FRANCE Law and Practice Contributed by: Samuel Sauphanor, Alexandra Szekely, Timothée de Saint Viance and Benoît Barré, Le 16 Law
Le 16 Law was founded in 2017 and is one of the largest fully independent boutique law firms dedicated to dispute resolution in Paris. The firm displays a full-service dispute resolution practice. Its seven partners maintain distinct areas of focus, being responsible for different practices (domestic and international), namely international arbitration and alternative dispute
resolution; commercial and corporate litigation; insolvency proceedings; white-collar crime; criminal defence and para-criminal proceedings (such as internal investigations); real estate liti - gation; enforcement proceedings (involving pri - vate parties or states); and digital law. Its white- collar crime practice is well-established in the Paris market.
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Samuel Sauphanor of Le 16 Law is a dispute resolution lawyer who leads the firm’s white-collar crime team and co-heads the compliance department. He has extensive
Alexandra Szekely of Le 16 Law has 20 years of experience as a litigation lawyer. Her practice focuses on cross-border disputes and complex banking, commercial, corporate and
experience in white-collar criminal defence, advising companies and their senior executives in connection with criminal proceedings before the courts and market authorities. His practice also focuses on internal investigations, investigations before parliamentary committees and compliance matters. He is a member of the Paris Bar and currently an elected member of the Paris Bar Council. He holds a master’s degree in economic law from Sciences-Po Paris, as well as a master’s degree in business law (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris I) and a master’s degree in economic history (La Sorbonne, Paris IV).
insolvency litigation. She also represents shareholders and directors in relation to liability claims in insolvency and is involved in several cases involving issues arising from the EU sanctions regime on Russia. She is a member of the New York Bar (1999) and Paris Bar (2002). She holds an LLM from Columbia University (New York), a master’s degree in general private law (Université Panthéon- Assas, Paris II), a master’s degree in English and North American business law (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris I) and is trained in mediation. She teaches a seminar in international insolvency law at the Law School of Sciences-Po Paris.
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