Practice Areas
Emmanuel Moyne advises his clients, both legal entities and high-profile individuals, in complex procedures that may involve several foreign jurisdictions and may concern, among other issues, corruption, misuse of company assets, tax fraud, money laundering, misappropriation of data and secrets, counterfeiting, cybercrime, endangering life, manslaughter and unintentional injuries, pollution as well as common crimes, notably in the context of the Me Too movement.
His areas of expertise include the energy, defence, aerospace, transportation, chemicals, construction, automotive, hotels, luxury, sports and art as well as the banking industry sectors.
He advises clients in sensitive bribery matters and has contributed to the drafting of anti-corruption legislation in a foreign country. He directed several internal investigations and assists major companies in France and abroad in the conception and implementation of their internal procedures, compliance programmes and investigations. He also assists clients in performing compliance and anticorruption M&A due diligences and in structuring the compliance of acquired companies or joint ventures.
Emmanuel Moyne was a Secrétaire de la Conférence des Avocats of the Paris bar in 2000 and pleaded, this year, as a duty lawyer for around seventy clients before correctional and criminal courts (“Cour d’assises”).
Emmanuel is the co-author of various articles, on the impacts of the disparities of negotiated criminal justice in the EU on the rights of the defence or the liability of companies for complicity in crimes against humanity through the management of their foreign subsidiaries.
Publications
Interview for Commercial Dispute Resolution, July 2024: Emmanuel Moyne commented France’s anticorruption regime and its evolution for Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR)
https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/competition-and-business-crime/21054-progress-in-the-french-fight-against-corruption.
Interview for le Monde du Droit: Emmanuel Moyne: "The Paris Court of Appeal restores the full effectiveness of the duty of vigilance"
https://www.lemondedudroit.fr/interviews/93454-emmanuel-moyne-la-cour-d-appel-de-paris-redonne-toute-son-effectivite-au-devoir-de-vigilance.html
The Promising Future of the Environmental DPAs in France, May 2024: Emmanuel Moyne, partner and Joséphine Doncieux, lawyer, discussed with The Legal Industry Reviews the promising future of environmental DPAs in France. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7196445885818372096
Interview for Commercial Dispute Resolution, 26 April 2024: Emmanuel Moyne explained to Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) the consequences for companies of the European Parliament's adoption of Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/competition-and-business-crime/20563-european-parliament-greenlights-watered-down-sustainability-law
The impacts of the disparities of negotiated criminal justice in the EU on the rights of the defence by Lefebvre Dalloz, February 2024: Article for the first edition of a publication dedicated to internal investigations, CJIP and CRPC.
https://www.boutique-dalloz.fr/compliance-et-droits-de-la-defense-p.html
Interview for Law.com, February 7, 2024:
Emmanuel Moyne explained the scope of the Court of Cassation's decision of 16 January on the liability of companies for complicity in crimes against humanity through the management of their foreign subsidiaries.
https://www.law.com/international-edition/2024/01/22/french-high-court-ruling-affirms-companies-liability-for-complicity-in-crimes-against-humanity/?slreturn=20240031083900
The French chapter to the Chambers and Partners Global Anti-Corruption Guide 2024
https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/anti-corruption-2023/france
Chambers and Partners – White-Collar Crime Global Practice Guide 2023 – French chapter
https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/white-collar-crime-2023
Interview for Commercial Dispute Resolution, October 25, 2023:
Emmanuel Moyne recently commented on the confidentiality of in-house lawyers' opinions for Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR). An opportunity to discuss the legal status of in-house lawyers, the regulation currently applicable and the possible consequences of keeping their opinions confidential.
https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/litigation/19590-new-french-confidentiality-law-clears-latest-hurdle#
Article entitled "European cooperation in the field of evidence electronic evidence: what guarantees for the protection of the legal privilege?" for the Délégation des Barreaux de France (DBF).
https://www.dbfbruxelles.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LAVISDELEXPERTEUROPEEN38.pdf
Article by Emmanuel Moyne, Geoffroy Goubin and Nathan Morin for la Gazette du Palais, July 25, 2023:
“Lawyers' role in internal investigations from the AFA's and PNF's point of view: between mistrust and prejudice”, a clear statement of the expectations of the French Anti-Corruption Agency and the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office, in line with the recommendations of the new practical guide to internal anti-corruption investigations published last March. https://www.labase-lextenso.fr/gazette-du-palais/GPL452h9
Contribution to the Lexology – Getting the Deal Through and the Anti-Bribery & Corruption 2023 France Chapter
https://www.bougartchev-moyne.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-Anti-Bribery-Corruption-France.pdf
Article written by Emmanuel Moyne for Option Droit & Affaires, February, 22, 2023:
The European agreement on access to electronic evidence in criminal investigations was formally ratified at the end of January. Emmanuel Moyne, partner, examines for Option Droit & Affaires the contributions of these new legal instruments as well as the objectives pursued.
The Guide to International Enforcement of the Securities Laws – France – GIR – 2023
https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/guide/the-guide-international-enforcement-of-the-securities-laws/first-edition
Article written by Kiril Bougartchev, Emmanuel Moyne and Joséphine Doncieux for Le Monde du Droit, 30 January 2023: « The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office details its instructions for implementing the CJIPs during a conference at the University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas ». Introduced as an instrument of transparency, clarity and legal predictability, what are the concrete contributions of these agreements and of the new PNF guidelines published on January 16, 2023? »
https://www.lemondedudroit.fr/decryptages/85620-pnf-a-detaille-mode-emploi-mise-oeuvre-cjip-conference-universite-paris-pantheon-assas.html
