Roxane Castro
Roxane Castro
Attorney
Phone / +33 1 48 78 76 78
Languages / French, English

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Analysis
8 November 2024
AFA’s advice on implementing anti-corruption indicators under the CSRD
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), transposed into French law in December 2023, imposes new extra-financial transparency obligations to companies....
Analysis
20 September 2024
Look back at the CJIP concluded between Danske Bank and the French National financial prosecutor’s...
Danske Bank was charged with tax fraud laundering which occurred between 2007 and 2014 due to the lack of effectiveness...
Event
7 August 2024
Professional training course on internal investigations – Paris Bar School (2nd edition)
When and how to conduct an internal investigation? In what context? What is your role as a lawyer? What about...
Publication
14 July 2024
Bastille Day Newsletter 2024
As they do every year on 14 July, Navacelle's lawyers offer you a selection of noticeable events which occurred in...
Analysis
21 May 2024
European judicial cooperation & transfer of criminal proceedings between Member States
On 5 April 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation on the transfer of criminal proceedings between...
Publication
14 May 2024
LIR 6th Edition : Focus on ADP INGENIERIE and SEVES Group/SEDIVER CJIPs
Navacelle contributes to The Legal Industry Reviews' sixth edition, focusing on the last two CJIPs (kind of French DPAs) concluded....
Analysis
6 May 2024
Overview of the future European Anti-Money Laundering Authority
The new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism will be based in Frankfurt and shall start...
Analysis
22 April 2024
Focus on the CJIPs respectively concluded at the end 2023 by ADP Ingénierie and SEVES...
By approving the CJIPs signed between the National financial prosecutor’s office (procureur national financier - PNF) as well as ADP...
Analysis
16 April 2024
The AFA’s new practical guide to corporate sponsorship operations
On 26 March 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (“AFA”) published its new practical guide to securing patronage and sponsorship operations.
Event
25 January 2024
Internal investigation and data collection
EFB Degree - Internal investigation Internal investigation and data collection: In many respects, data collection is crucial in conducting an internal...
Analysis
European Commission
10 January 2024
Digital Markets Act: Combating anti-competitive practices in the digital sector
On 6 September 2023, almost a year after the adoption of the Digital Markets Act, the European Commission published the...
Analysis
21 December 2023
Transposition of the CSRD: new sustainability reporting obligations for French companies
France is the first Member State to transpose the CSRD or Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive with an order issued by...
News
20231214 RC Partner
15 December 2023
Navacelle promotes Roxane Castro to Partner
Navacelle is delighted to announce that Roxane Castro has been promoted as Partner.
News
13 December 2023
Top 20 lawyers’ LinkedIn accounts to follow – La Lettre des juristes d’affaires
Stéphane de Navacelle selected among the top 20 lawyers’ LinkedIn accounts to follow by in-house specialized French magazine La lettre...
Publication
The discreet ramping up of environmental criminal law
5 December 2023
The discreet ramping up of environmental criminal law
Navacelle contributes to The Legal Industry Reviews' fourth edition about recent gradual application of environmental criminal law in France, with...
Event
Formation EFB Navacelle - Session 3/10
23 November 2023
Defining the scope of the internal investigation: internal investigation sources and the investigation plan
EFB Degree - Internal investigation What criteria need to be considered when deciding whether to carry out an internal investigation? Should...
Analysis
23 October 2023
Heavy sanction imposed by the French Financial Market Authority (AMF) for market manipulation
In its decision of 7 September 2023, the Enforcement Committee of the “Autorité des marchés financiers” ("AMF") fined the French...
Event
EFB Degree - Internal investigation
19 October 2023
Internal investigation : Relationship between the lawyer-investigator and his client
EFB Degree - Internal investigation How should attorney-client privilege be applied? What is the relationship with the client? What resources should...
Analysis
30 September 2023
Danone brought to court for non-compliance with its duty of vigilance law: a mediation procedure...
On 9 January 2023, ClientEarth, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and Zero Waste France sued Danone before the Paris Judicial Court for...
Event
29 September 2023
Professional training course on internal investigations – École de Formation du Barreau
When and how should an internal investigation be carried out? In what context? What is your role as a lawyer?...
Publication
Focus on the French financial markets authority activity (AMF)
14 July 2023
[Infography] Focus on the French financial markets authority activity (AMF)
The French Financial Markets Authority (“AMF”) intensive enforcement activity again demonstrates the regulator’s ambition to continuously strengthen market surveillance, through...
Publication
14 July 2023
[Infography] Focus on the French data protection authority activity (CNIL)
Over the past months, the French Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (“CNIL”), regulator of personal data, imposed tremendous...
Analysis
14 July 2023
Clarification of the ne bis in idem principle under European Union law with regard to...
On 22 March 2023, the criminal division of the French Court of Cassation has issued a ruling by which it...
Analysis
14 July 2023
AFA’s national diagnosis survey of anti-corruption systems in businesses
On 30 September 2022, the AFA published its second national diagnosis survey of anti-corruption systems in businesses. It shows a...
Publication
Bastille day newsletter 2023
14 July 2023
Bastille Day Newsletter 2023
On this 14th of July, lawyers at Navacelle offer you, as it does every year, a selection of noticeable events...
Analysis
La 32e chambre correctionnelle du tribunal judiciaire de Paris se prononce pour la première fois en matière de délit de manipulation de marché
7 July 2023
The Paris Criminal Court issues its first decision on a market manipulation case
On 25 May 2023, the Paris Criminal Court (32nd Chamber) ruled for the first time on the offence of market...
Analysis
23 May 2023
The French Minister for Public Accounts announces a plan to fight tax fraud
During a senatorial debate, after the publication by the Finance Commission of a report on the fight against tax fraud,...
Event
Formation investigation - CY Université
3 April 2023
The conduct of hearing in the context of an internal investigation
Highlight on the difficulties involved in conducting interviews with the Cergy Pontoise University Business Law and Ethics Master degree students.
Publication
LIR - Second edition - Greenwashing
21 March 2023
Boosting the fight against greenwashing in France
In the recent years, French rulemakers, regulators and the judicial system have contributed to strengthen the fight against greenwashing.
Analysis
15 March 2023
US FinCEN issues new rule on beneficial ownership reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act
As of January 1, 2024, companies operating in the United States will be required to report information about their beneficial...
Analysis
9 March 2023
Historical sanctions by the Financial Markets Authority
The Financial Markets Authority’s Enforcement Committee imposes record-breaking fines on a British asset management company and two of its executives...
News
Roxane Castro
26 January 2023
Navacelle strengthens its regulatory litigation practice with the arrival of Roxane Castro
With an international culture and a multidisciplinary team led by Stéphane de Navacelle and Julie Zorrilla, Navacelle continues to develop...
Publication
25 January 2023
Overview of the AFA’s survey regarding French companies’ anti-corruption systems
On 30 September 2022, the French Anti-Corruption Agency published the results of its second survey of French companies’ anti-corruption systems....
Publication
LIR - France edition
13 December 2022
France and the duty of vigilance, picture of a battlefield
Julie Zorrilla and Roxane Castro contribute to the first Legal Industry Reviews - France edition.
Analysis
23 November 2022
The CJEU limits generalized data retention in surveillance
On 20 September 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued two rulings concerning the conditions under which...
Analysis
Autorité de la concurrence - Google
18 November 2022
Recent sanctions against Google by the French Competition Authority: ad servers and related rights
In 2021, the French Competition Authority imposed several fines on Google for anti-competitive practices related, on the one hand, to...
Analysis
17 November 2022
The cumulation of criminal and administrative sanctions in tax fraud
The judges of the Court of Cassation recently ruled on the cumulation of criminal and fiscal sanctions in tax fraud...
Analysis
7 November 2022
The implementation of the cumulation of criminal and administrative penalties for tax infringements
While the principle of cumulating criminal and administrative penalties for tax infringement is well entrenched, its implementation is subject to...
Analysis
26 October 2022
The CNIL and recent cases on personal data protection
The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has recently imposed important sanctions against Google, Facebook and Amazon for violations of...
Analysis
25 October 2022
AFA’s national diagnosis survey of anti-corruption systems in businesses
On 30 September 2022, the AFA published its second national diagnosis survey of anti-corruption systems in businesses. It shows a...
Analysis
12 October 2022
Discussions on secrecy in law enforcement proceedings and on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulation
On October 5th, 2022, the annual conference of the AMF Enforcement Committee was held. During this event, members of regulatory...