On January 14, 2026, the French Senate approved a bill[1] extending the scope of legal privilege to consultations of in-house lawyers for the first time (the “Bill”).Continue Reading France Formally Adopts Legal Privilege for Consultations by In-House Lawyers
French Criminal Court Orders UBS to Pay a Record EUR 4.5 Billion in Tax Fraud Case
On February 20, 2019, the Paris criminal court found Swiss bank UBS guilty of illegally soliciting French clients and laundering the proceeds of tax fraud, and imposed a record fine of EUR 3.7 billion.
The Paris criminal court (32nd chamber of the Tribunal de grande instance) followed the prosecution’s case, which had requested a fine