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Biography

Stéphane Bonifassi specializes in business crime and fraud, corruption, asset recovery, forfeiture and confiscation, as well as transnational enforcement of judgments and internal investigations. He earned a “triple crown” from Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders Global Elite 2019 for his work in three areas – Business Crime Defence, Asset Recovery and Investigations. Who’s Who Legal France listed him as a leading individual in Asset Recovery, Business Crime Defence and Commercial Litigation. Meanwhile, Chambers Europe 2019 ranked him in the area of White-Collar Crime. Bonifassi regularly represents individuals or companies accused of corruption in multiple jurisdictions and sovereign states that are victims of corruption or fraud. He’s knowledgeable of the anti-corruption laws of France, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the United States and similar laws of other countries. In 2018, he co-founded The Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, a group of notable public- and private-litigation professionals and academics working with the Basel Institute on Governance to expand access to solutions in economic crime cases worldwide. Bonifassi was ranked by Chambers Europe 2017 for his work in white-collar crime. He also received Plume D’Or awards from Les Plumes De L’Economie & Du Droit in 2015 and 2016 for articles he wrote in Le Monde on international corruption. He served as co-chair of the Business Crime Committee of the International Bar Association. He founded his firm, Bonifassi Avocats, in 2016.