Temime

Number of partners: 8
Number of lawyers: 21
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Spanish

FIRM OVERVIEW:
Hervé Temime, founding partner, practiced criminal law for over 40 years. As founding partner, he became involved in white-collar criminal matters early on and was a lead practitioner in the field.

In 2008 Temime was created, a law firm specializing in criminal defense and litigation. A secondary office opened in Marseille in 2016 and Luxembourg in 2022.

The firm’s market-leading practice focuses on complex matters, involving high-profile individuals or corporations involved in the most sensitive cases, often implying cross-border and/or highly technical aspects.

The firm represents clients before criminal courts, commercial/civil courts, regulatory bodies and (international) arbitration panels.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

White Collar Crime / Litigation 

Paris: 7 partners, 17 lawyers - Marseille: 1 partner, 3 lawyers - Luxembourg : 1 lawyer

Recently, the firm has been involved in the following cases:

• Defending Laboratoires Servier, in the ongoing landmark trial before the Paris Criminal Tribunal in connection with the Mediator pharmaceutical scandal.

• Defending UBS AG, in the landmark case before the Paris Criminal Courts for illicit solicitation and money laundering of tax fraud. The firm successfully represented the bank on appeal (where its financial sanctions were reduced from €4.5bln to € 1.8bln) and before the Supreme Court were the sanctions were further overturned.A third trial is expected to take place before the Paris Court of Appeals.

• Defending LVMH, in the successful completion of a criminal settlement without admission of guilt (CJIP) in the context of a sensitive investigation over invasion of a journalist’s privacy.

• Defending Legrand, in connection with the first ever criminal/antitrust case co-led by the National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) and the French Antitrust Authority (Autorité de la concurrence).

• Defending Guy Wildenstein, a French businessman and art dealer prosecuting for an alleged tax fraud in connection with family inheritances. Guy Wildenstein was acquitted by the Paris Criminal Tribunal in January 2017 and acquitted by the Paris Court of Appeals in June 2018 (supreme court proceedings are pending).

• Defending Bernard Tapie, a French businessman and former politician prosecuted for allegedly defrauding the French state in connection with arbitration proceedings related to the sale of Adidas. Bernard Tapie was acquitted by the Paris Criminal Tribunal in July 2019 (appeals proceedings are pending).

• Defending Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of Renault-Nissan, currently under investigation in two high-profile probes in France over alleged corruption and embezzlement of corporate assets.

• Defending Bruno Lafont, the former CEO of LagargeHolcim (formerly Lafarge), currently under investigation in a high-profile probe over the group’s alleged involvement in Syria terrorism funding.

• Defending Dimtriy Rybolovlev, a Russian businessman, in connection with the prosecution of art-dealer Yves Bouvier in Monaco.

Tel: +33149270055
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