Christian Dargham

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Christian is a business ethics and dispute resolution lawyer. He is the head of the disputes department in Paris.

He started his career at the law offices of Célice-Blancpain-Soltner, lawyers before the French Supreme Court (1992-1999). He then joined Archibald Andersen (1999-2001) and Clifford Chance Europe LLP (2001-2013), before joining Norton Rose Fulbright in April 2013.

He has extensive experience in relation to business ethics and investigations (implementation of global compliance policies, day-to-day assistance to compliance officers, audits and assessment of compliance policies, training sessions, integrity due diligence, investigations in areas such as corruption, fraud, harassment, human rights and international sanctions).

His activity also encompasses litigation (contractual disputes, product liability and white collar crime) and international arbitration. Christian represents leading industrial groups and international financial institutions.

Christian is a member of the Paris Bar Council (2023-2025).

He gives lectures on anticorruption at Sciences-Po Paris and Paris 2-Assas.

He is fluent in French, English and Arabic.

Ranked in Band 1 of Chambers Europe (France) 2023 in corporate compliance & investigations:

"Extremely pragmatic and fair, he definitively understands the lawyer–client relationship and has a very good rapport with the business folks and a good ability to render complex matters understandable".

Christian Dargham is identified as "Lawyer of the Year" 2022 by Best Lawyers in France and in the "Hall of Fame" by Legal 500 2022 (France) in compliance:

"Norton Rose Fulbright provides 'an excellent level of service including responsiveness, creativity and a reassuring approach'. The practice has particular experience in conducting internal investigations pertaining to corruption and money laundering allegations."

Christian Dargham is noted for 'his great knowledge of compliance, as well as his availability and discretion".