François ESCLATINE

Member of the Paris Bar since 1999, François Esclatine is a recognized specialist in criminal business law, and is listed as such in numerous national and international rankings.

François Esclatine began his professional career with Olivier Metzner, which he left to join Veil Jourde, where he became a partner in 2010, in charge of criminal and regulatory litigation, notably before the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.

In recent years, he has been involved in a number of complex criminal cases, including the Concorde crash, Oil For Food, the financial aspects of the Karachi attack, the Elysée polls and the France Telecom suicides.

He speaks French and English.

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Emmanuel MARSIGNY

A member of the Paris Bar since 1995, and a member of the International Bar Association, Emmanuel Marsigny is an internationally known defence specialist.

A former partner of the practice METZNER ASSOCIES, which he co-founded in 1998, Emmanuel Marsigny created his own firm, MARSIGNY AVOCATS, in October 2013.

Over a period of 25 years, Emmanuel Marsigny has been involved in the majority of major criminal cases, including the Furiani stadium drama, the ELF case, the fictitious jobs of the city of Paris, Angolagate, and the Concorde crash, as well as the case of ill-gotten property, the sale of the Compiègne racecourse, the Brétigny sur Orge railway disaster, the Madoff case, the Balkany case, the disappearance of the President of Interpol….

A seasoned expert of cases which are sensitive and / or which have received media attention, Emmanuel Marsigny regularly pleads before ordinary courts (Assize courts, correctional courts and appeals courts) and specialist courts, and even independent administrative authorities.

He speaks French, English and Spanish.

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Cyril GOSSET

Cyril Gosset has been a lawyer with the Paris Bar since 1998. He holds a certificate of specialisation in criminal law, and is today known as a criminal defence specialist.

Cyril Gosset began his professional activity in the business practice CHAIN LACGER and Partners. Since 1999, he has collaborated with Olivier Metzner, whose practice (which has an international reputation) specialised in business criminal law. In 2005, he created his own practice in the centre of Paris while developing his expertise in the prevention of criminal risk and in the provision of assistance to individuals and companies facing criminal proceedings. In January 2018, with a wealth of twenty years of experience as a specialist in criminal law, he joined the practice MARSIGNY AVOCATS. The practice MARSIGNY GOSSET AVOCATS originated in January 2019.

During recent years, Cyril Gosset has been involved in the Wagram Circle case, the Médiator affair, one of the Madoff cases, the alleged embezzlement activity of the Eurodisney company committee, the Brétigny derailment, the Aristophil scandal, the Rio Paris crash, the “Balkany” case and even the Bataclan attacks.

Cyril Gosset is a graduate of the Toulouse Business School. He is a member of the Criminal Lawyers Association and has served as a senior counsel in the permanent legal assistance organised by the Bar of Paris.

He speaks French and English.

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Louis GUESDON

Registered with the Paris Bar since 2010, for nearly ten years Louis Guesdon has developed a practice which specialises in criminal law; business-related criminal law in particular.

A graduate of HEC and the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne in business law, and trained in mergers / acquisitions with major lawfirms, Louis Guesdon chose to practice criminal defence, and began his professional activity in 2010, as a partner at the METZNER ASSOCIES practice, alongside Emmanuel Marsigny.

After five years of collaboration, Louis Guesdon became a partner at MARSIGNY AVOCATS prior to the merger with GOSSET AVOCATS, from which the practice MARSIGNY GOSSET AVOCATS originated.

In recent years, Louis Guesdon has worked in some of the most important criminal cases of the period: the “ill-gotten goods” affair, one of the “Madoff” affairs, the “Balkany” affair, and even the ENI-SAIPEM/SONATRACH affair, the disappearance of the President of Interpol, among others.

Louis Guesdon acts in all areas of criminal defence law; in particular, business criminal law: corruption and other breaches of probity, tax criminal law, money laundering, corporate criminal law, labour-related criminal law… he also deals with transnational cases which combine several criminal proceedings.

He speaks French, English and Italian.

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