Léon Del Forno
Europe Guide 2024
Up and Coming : White-Collar Crime
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Léon Del Forno
Practice Areas
Léon DEL FORNO is admitted to the Paris and New York Bars.
His practice mainly focuses on white-collar crime, criminal law, and business law (corporate advice and business litigation).
Career
Léon DEL FORNO holds a Master in Economic Law from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po), a Master in Business Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Harvard Law School.
He began his career in the American law firm SKADDEN ARPS, where he practiced corporate law (M&A), from 2011 through 2015, when he joined TEMIME, before becoming a partner.
He teaches at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po).
Professional Memberships
In 2014, he was elected Secrétaire de la Conférence des Avocats du Barreau de Paris, a two-hundred-year-old institution which each year, by means of a debating competition, elects 12 lawyers in order for them to be court-appointed in the most complex and serious criminal matters.
Publications
Nullitator: 300 nullités efficaces en procédure pénale
Book co-authored with R. Lorrain, 624 pages, Books on Demand (BoD), 2021
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Article with Q. de Margerie, Revue trimestrielle de droit financier, 2015
Chambers Review
Europe
Léon Del Forno advises private individuals and corporates on matters across a range of criminal mandates. He is a member of the Paris and New York Bars.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Léon is an extremely bright and dedicated lawyer. He is extremely responsive and provides advice promptly. He has experience with cross-border cases."
"Léon Del Forno is very skilled. He is available immediately to assist clients with any issues, including important and urgent matters. He is very good in technical cases."
"Léon is an extremely bright and dedicated lawyer. He is extremely responsive and provides advice promptly. He has experience with cross-border cases."
"Léon Del Forno is very skilled. He is available immediately to assist clients with any issues, including important and urgent matters. He is very good in technical cases."