Financial Crime Litigators Academy

For our French speakers, Stéphane Bonifassi takes on the French justice system and urges courts to streamline the litigation process and consider dispute settlements rather than expensive, inefficient lengthy trials.

Stéphane Bonifassi

29/08/2022

Litigation Strategies

France Sharpens its Rules on Companies Sharing Information Abroad

Stephane Bonifassi explains how France needs to clarify blocking statute language before adjusting penalties.

Stéphane Bonifassi

28/03/2022

Litigation Strategies

Are Extradition Proceedings Regulated by Domestic Legislation, Treaties or Both?

GIR Insights: Know-how - Extradition published Stéphane Bonifassi' French update which focused on special extradition arrangements, extradition treaties and dual criminality.

Stéphane Bonifassi

26/05/2021

Money Laundering

Anti Money Laundering 2021 | France | ICLG

ICLG published Stéphane Bonifassi' French update on the Crime of Money Laundering and Criminal Enforcement.

Stéphane Bonifassi

25/05/2021

Litigation Strategies

Dead Russian's $122 Million Riviera Chateau Eludes Creditors

Stéphane Bonifassi filed an appeal with France's Supreme Court after a lower court rejected creditors' efforts to reverse the confiscation of a chateau in the Berezovsky estate saga were.

Stéphane Bonifassi

19/05/2021

Money Laundering

Dead Man's $121 Million Chateau Spurs Court Fight Over Debts

In the money laundering action between English trustees and the French State Stéphane Bonifassi asserts, "The state wishes crime did not pay but continues to enjoy it." Read recent coverage on Boris Berezovsky's Chateau de la Garoupe here and here.

Stéphane Bonifassi

28/01/2021

Litigation Strategies

French Supreme Court Orders Retrial in Art Dealer Evasion Case

Co-Founder Stéphane Bonifassi explains how the defendants' failure to comply with declaratory obligations likely constitutes tax evasion in the Guy Wilderstein inheritance proceedings.

Stéphane Bonifassi

08/01/2021

Corruption

Japan's Dentsu Lobbied For and Funded Campaign for Tokyo Games, Documents Show, Despite Olympics Contract

Stéphane Bonifassi speaks with Reuters about the Tokyo Olympic games internal investigation by French prosecutors.

Stéphane Bonifassi

14/10/2020

Litigation Strategies

French Internal Investigations Guidelines

An English version has just been published of internal investigations guidelines drafted by 27 top French practitioners in a working group formed by Stéphane Bonifassi. The French Bar adopted these in July 2020.

Stéphane Bonifassi

24/09/2020

Litigation Strategies

Ce qui compte pour les victimes de viol, c'est que leur parole soit prise au sérieux dans des délais courts

In an article published by "LeMonde," Stephane Bonifassi advocates for the use of guilty pleas in criminal rape cases in France.

Stéphane Bonifassi

06/08/2020

CorruptionLitigation Strategies

Three Takes on the Same Corruption Allegations

Stéphane Bonifassi co-wrote an article with Elena Fedorova, a partner at Bonifassi Avocats. In this article, they address the need for uniformity in international arbitration when addressing corruption allegations.

Stéphane Bonifassi

23/07/2020

Litigation Strategies

French Bar Adopts Internal Investigations Guidelines

After two and a half years in the making, the French bar adopted internal investigations guidelines drafted by 27 top French practitioners. This working group was formed by Stephane Bonifassi.

Stéphane Bonifassi

07/07/2020

Corruption

Why Arbitrators Need to Confront Corruption Allegations

Stéphane Bonifassi and his co-author argue why arbitrators need to confront corruption allegations in an article published by "Global Arbitration Review."

Stéphane Bonifassi

09/03/2020

Litigation Strategies

Arbitrators Need to Look Beyond Contracts and into Criminal Law

Stephane Bonifassi's article, "Arbitration Now Requires Knowledge of Criminal Law Principles," cautioning arbitrators to look beyond applicable criminal laws, has been featured in NY PCCE's Compliance and Enforcement blog.

Stéphane Bonifassi

05/07/2019

Money Laundering

Anti Money Laundering 2019 Guide

Stephane Bonifassi's France: Anti-Money Laundering 2019 was published by Global Legal Group

Stéphane Bonifassi

13/05/2019

Litigation Strategies

France's Increasing Court Control Over Arbitral Awards

In his article for Law360, Stéphane Bonifassi explores how recent court decisions show that the public policy defense is narrowly interpreted by French courts and that international arbitral awards are rarely set aside on this basis.

Stéphane Bonifassi

08/02/2019

Corruption

France's Corruption Probe of Japan's Olympic Committee President

"Bloomberg News" reports about the corruption probe that French investigators have launched to determine whether Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Olympic Games involved bribery. Stéphane Bonifassi is representing the defendant Tsunekazu Takeda.

Stéphane Bonifassi

11/01/2019

Corruption

Stéphane Bonifassi Examines France's Anti-Corruption Efforts with'Loi Sapin II'

Stéphane Bonifassi authored a chapter for Global Legal Insights "Bribery and Corruption 2019" about France's enactment of "Loi Sapin II" and its impact on corruption and the use of deferred prosecution agreements. More

Stéphane Bonifassi

06/12/2018

Litigation Strategies

Stéphane Bonifassi's Take on France's DPAs

Along with his colleague Victoire Chatelin, Stéphane Bonifassi explains in "The FCA Blog" how France's Loi Sapin II paves the way for deferred prosecution agreements but stops short of providing guidance for prosecutors to follow a defined settlement route.

Stéphane Bonifassi

19/09/2018