Bénédicte Graulle focuses on criminal litigation and criminal business law, particularly in financial and industrial matters, as well as cybercrime.
Bénédicte assists clients in all stages of criminal proceedings, both as victims and defendants, in France and abroad. She also provides assistance in 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 practical 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 significant 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 topics related to criminal regulation and cybercrime. She also provides training on cybercrime at the Intellectual Property Research Institute (IRPI).
Prior to joining Jones Day, Bénédicte worked for 10 years at a leading French boutique law firm specializing in criminal law, 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
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
- 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
Ranked as "up-and-coming" in Chambers Europe, where "clients praise her for ‘being very discrete and efficient’ and add ‘she has great technical skill’" (2020)
Selected for Global Investigations Review's 2018 "Women in Investigations" survey
Member of leading teams in corporate compliance and investigations in France as recognized by Chambers Europe, The Legal 500 EMEA, and the Palmarès du Droit law awards
- French, English