Stock Market Criminal Law

GUTKÈS Avocats is involved in all steps of the proceedings carried out by the French Financial Markets Authority “AMF” and / or under the direction of the financial prosecution (Parquet National Financier).

The Firm defends French companies and foreign companies based in France, with the support of the legal departments and lawyers from their home countries, and equally defends their executives and employees.

The Firm has provided assistance to many clients implicated in market abuse cases.

In particular, GUTKÈS Avocats successfully defended the former president of EADS in the case known as "insider trading."

The Firm is also at the origin of the "Nortene" jurisprudence that led to the release of the defendants before the Criminal Court, despite their condemnation by the French Financial Markets Authority “AMF” for insider dealing.