Emmanuelle Brunelle
Counsel
Emmanuelle Brunelle focuses on commercial litigation and white-collar crime, as well as internal investigations, compliance and international sanctions.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012, she advises French and international corporate groups, financial institutions, investment funds and their executives on complex disputes and sensitive matters involving significant financial, regulatory and reputational risks.
In criminal and regulatory matters, she acts in cases involving corruption, money laundering, financial offences and cybercrime, in proceedings brought by French and European judicial and regulatory authorities. She also has significant experience conducting internal investigations and advising companies on anti-corruption compliance, international sanctions and the corporate duty of vigilance.
In commercial litigation, she represents companies and investment funds in pre- and post-acquisition disputes, as well as complex contractual disputes, particularly in the industrial, energy and new technology sectors.
Prior to joining Navacelle, Emmanuelle served as Of Counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, having previously practised at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Reinhart Marville Torre. She also completed a secondment to the legal department of a French industrial group in the defence sector, where she worked on sensitive disputes and ESG-related matters.
Emmanuelle teaches private international law at Sciences Po Law School in Paris and regularly publishes on corporate accountability, compliance, international sanctions and ESG matters.