Maurice Macchi
Counsel
Luxembourg
Maurice Macchi
Counsel
Luxembourg
Contact details
Maurice specialises in employment law matters. He advises financial institutions, funds/private equity players, insurance companies, multinationals and other corporate clients on the full spectrum of employment law topics.
He has an extensive experience in a wide range of subjects, notably in advising on strategic restructuring matters, such as collective redundancy procedures (social plan) and transfer of undertakings (notably in M&A and outsourcing transactions), on particularly sensitive cases, such as investigations on moral or sexual harassment, gender or racial discrimination, or data breaches, as well as representing clients in high-scale litigations in front of Luxembourg Labour Courts.
He joined Allen & Overy in 2014. He holds a Master 1 Droit de l’entreprise and a Master 2 Droit du travail et de la protection sociale, both obtained at the Université Nancy 2. He also holds a Licence en Droit from the same University. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, he worked for 2 years in an independent business law firm in Luxembourg.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as avocat à la Cour, Luxembourg, 2014
Admitted as avocat, Luxembourg, 2012
Academic
Master 2 Droit du travail et de la protection sociale, Université Nancy 2, France, 2011
Master 1 Droit de l’entreprise, Université Nancy 2, France, 2010
Licence en Droit, Université Nancy 2, France, 2009
Related articles
Publications: 28 September 2023
Hiring third-country nationals in Luxembourg: the new law of 7 August 2023 in a nutshell
If you are a Luxembourg employer wishing to hire a third-country national – i.e. a person who is not a citizen of the European Union or who is not entitled to the European Union's freedom of movement…
Publications: 17 July 2023
Publications: 14 July 2023
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as avocat à la Cour, Luxembourg, 2014
Admitted as avocat, Luxembourg, 2012
Academic
Master 2 Droit du travail et de la protection sociale, Université Nancy 2, France, 2011
Master 1 Droit de l’entreprise, Université Nancy 2, France, 2010
Licence en Droit, Université Nancy 2, France, 2009
Pro-bono experience
- Advising several charities on all their day-to-day labour law questions
Recognition
Recently promoted to counsel, Maurice Macchi is ‘very knowledgeable‘ across a range of employment issues affecting global banks with operations in Luxembourg and is one of a number of more junior practitioners at the firm who are receiving superb market recognition
Legal500 EMEA 2022
Published work
- "20 years after Sarbanes-Oxley: what will be Luxembourg employer's obligations to protect whistleblowers?", Agefi Luxembourg, April 2022, co-author
- "Atypical staff sharing solutions in the financial sector", Agefi Luxembourg, April 2019, co-author
- "Doing Business in Luxembourg - 4th edition", AMCHAM Luxembourg - American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg, January 2016, Contributor - Chapter 25: Labour Law Overview
- "Les erreurs à éviter lors de la rédaction d'un contrat de travail à durée déterminée", Entreprises magazine, January 2016, co-author
- "Reclassement interne : les points saillants de la réforme", Entreprises magazine, November 2015, co-author
- "La réforme du dialogue social : principaux changements", Entreprises magazine, September 2015, co-author
- "Les différentes possibilités de recours à de la main-d'oeuvre externe", Entreprises magazine, September 2015, co-author
- "La maladie du salarié à l'épreuve des dernières évolutions jurisprudentielles", Entreprises magazine, June 2015, co-author
- "Quel contrat pour occuper un élève ou un étudiant?", Entreprises magazine, May 2015, co-author
- "Renaissance de la clause de non-concurrence?", Entreprises magazine, March 2015, co-author
- "Quel arsenal disciplinaire pour l'employeur: souplesse ou rigidité?", Entreprises magazine , January 2015, co-author
- "La gratification: simple faculté pour l'employeur ou droit acquis pour le salarié?", Entreprises magazine, November 2014, co-author
