He played a major part in the activities of professional organizations, chairing the Auvergne regional committee of legal advisers, and then becoming vice-chairman of the national committee, subsequently going on, after the merger of the two professions in 1990/1992, to sit on the national lawyers' council. He saw action as a representative of the association defending the profession, and also with the Union Nationale des Professions Libérales as delegate vice-chairman. This entitled him to sit on the Economic and Social Council, and he drew up a report on individual enterprises that provided the main source of the French Madelin law passed in 1994. His activities in the DJCE field led him to join the French National Federation for company law, of which he is currently the honorary chairman. He was also chairman of the Institut d'Etudes du travail in Lyon.

His humanist vision of enterprises, based on the principle that their income must be used as a priority to promote human advancement, was the main catalysing force behind the long-term success and growth of the firm, together with his organizational approach to legal matters, which strikes an advantageous balance between economic efficiency and worker protection. These are the elements that constitute the firm's identity and have made it an institution in its field.