Rémi Jouaneton
Rémi is a Partner in the Corporate Crime & Investigations and Compliance team in Paris.
Rémi Jouaneton focuses on corporate crime, international sanctions and export control, compliance (anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, corporate sustainability, etc.), and internal investigations. He also has extensive experience in regulatory and commercial litigation.
He has significant experience conducting internal investigations and advising on cross-border matters involving the extraterritorial application of sanctions and export control regimes. His work includes managing related litigation, performing risk assessments, conducting audits, and supporting compliance functions in managing both day-to-day operations and crisis situations.
Rémi’s practice spans regulatory and criminal matters, including enforcement proceedings, white-collar crime litigation, and the design and implementation of compliance programmes. He regularly represents multinational companies and financial institutions before French courts and regulatory authorities, particularly in complex cases involving corruption-related issues, market abuse, and disciplinary proceedings.
Rémi is ranked as a key lawyer in Legal 500 EMEA 2024 and 2025 for Compliance. The Paris Corporate Crime, Investigations & Compliance team has been ranked in the top tier for several years (Tier 1 in Legal 500 EMEA 2024 and 2025 for Compliance, Band 1 in Chambers and Partners France 2024 and 2025 for Corporate Compliance & Investigations, and Tier 2 in Legal 500 EMEA 2025 for White-Collar Crime).
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 describes the team as “very responsive, well informed of the market and pragmatic”, and highlights its work on “very sensitive subjects.” The guide praises the team’s ability to “leverage their network if necessary.” Clients emphasize the “remarkable team”, “high level technique”, and say it is “one of the best teams in Paris” with “an indisputable reputation for major compliance audits and AFA controls.”
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- defending an international credit institution in criminal proceedings following an internal fraud incident
- defending an international credit institution in liability proceedings related to international sanctions
- assisting several industrial groups in connection with the sanctions regimes and restrictive measures against Russia and Iran
- assisting one of the world's leading telecommunications operators in the context of an inspection initiated by the French Anticorruption Agency
- assisting one of the world's leading automotive manufacturers in the implementation of anti-corruption tools on a global level, including training and follow-up audit.
- assisting a US activist short seller in an AMF proceeding concerning possible price manipulation
- defending a financial institution in liability proceedings relating to its professional duties in the context of an international estate settlement involving the US
Background
Member of the Paris Bar since 2012, Rémi holds an LL.M. from the University of King's College London (UK, 2011) and an LL.M. from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland, 2008). He also holds a Master 2 in general private law (2009) and French-Swiss comparative law (2008) from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He has taught corporate law at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and has provided training for professionals in stock exchange law and banker's liability.
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