Practice areas

Drug trafficking, aggravated money laundering, extortion and criminal conspiracy. The firm appears before the Inter-Regional Specialised Courts and the National Anti-Organised Crime Prosecution Office at every stage — from police custody to trial before the criminal court or the Assize Court. The work systematically focuses on the regularity of investigative acts and on the chain of evidence: surveillance conditions, geolocation, wiretapping, exploitation of connection data and loyalty of the methods employed.

Defence before the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecution Office and the specialised Paris courts, from the preliminary investigation to trial. The firm focuses in particular on the legal characterisation of the facts, on the distinction between ideological adherence and operational preparation, and on pre-trial detention and security measures.

Corruption, influence peddling, breach of public trust, bid rigging, misuse of corporate assets and money laundering. The firm defends executives and legal entities before the criminal courts, the National Financial Prosecution Office, and regulatory authorities.

Criminal defence increasingly operates across legal orders. The firm handles the French and European dimensions of defences coordinated with foreign counsel, and is engaged by lawyers in several jurisdictions when proceedings rely on evidence collected or transmitted from France.

Defence before the Chambre de l'instruction hearing extradition requests, and before foreign courts in coordination with local counsel. Challenges to dual criminality, the political nature of the prosecution, risks of treatment contrary to Article 3 ECHR, and conditions of detention in the requesting State. The firm also acts on European Arrest Warrant surrender proceedings.

Challenges to Red Notices and diffusions before Interpol's Commission for the Control of Files. Deletion requests are based on violations of Article 3 of the Organisation's Constitution, irregularities in the arrest or surrender at the origin of proceedings, absence of a current cooperation interest, and the unlawfulness of the evidentiary basis of the prosecution. The firm conducts these proceedings in coordination with pending national defences.

Litigation arising from European Investigation Orders and conventional mutual legal assistance: regularity of evidence transmission, conditions of its use by the receiving State, and effective judicial review of measures executed abroad.

The firm acts in litigation arising from the Sky ECC and EncroChat operations. The issues at stake involve authentication, integrity and traceability of the data, the technical conditions of its capture, its admissibility, and the existence of effective judicial oversight of the evidentiary chain when it was constituted in a State other than that of the prosecution. On these questions, see the study “From the Sky ECC litigation to the e-Evidence Regulation”, along with its practice-oriented companion piece, “E-Evidence Regulation and Criminal Judicial Cooperation: First Observations for the Defence”.

Trafficking in cultural property, illicit export, receiving antiquities from clandestine excavations or conflict zones. These cases almost always turn on provenance: the documentary reconstruction of an object's history and the assessment of its holder's good faith are decisive.

Fraud, forgery and uttering in sales operations, challenges to authenticity, liability of experts and auction operators. The litigation turns on the scientific expertise and the probative value of attribution reports.

Use of art transactions for money laundering purposes, failures to comply with due diligence obligations, litigation over seizures and confiscation orders relating to collections. The firm also advises market participants on building a due diligence strategy: traceability, contractual documentation and insurance compliance.

Claims for restitution of spoliated works, ownership disputes over cultural property, and the interplay between criminal proceedings and civil or administrative actions. These cases, often transnational, simultaneously engage criminal law, international cultural property law and inter-State cooperation mechanisms.