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Antonin Lévy & Associés AARPI

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Antonin Lévy & Associés AARPI

Antonin Lévy & Associés AARPI

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Provided by Antonin Lévy & Associés AARPI
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Antonin Lévy & Associés represents and advises companies and individuals in connection with investigations, prosecution and criminal settlement (including guilty pleas and French-style deferred prosecution agreements) in all areas of white-collar crime, notably in the following areas:

  • Corruption and related offences,
  • Money laundering,
  • Tax criminal law,
  • Corporate criminal law,
  • Securities and financial law offenses.

The firm’s three partners also advise and represent organizations, directors and employees in the related area of manslaughter, serious bodily harm, health and safety with a particular expertise in fatal accidents and major disasters including airplane, train and public transportation accidents and workplace injuries.

We are regularly instructed to manage multi-jurisdictional criminal and related civil litigation in coordination with law firms in various jurisdictions. Due to the international nature of our work, we have considerable experience in extradition, mutual legal assistance, Interpol challenges and Business and Human Rights litigation. We are currently acting as counsels in two landmark cases on the enforcement of Duty of Vigilance Law in France (French equivalent of the UK Modern Slavery Act).

The firm’s expertise also includes investigations conducted by multilateral development banks, compliance and internal investigations. Key aspects of our compliance practice include:

  • Designing anti-corruption, ethics and human rights policies to respond to international and domestic regulations including OECD, FCPA, UKBA and French Sapin 2 Law, Law on Duty of Vigilance,
  • Representing clients targeted by investigations by multilateral development bank’s such as the World Bank’s INT’s and African Development Bank,
  • Representing clients in civil proceedings brought before French Courts based on the Law on the Duty of Vigilance Law,
  • Conducting audits of compliance programs and assist companies in complying with international and domestic regulations,
  • Representing clients during French Anti-corruption’s audits,
  • Conducting internal investigations on corruption and ethics related issues.

Antonin Lévy & Associés also provides advice to organizations, public figures, directors, employees and high profile individuals in safeguarding their reputation whether before courts (defamation, injurious language, right to respond, invasion of privacy and presumption of innocence) or by managing the media.

The hallmark of our practice is our ability to handle every spectrum of our clients’ risk exposure be it prevention, investigation or litigation:

  • Prevention: corporations turn to us to seek advice on corporate governance, corporate transaction risks, prevention measures to deter prosecution. We perform compliance risks assessments and design compliance programs that meet the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) and the DOJ’s standards. We regularly assist corporations during AFA’s investigations.
  • Investigation: we regularly lead complex internal investigations, both on the companies’ initiative and in response to whistle-blowers’ claims, and guide companies and individuals through sensitive criminal investigations. To that end, we have designed an “Internal investigation toolkit” to assist our clients navigate the complex legal aspects of conducting an internal investigation in France and abroad (including GDPR, labour law and blocking statute issues). We are also familiar with handling complex and large scale document/data reviews.
  • Litigation: we are trial lawyers at heart. We know how judges and prosecutors think and build our defence strategy accordingly. Our extensive trial experience also means that we can think through trial scenarios including avoiding going to court when that is the best outcome.


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Corporate Compliance & Investigations
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Ophélia Claude
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Ophélia Claude
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White-Collar Crime
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Ophélia Claude
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Ophélia Claude
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