Stéphane Bonifassi and Marie Poirot share with delegates During ICC France’s first Masterclass

During ICC France’s first Masterclass in France, “The enforcement of arbitral awards against States,” Stéphane Bonifassi and Marie Poirot were pleased to share with the attending delegates that in 2017 Bonifassi secured an unprecedented decision from the Paris administrative court, which annulled the French Treasury’s irrational refusal to authorize the unfreezing of assets attached by creditors of sanctioned entities.

Stéphane Bonifassi and Sinem Paksüt review chapter in GLG’s Sanctions 2022

Stéphane Bonifassi and Sinem Paksüt once more had the opportunity to review GLG’s Sanctions chapter from a French perspective. They found that, according to the newly enacted French Book of Tax procedure Articles L.135 T and L.167, the same government agencies responsible for preparing and enforcing asset freezing measures are also granted direct access to certain databases of the French Tax Administration.

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