Mr Eric Dezeuze > Bredin Prat > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Bredin Prat routinely assists clients with setting up procedures concerning the prevention of corruption and breach of the duty of integrity, duty of vigilance and internal anti-money laundering procedures, in addition to conducting internal investigations relating to internal control procedures. Éric Dezeuze, who advises companies on AFA controls, jointly leads the team alongside Guillaume Pellegrin, who acts for multinational corporations in litigation concerning the duty of vigilance.

Bredin Prat is a leading name in the field. A perfect fit to the firm’s high-end public M&A practice, the litigation team intervenes in headline public takeover battles concerning the country’s most high-profile companies. The team also acts for leading listed companies in dealing with sensitive shareholders’ conflicts and governance issues, while its range of expertise also extends to assisting listed companies, executives and other financial players facing AMF-led stock-market breach investigations. Key names in the team include litigators Jean-Daniel Bretzner and Florian Bouaziz  and white-collar expert Eric Dezeuze.

Bredin Prat is a recognised market leader and handles a strong share of headline cases including several of France’s most high-profile criminal tax law disputes. Acting for leading banks and many major French and international companies or their top executives, the firm is also entrusted to handle high-stakes industrial scandals and accidents, bribery, financial criminal law and criminal employment law offences. Recently, the team has also been retained to handle a highly sensitive accusation concerning complicity in a crime against humanity; a new emerging type of offence in the French business world. Eric Dezeuze   is an expert in the field and Guillaume Pellegrin is the other key player in the team.