For more than 30 years, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi has developed top-level expertise and experience in the fields of business criminal law, internal investigations, compliance and business litigation, involving sensitive and complex cases requiring a thorough understanding of the economic, social, financial and media environment.
As such, he enjoys extensive practice in the criminal, commercial and civil courts, as well as in the numerous inquiries and investigations carried out by the judicial and administrative authorities.
Before joining Jeantet, Philippe spent over 16 years as a partner in one of the world’s leading law firms. He is renowned for his effective management of crisis situations, pre-litigation procedures and risk prevention measures.
Background
Lawyer since : 1998
Bar. : Paris
Language(s) : French - English
Training :
- Major of the admission exam to the Ecole de Formation Professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d’Appel de Paris – Institut d’Etudes Judiciaires “Pierre Raynaud »)
- DESS in Litigation and Arbitration – Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1996
- DEA in Criminal Law and Criminal Policy in Europe – Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1994
- Maîtrise (bachelor’s degree) in private law and judicial careers – Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1993
Member of :
- Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Lectures at the Université de Paris-Panthéon-Assas
- Lectures at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise faculty of law in the European Master 2 in Business Law and Ethics
- Lectures at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise faculty of law as part of the Master 2 in Criminal Financial Law, in partnership with ESSEC
- Presentations at professional conferences
Publications
- Directeur financier : une profession (de plus en plus) à risques ! Option Finance, 23/07/2025
- Interview with Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi on the Finance Law Bill for 2024 that includes a new infraction: the offence of providing instruments to facilitate tax fraud. What does it involve? – Actu-Juridique, 12/10/2023
- Frequent participation in seminars and conferences on topical issues such as:
- criminal liability of managers and corporate entities
- fight against corruption, money laundering and fraud
- delegation of powers
- risk prevention for companies and their executives
- corporate inspections and searches
- criminal risk manage.
- Regularly consulted by the print and broadcast media as a legal and judicial expert.
- CORPORATE CRIMINAL LAW
- LABOR CRIMINAL LAW
- ANTI-CORRUPTION AND OTHER BREACHES OF PROBITY
- FINANCIAL AND STOCK MARKET CRIMINAL LAW
- CRIMINAL TAX LAW
- ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINAL LAW
- COMPETITION AND CONSUMER LAW
- PRESS LAW AND PROTECTION OF REPUTATION
- CRIMINAL LAW RELATING TO DIGITAL COMPANIES
- CRIMINAL CUSTOMS LAW
- COMPLIANCE
- INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
- ASSET FREEZING, ASSET RECOVERY AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
- BUSINESS LITIGATION
- CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- ENFORCEMENT
- MEDIATION
- Assistance to several CAC 40 and SBF 120 companies in cases of corporate misappropriation, fraud, know-how and data theft; management of related criminal, commercial and labor procedures
- Assistance to several CAC 40 and SBF 120 companies in the implementation of anti-corruption and anti-fraud compliance programs in terms of risk mapping, codes of conduct, delegation of powers, criminal risk prevention tools and remediation measures
- Assistance to several industrial and service groups with internal investigations into suspected tax fraud, labor law violations and breaches of probity
- Assistance to financial institutions affected by fraud and money laundering
- Assistance to a distribution group in strategic litigation relating to commercial, civil, labor and criminal matters
- Assistance to pharmaceutical laboratories in matters of product liability, criminal risk and cybercrime (fraud, data theft and misappropriation, ransomware)
- Assistance to company directors in preventing and protecting their civil and criminal liability (hearings, police custody, searches, home visits, judicial requisitions, etc.)
- Assistance to company directors and employees accused of insider trading
- Assistance to company directors accused of tax fraud (exit tax, concealment of income, permanent establishments, etc.) and related offenses (VAT fraud, money laundering, etc.)
- Assistance to service and industrial companies accused of corruption and breaches of probity, and management of the resulting commercial and labor disputes
- Assistance to industrial companies, their management and employees in environmental law violations, and management of related criminal and commercial proceedings
- Assistance to several companies involved in the use of digital platforms to connect self-employed workers, in connection with criminal, commercial and labor actions related to these disputes
- Assistance to a number of companies in connection with controls and investigations carried out by the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA), the French financial markets authority (AMF), the French labor inspectorate, the French general directorate for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control (DGCCRF) and the French competition authority, the French general directorate for public finance (DGFIP), the French general directorate for customs and excise duties (DGDDI), the French national commission for information technology and civil liberties (CNIL), the French national agency for information systems security (ANSSI) and the French high authority for transparency in public life (HATVP);
- Assistance to several public and private companies with anti-money laundering, embargo and customs regulations
- Assistance to air transport companies in criminal and commercial matters (aircraft seizures)
- Assistance to companies in asset freezes, asset recovery and European and international sanctions
- Assistance to public figures and business leaders in matters of defamation and defense
Directeur financier : une profession (de plus en plus) à risques ! Option Finance, 23/07/2025
In practice, the civil and criminal liability of CFOs is increasingly being sought, requiring both them and the companies they represent to identify and prevent risks by adopting (or adapting) appropriate tools for risk prevention and liability protection. Article – Option Finance
Interview with Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi on the Finance Law Bill for 2024 that includes a new infraction: the offence of providing instruments to facilitate tax fraud. What does it involve? – Actu-Juridique, 12/10/2023
The Finance Commission is examining the Finance Act for 2024. . Among the measures it proposes are the creation of a new infraction, the offence of procuring instruments to facilitate tax evasion, and the creation of an additional tax penalty of “temporary suspension of the right to benefit from reductions and credits in income tax […]
Paris | WHITE COLLAR CRIME – COMPLIANCE – INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
Jeantet takes on the criminal business world with the arrival of Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi
Paris, Thursday September 14, 2023, Jeantet is delighted to announce the arrival of Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi and his team as partners to strengthen the commercial litigation practice, and in particular the criminal business law, compliance and internal investigations practice. With this arrival, Jeantet now has 35 partners and intends to continue its growth. This […]