Lisa Bessekik

Lisa Bessedik joined Ogletree Deakins in December 2025 as an Associate in the Employment Law team. Admitted to the bar in 2022, she advises French and international companies on a broad range of employment law matters, both in advisory work and litigation, covering individual and collective labor relations. Lisa regularly assists clients in the context of restructurings and employee transfers, as well as in business acquisition transactions. She also supports employers in negotiating terminations, including those involving executives and senior managers, in organizing employee representative elections, and in managing pre- and post-election disputes. She represents employers before labor and civil courts and provides day-to-day advice on employment law matters, in particular with respect to individual and collective dismissals, discrimination, harassment, health and safety at work, and employment-related criminal law. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Lisa worked at several Paris-based law firms specializing in employment law and also gained nearly two years of experience at a business law firm in Nouméa, New Caledonia. · Ogletree Deakins