Partners

 

Corinne DREYFUS-SCHMIDT

Corinne Drey­fus-Schmidt deci­ded to become a lawyer spe­cia­li­sed in cri­mi­nal defence in 1989 thanks to Hen­ri LECLERC. She began her car­rier with Her­vé TEMIME and.then she foun­ded her own firm in 1993 in the same office as Her­vé TEMIME. She the­reaf­ter became a part­ner in the TEMIME firm. Spe­cia­li­sed in gene­ral cri­mi­nal law and sea­so­ned in cri­mi­nal busi­ness law, she liti­gates on a regu­lar basis before cri­mi­nal courts and Assize Court (the court which hears cri­mi­nal cases) all over France and also abroad, in par­ti­cu­lar in Afri­ca. She also acts before various pro­fes­sio­nal and dis­ci­pli­na­ry bodies, in par­ti­cu­lar in the area of sports law.

Corinne Drey­fus-Schmidt teaches cri­mi­nal law and pro­ce­dure before the Assize Court (the court which hears cri­mi­nal cases) at the Ecole de For­ma­tion du Bar­reau [Bar trai­ning school] and at the Ecole Natio­nale de la Magis­tra­ture [natio­nal school for the trai­ning of judges].
She was elec­ted Vice-Pre­sident of the Union des Péna­listes Euro­péens [euro­pean asso­cia­tion of lawyers spe­cia­li­sed in cri­mi­nal defence] in Februa­ry 2016. She was Pre­sident of the Asso­cia­tion Des Avo­cats Péna­listes [french asso­cia­tion of lawyers spe­cia­li­sed in cri­mi­nal defence] from 2008 to 2016 ; she is now membre of the board of this asso­cia­tion. She takes part in the stu­dy of legal deve­lop­ments with the law com­mis­sions of Par­lia­ment and, as such, has become a lea­ding par­ti­ci­pant in col­lo­quia on cri­mi­nal defence.

Read Corinne DREY­FUS-SCHMIDT’s pre­sen­ta­tion by GQ Maga­zine (2015 ran­king).

Martin REYNAUD

Mar­tin Rey­naud is a part­ner at TEMIME. He gra­dua­ted in 2006 from the Ins­ti­tut d’E­tudes Poli­tiques de Paris (Sciences-Po). He conti­nued his stu­dies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris I Pan­théon-Sor­bonne, with degrees in gene­ral pri­vate law, and cri­mi­nal and cri­mi­nal poli­cy law gai­ned in 2008. He has been admit­ted to the Paris Bar since 2010, when he joi­ned TEMIME.
Mar­tin Rey­naud acts prin­ci­pal­ly in mat­ters of gene­ral cri­mi­nal law, cri­mi­nal busi­ness law and press law.

He was in 2011 elec­ted Secré­taire de la Confé­rence des avo­cats du Bar­reau de Paris, a two-hun­dred-year-old ins­ti­tu­tion which each year, by means of a public spea­king com­pe­ti­tion, elects 12 lawyers in order for them to be court-appoin­ted before the cour d’as­sises [cri­mi­nal court] in the most com­plex and serious matters.
He works with gra­duate stu­dents spe­cia­li­zing in cri­mi­nal law at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris Sud.
He teaches at the Ins­ti­tut d’E­tudes Poli­tiques de Paris (Sciences-Po).

Léon DEL FORNO

Léon DEL FORNO is admit­ted to the Paris and New York Bars. He began his career in the ame­ri­can law firm SKADDEN ARPS, where he prac­ti­ced cor­po­rate law (M&A), from 2011 through 2015, when he joi­ned TEMIME, before beco­ming a part­ner. His prac­tice main­ly focuses on white-col­lar crime, cri­mi­nal law, and busi­ness law (cor­po­rate advice and busi­ness litigation).
Léon DEL FORNO holds a Mas­ter in Eco­no­mic Law from the Ins­ti­tut d’E­tudes Poli­tiques de Paris (Sciences-Po), a Mas­ter in Busi­ness Law from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris I Pan­théon-Sor­bonne, as well as a Mas­ter of Laws (LL.M.) from the Har­vard Law School.

In 2014, he was elec­ted Secré­taire de la Confé­rence des Avo­cats du Bar­reau de Paris, a two-hun­dred-year-old ins­ti­tu­tion which each year, by means of a deba­ting com­pe­ti­tion, elects 12 lawyers in order for them to be court-appoin­ted in the most com­plex and serious cri­mi­nal matters.

Read Léon DEL FOR­NO’s pre­sen­ta­tion by Vani­ty Fair.
Read the article « Droit pénal des affaires : la relève » publi­shed in the news­pa­per Les Echos in 2018.
Read Léon DEL FORNO’s pro­file in Cham­bers and Partners
Read Léon DEL FORNO’s book pre­sen­ta­tion in Les Echos in Sep­tem­ber 2021
Read Léon DEL FORNO’s inter­view in Dal­loz Actua­li­té in June 2021

Olinka MALATERRE

Olin­ka MALATERRE is a lawyer admit­ted to prac­tice in both France and Canada.
She began her career at the Ame­ri­can law firm WEIL GOTSHAL before joi­ning TEMIME in 2013, where she became a part­ner a few years later.
Her prac­tice focuses pri­ma­ri­ly on white-col­lar cri­mi­nal law, gene­ral cri­mi­nal law, media law, and busi­ness litigation.
Olin­ka MALATERRE holds a Master’s degree in Busi­ness Law and Taxa­tion from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris I Pan­théon-Sor­bonne, which she com­ple­men­ted with stu­dies in legal and tax stra­te­gy at HEC Paris.

Olin­ka MALATERRE teaches at the Ins­ti­tut d’Etudes Poli­tiques de Paris (Sciences-Po).
She is a Mon­treal Bar member.

Read Mar­seille’s office pre­sen­ta­tion by Décideurs

Harold TEBOUL

Harold TEBOUL was admit­ted to the Paris Bar in 2011 and he began his legal career at TEMIME, before beco­ming a part­ner. His prac­tice main­ly focuses on white-col­lar crime, cri­mi­nal law and busi­ness liti­ga­tion. He has deve­lo­ped a solid exper­tise in cri­mi­nal law in the heal­th­care sec­tor and he repre­sents phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­nies and indus­try and heal­th­care professionals.
Harold TEBOUL holds a Mas­ter’s degree in Busi­ness Law gai­ned from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris II Pan­théon-Assas in 2007, as well as a Cor­po­rate Lawyer Mas­ter’s degree gai­ned from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris V Des­cartes in 2008.

Harold TEBOUL holds a Mas­ter’s degree in Busi­ness Law gai­ned from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris II Pan­théon-Assas in 2007, as well as a Cor­po­rate Lawyer Mas­ter’s degree gai­ned from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris V Des­cartes in 2008.

Chirine HEYDARI-MALAYERI

Chi­rine HEYDARI-MALAYERI is a part­ner at TEMIME. She gra­dua­ted from the Ins­ti­tut d’É­tudes Poli­tiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) Law School in 2011. She was admit­ted to the Paris Bar in 2013 and joi­ned TEMIME the same year.
Chi­rine HEYDARI-MALAYERI spe­cia­lizes in cri­mi­nal law, white-col­lar crime, pri­son law and cri­mi­nal sen­tences enfor­ce­ment. She also conducts inter­nal inves­ti­ga­tions in labor law and assists defen­dants in such proceedings.

Chi­rine HEYDARI-MALAYERI has repre­sen­ted nume­rous defen­dants before French cri­mi­nal courts (assises), depart­men­tal cri­mi­nal courts and the cor­rec­tio­nal courts. She is a mem­ber of the French sec­tion of the Inter­na­tio­nal Pri­son Obser­va­to­ry and of the Asso­cia­tion des avo­cats pour les droits des déte­nus (A3D). In 2009–2010, she was Pre­sident of GENEPI (Grou­pe­ment étu­diant natio­nal d’en­sei­gne­ment aux per­sonnes incar­cé­rées). She super­vises TEMIME’s pro bono efforts, which she ini­tia­ted along­side Her­vé TEMIME. Chi­rine HEYDARI-MALAYERI has been a tea­cher at the Ins­ti­tut d’É­tudes Poli­tiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) since 2018.

Quentin DE MARGERIE

A mem­ber of the Paris Bar since 2012, Quen­tin DE MARGERIE is a part­ner at TEMIME.
His prac­tice focuses on civil, com­mer­cial and finan­cial liti­ga­tion as well as white-col­lar crime.
He regu­lar­ly handles com­plex domes­tic and cross-bor­der dis­putes, and has deve­lo­ped spe­ci­fic exper­tise in cor­po­rate law, sha­re­hol­der dis­putes and post‑M&A tran­sac­tions, direc­tors” lia­bi­li­ty and secu­ri­ty law.
Quen­tin DE MARGERIE is a gra­duate of ESSEC busi­ness school and holds a Mas­ter’s degree in Liti­ga­tion, Arbi­tra­tion and Alter­na­tive Dis­pute Reso­lu­tion from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris II Pan­théon-Assas. Prior to joi­ning TEMIME in 2016, he wor­ked for seve­ral years at the US law firm SKADDEN ARPS.

QUENTIN DE MARGERIE has been reco­gni­zed by Best Lawyers ran­kings since 2022 in cri­mi­nal defense.

Charles MERVEILLEUX DU VIGNAUX

Charles MERVEILLEUX DU VIGNAUX is a mem­ber of the Paris and New York Bars. He began his career in 2016 in the dis­pute reso­lu­tion team of CLIFFORD CHANCE in Paris, where he prac­ti­ced for seven years before joi­ning TEMIME and beco­ming a part­ner. His prac­tice focuses on white-col­lar crime, com­pliance and inter­nal inves­ti­ga­tions, par­ti­cu­lar­ly for inter­na­tio­nal clients. He also regu­lar­ly repre­sents clients invol­ved in com­mer­cial liti­ga­tion and sha­re­hol­der disputes.

A for­mer student of the Ecole Nor­male Supé­rieure (Paris), Charles MERVEILLEUX DU VIGNAUX holds a Master’s degree in gene­ral pri­vate law from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Paris II Pan­théon-Assas, as well as a Mas­ter of Laws (LL.M.) from Colum­bia Law School.

Rémi LORRAIN

Rémi LORRAIN is a part­ner at TEMIME. He is a spe­cia­list in white-col­lar crime.
Admit­ted to the Bar in 2012, he began his career in mer­gers and acqui­si­tions before tur­ning to white-col­lar cri­mi­nal law in 2014. He first wor­ked as an asso­ciate and coun­sel at the law firm DARROIS, before beco­ming a part­ner at MAISONNEUVE in 2022.
Rémi LORRAIN gai­ned a Master’s degree in Busi­ness Law (DJCE) from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Nan­cy and a Master’s degree in Euro­pean Eco­no­mic Gover­nance from Sciences Po Grenoble.

In 2013, he was elec­ted Secré­taire de la Confé­rence des Avo­cats du Bar­reau de Paris, a two-hun­dred-year-old ins­ti­tu­tion which each year, by means of a deba­ting com­pe­ti­tion, elects 12 lawyers in order for them to be court-appoin­ted in the most com­plex and serious cri­mi­nal matters.
He lec­tures on white-col­lar crime in seve­ral post­gra­duate pro­grams (inclu­ding the DJCE in Nan­cy, the Master’s in Eco­no­mic and Finan­cial Cri­mi­nal Risk Pre­ven­tion in Nan­cy, and the Master’s in Finan­cial Crime and Com­pliance in Aix-en-Pro­vence), as well as at Sciences Po Paris.
He fre­quent­ly publishes in spe­cia­li­zed legal jour­nals and is the co-author of Nul­li­ta­tor – 300 Effec­tive Pro­ce­du­ral Nul­li­ties in Cri­mi­nal Law (BoD, 2021).
He has also ser­ved as pre­sident of the French Natio­nal Asso­cia­tion of Busi­ness Law Gra­duates (ANDJCE).

Read Rémi LORRAIN’s por­trait by Option Droit & Affaires (named “Liti­ga­tion Lawyer of the Year 2024”)
Read Rémi LORRAIN’s por­trait by l’Est Répu­bli­cain
Read Rémi LORRAIN’s por­trait by Dal­loz