Sophie Scemla

Sophie Scemla is a partner in the Litigation team in Paris. She specialises in corporate criminal law, investigations, compliance and human rights and ESG litigation.

She advises on complex French and international litigation, particularly in the areas of fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, international corruption, international sanctions, human rights violations and due diligence.

Sophie also assists her clients in conducting internal investigations in France, Africa and Asia and helps them set up compliance programmes and undergo audits by the AFA. It assists them in conducting internal investigations in France and abroad. She also assists clients in negotiating and concluding negotiated agreements, such as Public Interest Judicial Agreements « CJIP » and « Deferred Prosecution Agreement », in particular with the PNF, the US authorities, multilateral development banks and foreign authorities.

With dual qualifications at the Paris and New York Bars, she has represented French and foreign companies and their directors in domestic and international corruption cases.