PARIS - LYON
Maître de Bellescize assists his clients at the inspection stage and before the criminal courts.
The firm has developed a sought-after expertise in criminal customs law.
The firm acts on large-scale cases for all the criminal implications of "classic" customs/tax offences relating to national and Community customs law as well as indirect taxation and energy/environmental taxation.
The firm does not communicate about its clients. We assist a clientele of natural and legal persons upstream of any control, for the prevention of criminal risk, as well as at the stage of investigations and enquiries (Public Prosecutor's Office, examining magistrate, European Public Prosecutor's Office), in particular those carried out by the Service d'Enquêtes Judiciaires des Finances (SEJF), formerly the Service National de Douane Judiciaire (SNDJ), or the Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquêtes douanières (DNRED), of which we have a great deal of practical experience
The firm is one of the first to receive cases investigated by the European Public Prosecutor.
The firm defends its clients before the various criminal courts, in the context ofjudgement hearings and for the implementation of negotiated solutions.
As an expert in customs law, the firm is used to working with law firms specialising in business criminal law, for a tailor-made defence in the best interests of the client.