Daily Compliance News: March 24, 2025, The ABC Task Force Edition
JONES DAY TALKS®: International Litigation: Confidentiality and Legal Privilege under French Law
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in France
Compliance Perspectives: The French AFA on their Anti-Corruption Activities and Guidance ("Sapin 2 Law")
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in France
FCPA Compliance Report-Special Airbus Series-Cecilia Fellouse-Guenkel, the French Perspective
Podcast: Digital Taxation—Implications for EU Technology Companies
Everything Compliance-Episode 3
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 293, Saskia Zandieh on the new French Anti-Corruption law, Sapin II
Formation of new anti-corruption alliance in Europe and what it means for international enforcement - On 20 March 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), French Parquet National Financier (PNF) and the Office of the...more
We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more
Summary - On 20 March 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), France’s Parquet National Financier (“PNF”) and the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (“OAG”) affirmed their shared commitment to tackling...more
Dans un arrêt du 6 mars 2025, la Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux s'est prononcée sur la méthode mathématique d'évaluation de titres de SCI utilisée par l'administration, ainsi que sur la caractérisation d'une...more
ENQUÊTE INTERNE. L’enquête interne est un dédale. L’absence de cadre juridique de l’enquête interne pourrait s’expliquer notamment par son caractère multisectoriel. En effet, l’enquête par son déclenchement, son déroulement...more
On 20 March 2025, enforcement authorities in the UK, France and Switzerland announced the creation of the International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce. The taskforce is comprised of: - The UK’s Serious Fraud...more
On 20 March 2025, enforcement agencies from the UK, France and Switzerland affirmed their shared commitment to tackling international bribery and corruption and founded a new taskforce to strengthen collaboration. Director of...more
The French High Court has just handed down a ruling confirming the weakening of the force of business secrecy in the name of the right to evidence principle, based on the right to a fair trial found in article 6 of the...more
1. Types of Business Entities - • Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Business may be conducted in France either through a French branch of a...more
The French Labor Code requires companies with 1,000 or more employees to publish and provide the French authorities with (1) the equality index and (2) the gaps in representation between men and women among their senior...more
La loi de finances pour 2025 prévoit l’instauration d’un régime fiscal et social spécifique pour les gains réalisés par les managers à raison des participations qu’ils détiennent dans les groupes dans lesquels ils exercent...more
We explore the trends for Business and Commercial Disputes in the UK, US and France/EU in 2025. Here's what you should know...more
1. CONTEXTE - Après la motion de censure du 4 décembre 2024 ayant entraîné le rejet du projet de loi de finances pour 2025, les discussions sur le projet avaient cessé....more
La cour administrative d'appel de Lyon affirme que l'acte délibératif d’une société indiquant que son président n'exerce aucune fonction de gestion et de contrôle du secteur financier n'exclut pas qu'il exerce un pouvoir de...more
La cour administrative d'appel de Paris vient remettre en cause la localisation du siège de direction effective d'une société localisée au Royaume-Uni en recherchant le lieu effectif de prise de décisions stratégiques et en...more
This is the second in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
French Act No. 2023-1107, Transposing the National Interprofessional Agreement on Value Sharing within Companies, entered into force on January 1, 2025 and, similarly to previous laws on the topic, aims to simplify, secure,...more
Deux études particulièrement intéressantes ont récemment été publiées par l’Agence Française Anticorruption (l’AFA) et la Commission européenne dans le domaine de la lutte contre la corruption. La première étude publié...more
Le 16 octobre 2024, l’AFA a publié son rapport relatif à la Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) : « Mettre en œuvre les indicateurs anticorruption de la Directive CSRD ». Notre équipe vous en propose...more
The CSDD Directive thus adopted goes well beyond the obligations under the French corporate law on duty of care: it widens the scope of the companies concerned and imposes heavy penalties. ...more
Since 2017, French companies of a certain size have had to draw up a vigilance plan to identify the risks associated with their business and prevent serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the health and...more
Key Points - - The number of activist campaigns launched against European companies rose again in 2023, with a new focus on German targets. - Many activists surveyed believe that France offers them good opportunities. -...more
As the first EU country to transpose the CSRD into national law, France will gradually replace the EFPD with sustainability reporting under the new directive. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the CSRD)...more
1. Types of Business Entities - • Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Business may be conducted in France either through a French branch of a foreign...more