Jonathan Mattout

- Commercial Litigation

- Corporate Crime and Investigations

- Compliance Advisory

- Cyber Risk Advisory

- Financial Services Regulatory

Jonathan is a partner based in our Paris office. Jonathan heads the Corporate Crime & Investigations and Compliance practice in Paris, and is Regional Head of our Corporate Crime and Investigations practice in EMEA. He is also Deputy Global Head of the firm's Corporate Crime and Investigations practice. Jonathan has over 20 years' experience in white-collar crime disputes, whether in the field of defence or in that of advice. He mainly assists his clients in criminal proceedings (whether as defendants or victims) both in France and abroad, in the context of internal investigations, crisis management or the prevention and detection of criminal risk, particularly in relation to the risks of corruption, money laundering, international economic sanctions or the obligations arising from the duty of vigilance. He acts for top-tier domestic and international companies as well as their directors in connection with all types of legal proceedings, notably in relation to economic and financial crime, cybercrime, market abuse and industrial accidents. He also advises numerous companies in setting up or strengthening their anti-corruption compliance programmes and in audits carried out by the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA). He has worked in Asia, the US, London and Hong Kong and has advocated before certain courts in Francophone Africa. Jonathan is admitted in the Paris bar and speaks French and English fluently. Jonathan teaches at SciencesPo Paris and regularly speaks in seminars on corporate and financial crime and compliance. Jonathan is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the IBA's ‘Business Crime Committee’, as well its former Co-Chair.

For additional information on Jonathan’s professional background, please visit: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/j/jonathan-mattout