figaro’s special section.
What guides your approach when advising executives?
Olivier Bluche: We assist executives with the sensitive situations they encounter. Our primary role is to rigorously assess the real risks and then propose a strategy that allows us to neutralize them or at least mitigate them.
Catherine Broussot-Morin: We integrate employment law into the company’s overall strategic movement. Every strategic operation has a human and organizational impact that must be managed from the outset.
Agathe Moreau: When it comes to managing industrial risk, our priority is crisis prevention. Our approach is immediately operational.
How do you support executives during sensitive moments?
Agathe Moreau: Between criminal exposure and civil consequences, every decision can carry significant weight. Occupational risks require immediate reflexes. We help document, steer, and manage civil and criminal procedures.
Olivier Bluche: When facing potential litigation, one must always anticipate a future defense. Our involvement alongside executives begins very early. We frame high‑exposure situations: personal liability, whistleblowing alerts, investigations. Managing risks also sometimes means knowing how to take them, and we incorporate that into our defense strategy.
Catherine Broussot-Morin: Mastering social relations is an essential tool. Clear decisions, structured dialogue, and robust documentation protect just as much as legal rules do. In an M&A operation, the employment law component can be a very powerful lever.
Your advice for 2026?
Catherine Broussot-Morin: Be prepared. Nothing is more costly than improvisation.
Agathe Moreau: Pay attention to weak signals. They often foreshadow future difficulties.
Olivier Bluche: Don’t isolate yourselves. Anticipate before the situation turns into an emergency.
Find the published version of this interview in Le Figaro’s Partner Section: see the article