Our history of assisting the firm’s clients

For over a decade, the team has advised and assisted boards, committees and management facing tough calls while setting up, reviewing and testing ethics & compliance programs. In addition to legal liability, the firm advises on issues of conflicts of interests, independence, reporting and transparency along with reputational risk.

Navacelle is an Investigations & compliance, Risk mitigation, Crisis management, Governance, White collar defence and Dispute resolution firm based in Paris and with a global reach.

We also represent clients in multi-jurisdictional criminal prosecutions, civil and administrative enforcement authorities, tackling parallel investigations, criminal judicial cooperation, protection of individuals’ rights and handling of evidence.

Navacelle carries out investigations aimed at assessing the appropriateness of systems and controls in place and offer training tailored to clients’ needs.

« We are lawyers, trained to the highest professional and ethical standards,
who empower the firm’s clients »
Stéphane de Navacelle
  • Stéphane de Navacelle
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  • Julie Zorrilla
    Attorney
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  • Roxane Castro
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  • Gregory Arnoult
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  • Nicolas Maia
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  • Juliette Musso
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  • Laura Ragazzi
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  • Ella Gomes
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  • Pauline Bomm
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  • Margot Barré
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We believe you can’t be static in a changing world

but find the way to be fulfilled en route

We seek to be a better version of ourselves, as individuals and as a team. To be able to fulfill one’s role correctly it is tantamount to be able to understand the role of and rely on others. As our practices and clients’ needs grow, the roles and responsibilities are relocated so that each member of the team and the team as a whole progresses.

Focus on clients and their needs
Build a complementary team to be whole
Engage with communities to stay ahead of the curve
« We thrive to assist each member of the team to find his/her path and that he/she can accomplish it within the firm »
Julie Zorrilla
Accolades Navacelle
Stéphane de Navacelle once again in 2024 picked in
Compliance & Investigations
Sources say: "Stéphane de Navacelle's biggest strength is his ability to handle the technical legal aspects of corporate criminal investigations in France"
NAVACELLE recognized once again in 2024 in
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Sources say: “A strong team which is able to deal with complex white-collar matters including those with a cross-border element.
The firm is very adaptable to changing circumstances and able to respond quickly to increases in workload requirements.
A very good sense of the overall strategy in any case.”
Navacelle once again identified in 2023
as one of the world's top 100 firms for
CROSS-BORDER INVESTIGATIONS
Julie Zorrilla recognized in 2023
as Global Leader in
BUSINESS CRIME DEFENSE
CORPORATES
NAVACELLE recognized once again in 2024 in
FINANCIAL MARKET & BANKING REGULATORS AND STOCK MARKET LITIGATION
Litigation & Arbitration
“ Excellent ”
NAVACELLE recognized once again in 2024
identifed as one of the Tier 1 law firm in
COMPLIANCE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Julie Zorrilla selected in
Women in Investigations 2021 as
ONE OF AN HUNDRED
EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN IN THE
WHITE COLLAR WORLD
Stéphane de Navacelle recognized in 2023
as National Leader in
ASSET RECOVERY

Latest news and insights

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News
21 December 2023
Fine of €13.5 million against Sony for abuse of dominant position in the video games sector
A busy December for the French competition regulator (Autorité de la concurrence) as it just issued two heavy sanctions over...
Analysis
23 December 2024
Lessons from the analysis of first-instance court decisions on probity offenses by the French Anti-Corruption...
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published an analytical note on 9 December 2024, regarding the prosecution of probity offenses, based...
Event
12 September 2024
Future prospects for International Anti-Corruption Court
Look back at the roundtable held on 13 June 2024 at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in...
Publication
15 November 2024
Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations (2025) – GIR
NAVACELLE co-author of the ninth edition of Global Investigations Review’s Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.
Video
16 May 2024
Anticorruption initiatives in Latin America: Lessons from the last decade (webinar)
To contribute to the Latin America and Caribbean Weeks event, organised by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs...
Podcast
reforms suggested by compliance professionals
21 July 2022
Vigilance: reforms suggested by compliance professionals
Simplification of the legal framework, exemption from criminal liability, better coordination of litigation, a future authority responsible for the duty...
Press review
17 January 2025
Press review – Week of 13 January 2025
This week’s press review covers the investigation launched against the current French Minister of Transport for misappropriation of public funds,...

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