Author: Elizabeth Ortega

Stephane Bonifassi and Marie Poirot weigh in on the Berezovski case: “This confiscation that benefits the French public treasury is not legitimate and constitutes a windfall effect. The French justice system must recognize the right to these properties to all creditors with whom Berezovski had gone into debt or to whom he had to pay damages because of legal proceedings, “say the French lawyers for the trustee Stéphane Bonifassi and Marie Poirot.”

Stephane Bonifassi, Pauline Hoerner, and Timothy Belevetz analyzed the 2020 AMF annual report. In their analysis, they found an uptick in U.S. and French securities regulators’ cross-border collaboration, signaling investigative efficiencies and corporate risks.

Stéphane Bonifassi was recognized by Chambers Europe for his work in White-Collar-Crime. See here.

Immediately following French court’s ruling against efforts to release chateau’s confiscation, creditors in the Berezovsky money-laundering saga file an appeal before the Supreme Court.

You can access the full Bloomberg article here.

In the case of Boris Berezovsky, Stéphane Bonifassi argues that Berezovsky’s previously confiscated chateau should be “allocated to compensate creditors harmed by [his] fraudulent actions.”

To read the full article in Bloomberg, click here

In this article published by Gotham City, Stéphane Bonifassi shares his point of view on the Court of Cassation’s decision in the Wildenstein case.

As the highest court mandates a retrial in the Guy Wilderstein inheritance case, Stéphane Bonifassi explains how the defendants’ failure to comply with the declaratory obligation is likely to constitute tax evasion. Click here for the full article on TaxNotes.

Stéphane Bonifassi co-authored a chapter with colleague Sinem Paksüt for the Global Leader Group’s International Comparative Legal Guide – Sanctions 2021. The guide has been officially published and is available on the ICLG website. You can access the full guide here.

Stéphane Bonifassi advocates for the use of guilty pleas in criminal rape cases in France. Click here to access the commentary published by LeMonde.