Dossiers

Criminal company law

We defended the interests of an officer of the real estate subsidiary of a listed investment company in proceedings initiated on the grounds of misappropriation of corporate assets and bribery, and obtained an acquittal, which has become final. We provided legal advice to a plurality of shareholders of an auction house in connection with the [...]
Palais Brongniart

Criminal banking and financial law

We defended the interests of a Swiss bank, which acted as the arranger for two bond issues and as representative of the bondholders, in insolvency proceedings initiated against the issuer following the discovery of a massive fraud that had caused the company’s financial statements to misrepresent the true picture for many years. We defended the [...]
Salles des coffres

Criminal tax law and related offences

We defended the interests of a former officer of a leading Swiss trust company involved in criminal proceedings initiated on the grounds of fraud by an organised gang and laundering of the proceeds of tax fraud by an organised gang in connection with the sale of fake antique furniture through offshore structures. We defended the [...]
Marchés aux épices

Bribery and related offences

We defended the interests of an officer of the real estate subsidiary of a listed investment company in proceedings initiated on the grounds of misappropriation of corporate assets and bribery, and obtained an acquittal, which has become final. We defended the interests of a Brazilian businessman who was prosecuted before the Paris High Court on [...]
Grande muraille de Chine

International criminal law

We advised a former officer who holds Brazilian nationality but resides in France on the risk of extradition he faced due to a criminal conviction in Brazil that had become final. We defended the interests of a Brazilian businessman who was prosecuted before the Paris High Court on the grounds of misappropriation of corporate assets, [...]
Rayons d'un supermarché

Criminal competition and consumer law

We defended the interests of the French subsidiary of a German group in the construction sector before the French consumer fraud authorities (DGCCRF) in connection with the discovery that one of its products was not in compliance with a technical standard. We defended the interests of an industrial company in connection with an investigation carried [...]
Centrale électrique

Criminal labour law and unintentional offences

We defended the interests of a leading industrial company in connection with an occupational accident suffered by a temporary worker at one of its industrial sites. We defended the interests of a leading industrial company in connection with an occupational accident suffered by a subcontractor at one of its industrial sites. We defended the interests [...]
Orchidée

Environmental criminal law

We defended the interests of an energy/nuclear group and its officers in five separate proceedings for water, air and ground pollution and abandonment of waste that were initiated by Greenpeace, and obtained a general dismissal of the charges. We defended the interests of an executive of an oil group in a major water pollution case, [...]
Salle informatique

Cybercrime, computer fraud and protection of company secrets

We defended the interests of a leading insurance company in connection with acts of extortion and malicious messages that were sent by a real estate agent with whom the insurer had had a business relationship before terminating it. We defended the interests of a French firm in the mining sector that was the victim of [...]
Tribunal

Criminal and political proceedings

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 [...]