• Virginia Barat advises on business litigation before French courts and arbitration tribunals (ICC, CIArb, etc.). Virginia’s  work includes complex and technical cases involving criminal or quasi-criminal elements and international law issues.

    Virginia handles banking and financial law cases, as well as all types of litigation in business law or white-collar criminal law, and she counsels on the new legal issues raised by fintech, blockchain technologies and digital assets (cryptocurrencies, ICO and NFTs).

    Virginia has also acquired significant experience in disciplinary litigation before the French banking and financial supervisors (AMF and ACPR), particularly with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing issues. She counsels major financial institutions at the control and investigation stages, as well as at the disciplinary stage.

    Credentials

    Education

    • Master 2 in criminal law and criminal policy in Europe, University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2008
    • Master’s degree in Justice and trial, University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2007
    • Bachelor in International and European law, University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2006

    Bar Admissions

    • Paris (France), 2009

    Languages

    • French
    • English