Bénédicte Graulle focuses on criminal litigation and criminal business law, particularly in financial and industrial matters, as well as on cybercrime.
Bénédicte assists clients in all stages of criminal proceedings, both as victims and defendants, in France and abroad. She also provides assistance during inspections performed by the French Anti-corruption Agency as well as in judicial and administrative investigations (conducted by an investigating judge, police officers, the AMF, DGCCRF, or customs), dawn raids, and searches and seizures. She is listed yearly among the best white collar crime practitioners in The Legal 500 EMEA and Option Droit & Finance.
Bénédicte has significant experience in internal investigations and compliance, including anti-bribery, corruption, stock trading and market manipulation offenses, and anti-money laundering issues.
She advises companies and their directors on preventing criminal risk by handling risk audits on their behalf and by implementing in-house procedures, such as appropriate delegations of authority.
Bénédicte has been involved in criminal law cases concerning financial, political, environmental, health and safety, transportation matters (including cases that resulted from industrial, maritime, and air catastrophes), and cyber attacks.
She has launched a series of seminars on criminal law and regularly authors articles in the economic and legal press on criminal regulation and cybercrime. She also provides training on cybercrime at the Intellectual Property Research Institute (IPRI).
Prior to joining Jones Day, Bénédicte worked for 10 years at a leading French boutique criminal law firm, which was led by the former head of the Paris Bar and one of the best known criminal defense lawyers in France. She is also a former Secrétaire de la Conférence, the moot court competition of the Paris Bar (2004).
Experience
Additional Publications
- January 17, 2024
Préserver le secret professionnel de l’avocat dans l’enquête interne et son résultat - Compliance et Droits de la défense : enquête interne – CJIP – CRPC (Journal of Regulation & Compliance et les Editions Dalloz | Lefebvre Dalloz) - April 2020
Revue International de la Compliance et de l'Ethique des Affaires"The Airbus CJIP - Result of an Exceptionnal Cooperation"
Additional Speaking Engagements
- 12 janvier 2017
Private equity, infrastructure, dette : soyons prêts pour les réformes de 2017 ! - November 9, 2016
Jones Day Global Life Sciences Conference – 2016 Issues & Trends - September 21, 2016
The French Anti-corruption Bill / Loi Sapin II – Crossed Views: France – United States - 21 septembre 2016
Loi Sapin II : Anti-corruption - Regards croisés France - Etats-Unis - September 21, 2016
Sapin ll and International Anti-Corruption Developments - 5 juillet 2016
Explosion des cybermenaces : comment les entreprises peuvent et doivent-elles se protéger ? - 15 March 2016
Gestion de crise sanitaire et environnementale : anticiper, réagir, contenir - 17 novembre 2015
Gestion de crise sanitaire et environnementale : anticiper, réagir, contenir - 6 novembre 2014
La règle non bis in idem : quelle application pour les abus de marché ? - November 6, 2014
Double Jeopardy: What about market abuse? - 8 avril 2014
Jones Day Paris a organisé sa première journée "Day of Service" en accueillant deux classes du Lycée Jean Renoir de Bondy - 25 mars 2014
Cybercriminalité : enjeux majeurs et solutions face à cette nouvelle menace - 9 juillet 2013
3ème séminaire : Alerte : les entreprises victimes d’escroqueries internationales, une menace croissante - 23 avril 2013
L’aggravation du risque pénal dans l’entreprise : comment réagir ? - 28 March 2013
Fusions-acquisitions en Afrique : contraintes et enjeux - 26 février 2013
L’aggravation du risque pénal dans l’entreprise : comment réagir ? - 11 décembre 2012
L'aggravation du risque pénal dans l'entreprise : comment réagir ? - October 23, 2012
French Industry at the Crossroads: New strategic options and legal innovations - 24 octobre 2012
L'industrie française à la croisée des chemins : nouvelles options stratégiques et avancées de l'ingénierie juridique et financière
"Very dynamic, very pragmatic and she goes straight to the point."Chambers Europe
- University of Paris V-René Descartes (DESS in French National, European, and International Litigation 2000; DEA in Civil and Commercial Obligations Law 1999)
- Paris Bar
Named as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2024)
Ranked yearly for white-collar crime and corporate compliance & investigations by The Legal 500 EMEA and by Chambers Europe
Recognized as an Acritas Star (2021)
4 stars in compliance, Palmarès des Meilleurs cabinets d'avocats — Le Point magazine (2021-2022)
3d Prize for white-collar crime law, Palmarès du droit — Le Monde du droit/AFJE (2021, 2022)
- French, English