HR tech start-up Rippling is attempting to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz with documents as part of a blockbuster claim versus its rival.
Theres simply one problem: French bailiffs employed by Rippling cant appear to find Bouaziz, Irish paper Business Post reports.Rippling took legal action against Deel earlier this year in Ireland declaring the business paid one of its employees to spy on them, according to the lawsuit that includes an affidavit from the alleged spy which reads like a movie.
Deel rejects all wrongdoing.Rippling requirements to serve Bouaziz papers for the case.
However French bailiffs worked with by Rippling have been not able to find Bouaziz, who is French, at his noted address in Paris.Rippling may need to use to serve him through e-mail, the Business Post reports.Bouaziz is extremely nomadic but stays extremely attached to France, French magazine Challenges reported.
Bouaziz notes his location as Tel Aviv on LinkedIn, but New York on X.Deel, Rippling, and Bouaziz didnt react to ask for comment.