Since its creation, the firm has acquired solid experience in building and managing international defence teams for individuals, companies and governments.
The firm is able to deploy a team of lawyers with cutting-edge know-how and expertise to provide global representation on complex international legal issues.
Most of the firm’s criminal defence work is carried out in our Paris offices.
We regularly assist our clients before the traditional courts (criminal courts, assize courts) and regulatory authorities (financial markets authority, tax authorities) and at all stages of the proceedings (police custody, investigation, trial).
The firm has a solid base throughout Africa, with links to a wide network of experts and specialists (Morocco, Algeria, Guinea, Tunisia, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Cameroon, etc.).
We have been involved in a wide range of projects in this region, providing advice to leading political figures or working directly on behalf of governments.
In this context, we have been called upon on numerous occasions to appear before regional courts and institutions for the protection of human rights: the African Court of Human and People’s Rights, ad hoc courts, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa, etc.
In view of the increasing number and scale of our international work, we have set up a permanent office in Geneva to take advantage of its strategic location.
Our Geneva office specialises in international law, judicial cooperation and complex litigation.
Geneva is home to several United Nations entities, including the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
The firm is involved in proceedings initiated in Belgium or on behalf of Belgian nationals in multi-jurisdictional proceedings.
The firm has developed in-depth knowledge of Monaco’s legal system and institutions.
Our lawyers have a very active presence in the Principality and have developed a network of professionals who can be mobilised according to our clients’ needs.
Some of our staff have already worked in leading Monegasque law firms.
Our team is made up of bilingual French-English professionals trained in the specific features of the Anglo-Saxon legal system known as Commonlaw, which differs markedly from the French legal system based on the civil law tradition.
The firm is qualified to act on requests for international mutual assistance, extradition proceedings and European arrest warrants, as well as transnational and multi-jurisdictional proceedings.
We also handle large-scale proceedings concerning applications for asylum in France or residence in foreign countries.
The International Criminal Court is a unique institution with jurisdiction to prosecute and judge individuals for the most serious crimes of international concern (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression).
Antoine Vey, founding partner of the firm, is on the list of counsel before the International Criminal Court.
As such, he is authorised to appear both before the specialised division for crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences of the Paris Court and before the International Criminal Court, which requires mastery of a complex procedure.
We regularly appear before the Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files in connection with requests for declassification or withdrawal of Interpol notices.
As part of this work, we have developed a thorough knowledge of Interpol’s operating rules, enabling us to intervene effectively, particularly when dealing with people who are the subject of a red notice.
We intervene preventively when there is an imminent risk of a notice being circulated, or a posteriori, before the Control Commission and in dealing with professionals in the issuing countries to request that the notice be withdrawn.