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Félix de Belloy

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Paris

+33 (0) 1 44 05 80 42

felix.debelloy@hugheshubbard.com
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Félix de Belloy’s practice focuses on litigation, primarily white-collar matters and commercial litigation. He and his team represent a wide range of high-profile individuals and handle matters involving cross-border corruption issues. 

Félix is ranked as a leading practitioner in Criminal defense as well as in white-collar and commercial litigation (Legal 500 Paris, Best Lawyers France, Décideurs). In Chambers, Félix de Belloy is praised by one source for his ability to “get formidable results.” (Europe/France guide, White-collar Crime, 2022). In The Legal 500, Félix is described as, “a recognized star, with high-level technique that is matched by his strong presence in courts.” (EMEA guide, Dispute Resolution: White-collar Crime, 2022).

Félix was elected Premier Secretary of the Conférence du Stage in 2004. The Conférence du Stage is a prestigious association of French lawyers founded in 1810, which brings together twelve young lawyers elected by their peers (following a three-round oratory contest), working as a special task force on sensitive criminal cases.

Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, Félix was an associate and partner at Beaussier & Associés (which later merged with White & Case, Beaussier being appointed head of its White-Collar Crime Department). In 2009, he was one of the three founding partners of Boken Avocats (former “Beauquier, Belloy & Gauvain”), a French litigation boutique firm specializing in white collar-crime defense and commercial litigation.

Félix is a graduate of University Paris V Paris-Descartes and University Paris II Panthéon – Assas.

Highlighted Publications

  • "Contrôles AFA: Le droit de dire non?" ("AFA Controls: The Right To Say No?"), Dalloz Avocats (May 2020) (article co-authored with Marie-Agnès Nicolas) [In French]

Highlighted Lectures

  • Speaker, “The Impact of Sanctions on the Rights of Individual and Legal Entities,” Conference Cycle on Sanctions, EFB École de Formation du Barreau, Paris, May 25, 2022
  • Speaker, "AFA Controls: The Right To Say No?" webinar, May 13, 2020

Teaching Experience

  • “Strategies in Complex Litigation” Course at Ecole des Avocats de Paris (Bar School)

Highlighted Matters

Cross Border/Financial Matters

  • Defense of the former President and shareholder of the Landsbanki, charged with allegations of fraud after the bankruptcy of the Icelandic banking system in 2008
  • Advised a major French bank during judicial investigations in Jersey (UK) for money-laundering
  • Advised a major US company during judicial investigations in Paris for corruption/FCPA violations in West Africa
  • Assisted a major French bank’s Treasurer in the Libor case, in investigations spanning the US, UK and France
  • Advised two bank managers facing prosecution in the US (DoJ) and in France (PNF) for alleged bribery in Libya
  • Advised several members of a family in an action against a French bank, facing a claim of more than € 300 million and criminal allegations in France and the US

Financial/Political Matters

  • Advised the former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in the “Karachi” case
  • Advised Gabonese President Bongo’s heirs and assigns in the “ill-gotten gains” judicial proceedings brought by the French authorities
  • Represented a Saudi businessman who allegedly bribed a French political figure 

Unintentional offences and criminal labor

  • Defense of the Director of an industrial plant charged with involuntary homicide following asbestos-related deaths resulting in dismissal of the case
  • Defense of an industrial group prosecuted for unintentional injuries and reckless endangerment following a number of workplace accidents
  • Implementation of delegations of authority at a company in the financial sector

Pro Bono

  • Represented  a French citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay (acquittal obtained after 3 years of detention in Guantanamo and 2 years of detention in France)
  • Represented Sikh students, in a claim for religious discrimination against the French State which banned them from wearing Sikh turbans at school
  • Class action against the French State for ethnic profiling which resulted a successful outcome after litigation spanning five years and  a Court decision recognizing, for the first time in France, racial discrimination during “stop and search” police operations
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Education
  • Université Paris Descartes, Postgraduate Degree, 1998
Bar Admissions
  • France (Paris), 2002
Areas of Focus
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White Collar & Regulatory Defense

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