Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

About

Provided by Guillaume Pellegrin

Europe

Practice Areas

Guillaume Pellegrin, Partner, co-leads, with Éric Dezeuze, the White-Collar Criminal Defence and Compliance Litigation practice.

He regularly advises and assists French and international corporate clients and their senior executives:

- regarding criminal liability, with respect to issues of violation of corporate law rules, breach of the duty of integrity by public officials or private sector employees in companies with a public service mission (atteinte à la probité), criminal offences with respect to securities law and tax law, in often multi-jurisdictional, but also French domestic or cross-border proceedings or investigations, including those relating to cases before specialised courts and international judicial cooperation proceedings;

- in defining and monitoring compliance policies, as well as related litigation, including, in particular, in relation to the obligations arising out of the duty of care and attention (devoir de vigilance), Anti-Money Laundering/Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) measures, or implementation of restrictions, bans or sanctions, imposed at a national level in France, or at a European level or internationally;

in conducting internal investigations or, whether as counsel or as expert, assisting them when they are involved, in whatever capacity, in investigations carried out by French national authorities or by international institutions.

Guillaume represents clients before civil, commercial and criminal courts and officials (public prosecutors, France’s Financial Prosecution Office (Parquet National Financier - PNF), investigating judges), and the relevant regulatory and administrative authorities (French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption - AFA), French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers - AMF), the French government authorities including the Budget Department, the Treasury, Ministry of Justice, specialised departments, etc.).

Career

He lectures at the University of Paris 2 in white-collar criminal law subjects, and he authors the criminal tax law section in the authoritative tax law journal Droit Fiscal.

He is a former Secrétaire de la Conférence des Avocats au Barreau de Paris (2010).

Industry Sector Expertise

Compliance

White-Collar Crime

Litigation

Languages Spoken

French, English, Spanish

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Europe

Corporate Compliance & Investigations - France
3
Band 3

Guillaume Pellegrin of Bredin Prat represents leading French corporates in proceedings before the anti-corruption authorities as well as assisting with the implementation of compliance programmes. He has additional experience advising on duty of vigilance matters.

Discover other Lawyers at
Bredin Prat

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

Europe-wide

Arbitration (International)

Raëd Fathallah
5
Raëd Fathallah
5
Band 5

France

Banking & Finance

Raphaële Courtier
3
Raphaële Courtier
Head of Banking & Finance
3
Band 3
Karine Sultan
4
Karine Sultan
4
Band 4
Samuel Pariente
4
Samuel Pariente
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: Equity

Olivier Saba
3
Olivier Saba
3
Band 3
Competition/European Law

Igor Simic
1
Igor Simic
1
Band 1
Olivier Billard
1
Olivier Billard
1
Band 1
Marie-Cécile Rameau
2
Marie-Cécile Rameau
2
Band 2
Yelena Trifounovitch
3
Yelena Trifounovitch
3
Band 3
Pierre Honoré
5
Pierre Honoré
5
Band 5
Corporate Compliance & Investigations

Guillaume Pellegrin
3
Guillaume Pellegrin
3
Band 3
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

Didier Martin
S
Didier Martin
S
Senior Statespeople
Benjamin Kanovitch
Benjamin Kanovitch
Star Individuals
Olivier Assant
1
Olivier Assant
1
Band 1
Patrick Dziewolski
1
Patrick Dziewolski
1
Band 1
Sébastien Prat
1
Sébastien Prat
1
Band 1
Kate Romain
3
Kate Romain
3
Band 3
Emmanuel Masset
4
Emmanuel Masset
4
Band 4
Matthieu Pouchepadass
5
Matthieu Pouchepadass
5
Band 5
Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr
5
Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr
5
Band 5
20 of 44 results