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Stéphane de Navacelle

Stéphane de Navacelle

France 2026

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Practice Areas

Stéphane de Navacelle practices corporate litigation, predominantly in criminal law, regulatory, internal investigations, compliance, complex commercial litigation, international arbitration and mediation.

With 20 years’ experience in investigations in France and abroad led in part in connection with French, Foreign or international organizations, he advises entities in rolling out and auditing ethics and compliance programs. He is regularly appointed Independent Compliance Monitor Expert pursuant to negotiated resolution agreements between European conglomerates and the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Professional Memberships

Former member of the Paris Bar Council (2017-2019), he was secretary of the ethics commission, member of disciplinary reviews board of the Paris Bar and the Bar President délégué for influence through law. He currently serves the Bar as referent for influence through law.

Moreover, Stéphane de Navacelle was appointed Observer by the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR, 2009), member of the board of directors of the Fondation de Coubertin (a French public interest Foundation, 2010-2016) Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2016), member of the French Independent Committee on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE, 2019-2021). He is member of the Commission Reconnaissance et Réparation (CRR – Recognition and Reparation Commission) and the Commission for the fight against mistreatment and abuse and the promotion of well-treatment.

Stéphane de Navacelle is accredited and practicing CEDR mediator.

Publications

Stéphane de navacelle publishes articles in relation to compliance and criminal law issues on a regular basis.

He has co-authored “The guide to Sanctions” GIR since 2022, “The annual Practictioner’s Guide to global investigations” GIR since 2017, the “Corporate Internal Investigations” guide of the American Bar Association 2022.

Chambers Review

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Corporate Compliance & Investigations - France

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Band 2

Individual Editorial

Stéphane de Navacelle handles corruption and fraud internal investigations on behalf of French and international corporates. He is qualified at the Paris and New York Bars.

Editorial individuel

Stéphane de Navacelle conseille sur des enquêtes internes de corruption et de fraude pour le compte d’entreprises françaises et internationales. Il est inscrit aux barreaux de Paris et de New York.

Strengths

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  • Stéphane has exceptional experience in internal investigations and corporate compliance and shows great pragmatism in his approach.

    Corporate Compliance & InvestigationsChambers France
  • Stéphane a une expérience exceptionnelle en matière d'enquêtes internes et de conformité d'entreprise et fait preuve d'un grand pragmatisme dans son approche.

    Corporate Compliance & InvestigationsChambers France

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