Criminal and political proceedings


Our team has acted as counsel in many sensitive political and financial matters and defended well-known persons and groups subject to media scrutiny.
  • We defended the interests of an oligarch in connection with a criminal investigation initiated before the Paris High Court on the grounds of alleged bribery in connection with the award of various contracts in central Europe. We defended the interests of that same oligarch in connection with a parliamentary enquiry initiated in Belgium to investigate the alleged interference of the French government in past legal proceedings involving our client that had ended in a plea bargain that had become final.
  • We defended the interests of the successors in interest of a murder victim in connection with a retrial requested by the perpetrator.
  • We defended a former Senator and Junior Minister in connection with proceedings initiated against him on the grounds of alleged acts of violence, racial insults and insulting a holder of public authority.
  • We defended the interests of a leading cement group in connection with a criminal investigation initiated before the Paris High Court on the grounds of alleged financing of terrorism.
  • We defended the interests of the head of a company who made a personal loan to a politician accused of tax fraud.
  • We defended the interests of a prominent Saudi figure who was a defendant in criminal proceedings in France.
  • We defended the interests of a mayor in a case involving alleged tax fraud.
  • We defended the interests of a member of a parliamentarian’s family in a case of alleged concealment of embezzlement of public funds.
  • We defended the interests of an insurance company and its directors in a case involving misappropriation of company assets, breach of trust, unlawful acquisition of interests and concealment of such presumed offences by signing a consultancy agreement with a future member of parliament.
  • We defended the interests of the heirs of a public personality, who were civil parties in a case concerning illegal government wiretaps ordered by a unit in the offices of the President of the French Republic.
  • We defended a public figure who was charged along with various other sport and entertainment personalities in a matter charging aggravated prostitution, rape and sexual aggressions, and obtained the invalidation of a portion of the proceedings and then a dismissal of the charges.
  • We defended the interests of a French Member of Parliament in a matter of allegedly illegal wiretaps.
  • We defended the interests of a Swiss bank and its chief executive officer who were prosecuted in France on the grounds of aggravated laundering of the proceeds of tax fraud for acts committed in France, Switzerland and Singapore by a former Budget Minister.
  • We participated in the defence of the interests of a Luxembourg clearing house which was targeted in connection with a vast political and financial scandal, and obtained a dismissal of the charges.
  • We participated in the defence of the interests of a former president of the Ivory Coast in proceedings for tax fraud initiated in France and Switzerland, and obtained a dismissal of the charges in both cases.
  • We defended the interests of a mayor in a case filed on the grounds of illegal acquisition of interests, and obtained a lenient decision.
  • We defended the interests of an officer of an industrial group in a case alleging the bribery of a public official with decision-making authority in Papeete, and obtained a lenient decision.
  • We participated in the defence of the interests of a well-known mercenary following a failed coup d’état in the Comoros.
  • We defended the interests of an armaments company in connection with a criminal investigation on the grounds of murder in relation with a terrorist enterprise and homicide and involuntary injuries in connection with an attack in Karachi.
  • We represented a political party that was the victim of an alleged breach of trust, and obtained compensation therefore.
  • We participated in the defence of the interests of the chief of staff of a French minister in a matter involving forgery of public documents.
  • We defended the interests of a political party against a newly created movement created on the grounds of the confusion created by its use of a name, and obtained, on appeal, an injunction against such use subject to significant fines for non-compliance.
  • We defended the interests of a French Member of Parliament in a case alleging breach of privacy of an inmate.
  • We defended the interests of a French Member of Parliament who was sued for defamation by a businessman who became Minister of Urban Affairs, and obtained the cancellation of the proceedings.
  • We defended the interests of a French Member of Parliament who was sued for defamation by a trade union and its representatives, and obtained a judgment of non-liability.
  • We participated in the defence of the interests of the publisher of a general newspaper and its journalists who were sued for defamation by the mayor of a town, and obtained the cancellation of the proceedings.