Overview
Alexandre Ruiz is a senior associate in the Employment Department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Paris office.
His work is focused on the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions and employment-related litigations. Alexandre assists U.S.-based and French clients regarding their day-to-day and strategic labor and employment questions/issues (business transfer, relationship with the employees’ representatives, recruitment and termination of employees, employment litigations, etc.). He has specialized in particular in the automotive, IT and luxury sectors.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings in April 2017, Alexandre was an associate in the Paris office of a French law firm and a U.S. law firm.
Alexandre is a graduate of the University of Paris Sud XI, where he obtained a master’s degree in international business law in 2010.
Alexandre is admitted to the Paris Bar and is fluent in French, English and Spanish.
Accolades
- Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers (2026-present)
Education
- Haute Ecole des Avocats Conseils, CAPA 2011
- Universite de Paris-Sud, M2 2008
- Universite de Paris-Sud, M1 2007
Representations
- Hexagon in connection with the employment law aspects of the acquisition of Aero Photo Europe Investigation.
- BEX Capital’s Partners in connection with the employment law aspects of the strategic partnership between Sagard and BEX Capital.
- EMZ Partners and the other sellers in connection with the employment law aspects of the LBO of Ayming.
- Andera Partners in connection with the employment law aspects of its Investment in Horus Finance's Fine Art Logistics Division.
- EQT in connection with the employment law aspects of the acquisition of Believe.
- A leading France-based provider of additives in connection with a range of employment matters, including an HR reorganization plan; employee relation matters with unions, works council and their respective counsels, and the termination of key employees.
- A leading France-based automotive benchmarking company in connection with the recruitment of senior employees in France and abroad; secondment of employees; collective relations with the works council and their experts; right of alert procedures in connection with the economic difficulties faced by the company and infringement to employees’ fundamental rights; unfair competition; whistleblowing; reorganization; and termination of key employees and the subsequent litigation before the employment tribunal.
- Keensight Capital on the employment law aspects of the LBO of Sogelink, the leading France-based cloud and mobile solutions provider founded in 2000.
- Exens Group, backed by FCDE, on the employment law aspects of the acquisition of Bowen, a leading player in the high-end communication and detection subsystems market, active in the defense, meteorology, energy and transport sectors.
- Keysight Technologies on the employment law aspects of the acquisition of a 50.6% stake followed by a tender offer on the entire share capital of ESI Group, a France-based listed company specializing in virtual prototyping solutions in the automotive and aerospace end markets, valued at €913 million.
- DLPK on the employment law aspects of the strategic partnership between DLPK and APRIL.
- Crédit Mutuel Equity on the employment law aspects of its majority investment in Claire Group, the leading France-based provider of equipment and performance-improvement solutions for water distribution infrastructure with a presence in 40 countries, together with Claire Group’s management team.