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France Chapter of ICLG’s Sanctions Laws and Regulations 2027 Guide

William Julié, Amélie Beauchemin and Elena Moreno co-authored the France chapter of the ICLG Sanctions Laws and Regulations 2027 (Eighth Edition), published by Global Legal Group. The chapter is a Q&A mapping the French sanctions framework ...

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Where Sanctions Meet Criminal Law: the Blurring of Legal Boundaries

In an article recently published in the International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG)'s Sanctions Laws and Regulations 2027 guide, entitled "Where sanctions meet criminal law: blurring of legal boundaries"...

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AFA Anti-Corruption Compliance and Financial Penalties: First Sanction Imposed on a Company and Its CEO by the Sanctions Commitee

The Sanctions Committee of the French Anticorruption Agency (AFA) has, for the first time since its creation, imposed a financial penalty [1] on a company and its CEO for failing to fulfil their legal obligatio...

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Safeguarding INTERPOL’s Systems: Recommendations for Reform (ECBA)

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Review of the 2024 CCF Activity Report

Review of the 2024 CCF Activity Report, accessible here: https://www.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Commission-for-the-Control-of...

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ICLG Sanctions Guide 2025

Maître William Julié, Maître Amélie Beauchemin and Maître Camille Gosson contributed to the 2025 edition of the ICLG sanctions guide. The Firm wrote the chapter on the French sanctions regime, providing an overview of all restrictive measures c...

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Global Practice Guide on Sanctions 2024

Maître William Julié, Maître Amélie Beauchemin, and Maître Camille Gosson contributed to the Global Practice Guide on Sanctions of Chambers and partners. This Guide aims at providing explanations and details as to how international, regional, a...

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Are we seeing the limits of the Council’s discretionary power in the field of sanctions law? the case of Mazepin v Council

Maître William Julié, Maître Amélie Beauchemin and Maître Camille Gosson co-wrote an article, published by EU Law Live, on the case of Mr. Mazepin, sanctioned by the European Union, before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The article...

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Statement following the Russian legal service ban by the EU

The firm WJ Avocats denounces the Council of the EU's decision dated 6 October 2022 in the context of the war against Ukraine to forbid lawyers to provide legal advisory services to legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia, in breac...

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ECBA Statement on Mutual Recognition of Extradition Decisions

The ECBA outlines several issues in European extradition law such as the lack of effective access to SIS and INTERPOL’s systems and of mutual recognition of decisions on surrender or extradition. In practice, it means that a person who has won the...

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