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Biography

Marie Poirot specializes in white-collar and financial crime, with a focus on cross-border cases. Her practice also includes international enforcement and asset recovery. She has developed expertise in cases where freezing orders, forfeiture, international mutual legal assistance and extradition issues are at stake.

Before joining BONIFASSI Avocats, Marie practiced in a Paris-based boutique firm, where she specialized in international enforcement and asset recovery. She also worked in the Energy/Infrastructure department of a leading international law firm.

After volunteering for Amnesty International, Marie led projects on extractive industries’ transparency and anti-corruption in Africa with the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa and the Sciences Po Law School Clinic. Also at the Clinic, she was a tutor for several years and worked in partnership with The Carter Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In her leisure time, Marie has been actively involved in theater for almost 15 years, 9 of which she has spent with a semi-professional troupe that performs in local theatres and at national festivals. She is also an avid ballroom dancer.