White-Collar Crime
France
5 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Léon Del Forno
France 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by Temime
France
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
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Chambers France
White-Collar Crime - France
Band 4
Individual Editorial
Léon Del Forno advises private individuals and corporates on matters across a range of criminal mandates, including tax fraud and corruption. He is a member of the Paris and New York Bars.
Editorial individuel
Léon Del Forno conseille des particuliers et des entreprises dans de différents dossiers pénaux, notamment de fraude fiscale et corruption. Il est avocat aux barreaux de Paris et de New York.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Léon is very talented. He is a skilled lawyer who is very innovative in his approach and very agile.
White-Collar CrimeChambers FranceLéon is excellent, he is commercial, bright, internationally-minded and overall a very good lawyer.
White-Collar CrimeChambers FranceWe appreciated his competence, availability and flexibility.
White-Collar CrimeChambers FranceHe is a lawyer of exceptional finesse and expertise.
White-Collar CrimeChambers FranceHe is a good lawyer with very extensive experience and knowledge.
White-Collar CrimeChambers FranceC'est un bon avocat, doté d'une très vaste expérience et de connaissances approfondies.
White-Collar CrimeChambers France
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