White Collar Crime

Me de Foucher has developed particular expertise in business criminal law, notably in the following areas:

Securities and financial markets criminal law (insider dealing offences or breaches, dissemination of false or misleading information…)
Breaches of probity (corruption, misappropriation of public funds…)
Tax criminal law (tax fraud, money laundering…)
Corporate criminal law (misuse of corporate assets, abuse of authority, bankruptcy offences…)
Environmental criminal law (offences relating to regulated installations, pollution offences, harm to protected species…)
Workplace accidents and mass casualty incidents (involuntary manslaughter and bodily harm)
Cybercrime (data theft, cryptocurrency-related offences…)

He acts in criminal proceedings (police investigations, judicial investigations, alternatives to prosecution and trials) and in cases brought by national authorities (the French Financial Markets Authority — AMF, the French Anti-Corruption Agency — AFA, the French Biodiversity Agency — OFB, the French Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control Authority — DGCCRF, etc.) or international authorities (the World Bank, etc.). He is also highly experienced in negotiated proceedings with judicial authorities (the French guilty-plea procedure — CRPC — or the Judicial Public Interest Agreement — CJIP, France’s deferred prosecution mechanism). In these various contexts, he has frequently been entrusted with the defence of publicly exposed persons.

Representative matters handled by the firm

Corporate clients :

Assisting SNCF Réseau in connection with the Eckwersheim rail accident of 14 November 2015
Assisting a bank prosecuted for disseminating false or misleading information
Assisting a company prosecuted for favouritism in the award of public service delegations
Assisting a luxury-sector company as civil party in multiple criminal proceedings for theft, fraud, breach of trust, etc.
Assisting an independent international organisation in the same matter
Assisting a company in filing a criminal complaint following a cyberattack
Assisting a technology-sector company in proceedings brought for harassment
Assisting an audit and advisory group in a judicial investigation opened for complicity in the publication of inaccurate accounts
Assisting a company in a Judicial Public Interest Agreement (CJIP) procedure concerning aggravated tax fraud and aggravated money laundering
Assisting a company as victim in acts of damage and harm to its reputation
Assisting a financial institution in proceedings opened for complicity in, and laundering of, crimes against humanity
Assisting a textile-sector company in an investigation into the handling of proceeds of crimes against humanity
Assisting a company in connection with offences under the postal and telecommunications code

Individual clients:

Assisting a member of staff of the Office of the President of the Republic in a probity-breach matter
Assisting directors of public bodies or nationally-competent decentralised services (the French Development Agency and the Agence des Participations de l’État) in probity-breach matters
Assisting an officer of the Fondation du Patrimoine in a case involving breaches of probity
Assisting a director of Ikea for involuntary manslaughter and breaches of labour code standards
Assisting the CEO of an agri-food group in a judicial investigation for aggravated deception, involuntary injury and failure to comply with withdrawal/recall measures
Assisting company executives and private individuals in matters of aggravated tax fraud and aggravated money laundering
Assisting an investment banker in an insider dealing investigation
Assisting the aide to an elected official for organised fraud, forgery and use of forged documents, identity or personal-data theft, and handling of stolen property
Assisting a foreign individual in connection with the criminal seizure of his assets in France
Assisting an employee in an environmental investigation conducted by the French Biodiversity Agency