August Debouzy

Litigation Arbitration White-collar crime

Partner

Valérie Munoz-Pons has been a member of the Paris bar since 2007. She is a partner in the Litigation - Arbitration - White Collar Crime department. Her practice focuses on white-collar crime, investigations, and compliance.

Valérie assists her clients with criminal cases initiated by judicial and regulatory authorities, at all stages of proceedings, from investigations to final hearings.

She has particular expertise in white-collar crime cases (corruption, favouritism, illegal taking of interest, tax fraud, publishing of false financial statements, misuse of corporate assets) and environmental criminal law.

She also assists French and international clients with internal investigations and compliance issues (preparing risk mapping, conducting “Sapin II Law” audits, training, etc.) in connection with French regulations (“Sapin II” Law and “duty of care” law) and the extraterritorial application of American (FCPA) and British (UKBA) regulations.

Valérie worked in the Paris office of the American law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for several years.

Valérie teaches Compliance, International Regulation and Business Ethics at the Institute of Political Studies, also called Sciences Po. She also teaches at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN), after several years of teaching at HEC business school.

French | English

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007

Master in Management, specialization in International Legal and Tax Strategy, HEC Paris business school, 2005

Post-graduate degree (DESS) in International Taxation, University of Paris 2 Assas, 2005