Dan Benguigui
Partner
Paris
Dan Benguigui
Partner
Paris
Contact details
Dan is a member of the Paris Bar and a graduate of both Université Jean-Moulin-Lyon-III law school (DESS Droit et finance de l’entreprise) and EM Lyon business school.
Dan began his career within a criminal law firm before working as a Clerk to the Judge heading the 15th Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (banking and financial litigation). He spent many years ‘in house’ within the Global Litigation department of BNP Paribas and led the “Criminal Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement” team of the Group prior to joining Allen & Overy, in 2014.
Dan specialises in financial litigation work with a strong focus on complex white-collar crime and regulatory enforcement cases involving banking and financial services institutions (credit institutions, asset managers, investments firms, payment service providers, e-money institutions, etc.), large corporates and their top-level managers. He represents clients before all French civil and criminal courts, and assists them in the context of investigations and proceedings initiated by French and EU regulatory agencies (ACPR, AMF, AFA).
The bulk of Dan’s practice is to deal with issues revolving around financial crime (money laundering and terrorist financing, anti-bribery and corrupt practices, sanctions and embargoes, fraud), market abuses, tax-related offences, unfair commercial practices, and more generally around the professional duties and conduct rules imposed on supervised entities and their top-level managers. He generally has experience of a wide range of banking (corporate and retail) and asset management issues, and represents large institutions in French civil class actions.
Dan also frequently advises clients in their dealings with French criminal and regulatory agencies, and assists them designing and enhancing their systems and controls, policies and procedures.
Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Compliance)
Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Commercial Litigation)
'‘Dan Benguigui is a great leader who keeps the team together well. Uses resources at the right level.’
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Commercial Litigation)
Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Dispute resolution: Stock Market Litigation)
Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (White-collar crime)
Next Generation Partner
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Compliance)
"Denis Chemla and Dan Benguigui have a very in-depth knowledge of the challenges of the banking and financial sector, which greatly facilitates interactions and increases the efficiency of the handling of the litigation files entrusted to them."
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Dispute resolution: Stock Market Litigation)
"Dan Benguigui's expertise in handling combined complex white-collar crime and regulatory enforcement cases stands out." - Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - France (White Collar Crime)
"Dan Benguigui is particularly recommended." - Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - France (Stock Market Litigation)
"Rising Star." Legal 500 EMEA 2020 – France (DISPUTE RESOLUTION: WHITE-COLLAR CRIME)
"Dan Benguigui has strong criminal banking regulatory expertise." Legal 500 EMEA 2020 – France (DISPUTE RESOLUTION: WHITE-COLLAR CRIME)
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Investigations, Enforcement and Business Crime
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as an Avocat (France), 2014
Admitted to practice in-house (France), 2001
Academic
EMLYON Business School, 2005
DESS, Master Company Law, University Jean Moulin, Lyon- 2002
Master Business Law, University Jean Moulin, Lyon - 2001
Related articles
Publications: 10 January 2024
How ESG, deferred prosecution and tax enforcement shape the French corporate crime landscape
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) litigation continues to be a hot topic, before both the French commercial and criminal courts.
Publications: 27 September 2022
News: 23 June 2022
Experience highlights
Advising a global financial institution on an investigation into potential illicit solicitation and money-laundering of tax evasion proceeds’ offences. Negotiating first French-style DPA (CJIP) to settle investigation.
Advising Natixis Investment Managers International in the enforcement action led by the AMF into the compliance of the efficient portfolio management technics implemented by the management company on behalf of French UCITS.
Advising Natixis in the investigation led by the ACPR into the group’s anti-financial crime systems and controls.
Advising the Swedish bank, SEB, before the European Securities and Markets Authority’s Board of Appeal in the so-called shadow rating case.
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Investigations, Enforcement and Business Crime
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as an Avocat (France), 2014
Admitted to practice in-house (France), 2001
Academic
EMLYON Business School, 2005
DESS, Master Company Law, University Jean Moulin, Lyon- 2002
Master Business Law, University Jean Moulin, Lyon - 2001
Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- A global financial institution class action: Advising a global financial institution in a class action introduced on behalf of thousands of investors who subscribed to a formula fund structured and marketed by the bank.
Pro-bono experience
- Advising the board of an organisation ("inspiration(s)") promoting the dissemination of classical music in the public with a focus on unprivileged areas.
- Representing individuals upon request of Paris bar as an assigned attorney in criminal cases.
- Member of an ad hoc Commission called "International Bribery" within the Think Tank "Le Club des Juristes"
Published work
- Dan Benguigui, Laurie-Anne Ancenys (2019)"Data Privacy & Transfer in Investigations: France", GIR Insight
- Dan Benguigui, Rebecca Harris (2019) "The French Anti-Corruption Agency’s Enforcement Committee issues its first decision: First lessons learned…" Global Legal Chronicle.com
- Dan Benguigui, Rebecca Harris (2018) "Enactment of the new law on the reinforcement of the fight against fraud", AllenOvery.com
- Dan Benguigui, Denis Chemla (2018), "Settlements with Société Générale – beginning of a new era?", AllenOvery.com
- Dan Benguigui, Denis Chemla (2018)"The French legal regime on market abuse: what next?", AllenOvery.com
- Dan Benguigui, Olivier Picquerey (2017), "Sapin II, une révolution en devenir…", Option Droit & Affaires
- Dan Benguigui (2015), The French legal regime on market abuse: what next? European Finance Litigation Review
- Dan Benguigui (2012), "Fraude Madoff, Premières lumières françaises sur une pratique de place : l’inscription de l’intermédiaire financier au registre des actions nominatives ne créé pas la propriété", Revue Banque et Droit
- Dan Benguigui (2008), "Territorialité des mesures d’exécution : la menace des requêtes en communication d’informations du juge américain", Revue Banque et Droit, 2008
- Du Renforcement de La Lutte Contre la Corruption Transnationale, Le Club des Juristes, 1 avril 2015
Recognition
Dan Benguigui is especially highly regarded for regulatory enforcement work.
Legal 500 2019 - France (Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime)
Dan Benguigui has ‘great knowledge of the banking sector and is of great assistance to clients'.
LEGAL 500 FRANCE 2018 – DISPUTE RESOLUTION / WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Dan benguigui is one of the "Next generation lawyers"
LEGAL 500 FRANCE 2018 – DISPUTE RESOLUTION / WHITE COLLAR CRIME
