Advice and litigation in the French parts of international criminal proceedings, be it the extension of investigations initiated abroad to French territory, interrogation under international agreements, prosecution by a foreign prosecutor’s office, etc.

Advice and litigation in the context of official inspections (e.g. by the French labour inspectorate or the French pension funds) and criminal investigations in connection with health and safety at work (e.g. in the case of occupational accidents, occupational diseases, hygiene requirements, breaches of documentation requirements), advice on the documentation required in France (e.g. the document on risk assessment at the workplace (DUER), as well as various internal company guidelines (plan de prévention, plan général de coordination, PGC in short, or a plan général de coordination de sécurité et de protection de la santé (PGCSPS), as well as on the existence of safety protocols); Guidance on issues relating to illegal employment (undeclared work, bogus contracts for work and labour (délit de marchandage), unauthorised temporary work, irregular employment of foreign workers, obstructions in the area of employee representation (délit d’entrave), mobbing, sexual harassment, discrimination).

Advice and litigation in the context of criminal prosecutions relating to breaches of environmental law, which in France can lead to administrative sanctions (e.g. by the Prefect/Regional Office for the Environment, or DREAL) or criminal sanctions (infringements of the provisions of the laws on classified installations posing a particular risk to the environment (ICPE) / the Water Protection Act (IOTA): operation of an installation without the necessary permits, non-compliance with the applicable regulations, illegal recovery, llegal transport of hazardous or non-hazardous waste, pollution of installations and soils, etc.).

Advice and litigation in the context of proceedings relating to structural installations erected without permits or in disregard of their provisions, in order to avoid the dismantlement of the construction entailing a penalty payment.

Advice and litigation in connection with attacks on automated data processing systems, cybercrime, ransomware, phishing, etc. (in the investigation, evidence, pre-trial and trial phases).

Accompanying and implementing a range of diverse preventive measures, such as: organisational and technical cyber security analysis with the help of partner experts (intrusion tests, configuration audits, vulnerability analysis/research); the creation of an appropriate remediation plan and the introduction of a digital content security and management guideline.