Françoise Labrousse > Jones Day > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

The compliance team at Jones Day ‘continues to gain momentum on the Paris scene’, assisting with anti-corruption compliance programmes and international sanctions mandates, in addition to handling compliance audits led by the AFA. The practice is also well placed to leverage the firm’s international footprint when acting for domestic and multinational companies across the energy, technology and telecoms sectors. Bénédicte Graulle is praised for her ‘unrivalled commitment to protect and defend her clients’ in internal investigations involving issues such anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. Graulle leads the team alongside Françoise Labrousse, the co-head of the firm’s global government regulation practice, Linda Hesse, Jean-Michel Bobillo and Emmanuelle Rivez-Domont.

Jones Day’s ‘proactive and responsive’ environmental group is regularly instructed by multinational corporations, government entities and public bodies for its advisory, transactional, and contentious support. Core areas of expertise include the handling of matters relating to chemical substances and product safety, environmental crisis management, and assisting with the development of renewable energy projects. Françoise Labrousse heads the team and focuses on environmental, crisis management, and health and safety-related mandates. Additional key contacts include Armelle Sandrin-Deforge and Elodie Simon, who major on environmental-related M&A and health and safety issues, respectively.

Jones Day houses a comprehensive litigation practice that manages commercial, banking, corporate and product liability cases. The group has particular strength handling product liability and ESG disputes relating to environment and pollution issues through tort specialist Françoise Labrousse and Cyril Philibert whose range of expertise also extends to many other areas. The team’s caseload also includes commercial disputes and it has recently been entrusted to assist with a case concerning the theft of trade secrets. Clients include many leading French and international industrial and manufacturing companies. Ozan Akyurek is a key name in the team and Frédéric Gros has been defending several banks in ‘toxic’ loan cases granted to French municipalities prior to the 2009 financial crisis.

Leveraging their European network of offices, Jones Day acts for its lucrative client base on a broad range of IP disputes and transactions. The group regularly advises on IPOs, M&A, and disputes concerning patent infringements and license agreement breaches. Practice co-head and environmental law specialist Françoise Labrousse maintains a strong reputation for handling contentious matters. Co-head Renaud Bonnet is known for his deep knowledge of private equity related issues, and for advising a broad array of technology and life sciences clients, and investors.