Malik Touanssa
Biography
Overview
Malik Touanssa is an associate in the White Collar & Investigations practice of White & Case in Paris.
His practice focuses on white-collar crime and complex and sensitive international and domestic investigations, at all stages of proceedings, from the investigation to the court hearing. He advises clients on a broad range of international and domestic white-collar issues, including corruption, corporate fraud, money laundering, international regulatory matters, large-scale internal investigations (corruption, data theft, etc.) and international criminal cooperation.
He also assists clients in the context of complex commercial and regulatory disputes and negotiated resolutions out of court, including in matters related to business and human rights.
Malik is also developing a general criminal law practice and is registered on the emergency criminal defense lists of the Paris Bar. He also teaches white-collar crime to the students of the Master II LEAD of Paris-Saclay university.
Malik is a graduate of Sciences Po and of Assas and Sorbonne universities. His education also includes an academic exchange at Harvard Law School.
Prior to joining White & Case, Malik worked for six years in the white-collar crime and litigation department of an American law firm, the largest in the world solely devoted to business litigation.
Experience
Malik's recent experience includes:
White Collar-Investigations / Commercial Litigation / Business & Human Rights*
- Representation of a European car manufacturer in several criminal investigations related to a large-scale corporate fraud committed by its former CEO.
- Representation of a European aerospace group in several and multijurisdictional criminal investigations for corruption and assistance in the related internal investigation launched by the client.
- Representation of a UHNWI in criminal proceedings in Switzerland initiated against its former bank and wealth managers for money laundering and corporate fraud.
- Assistance to a foreign mining group in dealing with the consequences of a natural disaster which caused several casualties in an African country, and with the implementation of a large-scale compensation plan complying with business and human rights principles.
- Representation of a UHNWI in criminal proceedings in France relating to embezzlmenent allegedly committed by a foreign public official.
- Assistance to a European distributor of electrical components in the context of criminal and antitrust investigations.
- Assistance to a leading group in the online entertainment industry in the assessment of its compliance with French and European regulations on Internet platforms and related litigation.
- Assitance to a French company in the assessment of the criminal liability risk related to its new coporate organization and reporting lines.
- Representation of a US pharmaceutical company in pre-litigation proceedings aimed at collecting evidence related to trade secrets infringement.
- Representation of a tech startup and its founder in the context of a criminal investigation into antitrust law infringements.
- Assistance to a US company in dealing with allegations of corruption committed by one of its employees.
- Representation of an individual in the disciplinary procedure initiated against him by his employer for harassment.
- Representation of an invidiual in criminal libel proceedings initiated by a French political party leader.
* Experience prior to joining White & Case
Article, "When negotiated criminal justice returns to the fore"(« Quand la justice pénale négociée revient sur le devant de la scène »), Option Droit & Affaires, Kami Haeri and Malik Touanssa, 14 February 2024
Client alert, Negotiated Criminal Justice and French Guilty Plea Procedure: Improved Rights for the Prosecuted Individuals, Kami Haeri and Malik Touanssa, 05 February 2024
Publication des nouvelles lignes directrices sur la mise en oeuvre de la CJIP; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa ; Newsletter N°37, January 2023
Que faut-il retenir de la loi du 22 décembre 2021 pour la confiance dans l’institution judiciaire ; Malik Touanssa, Newsletter, February 2022
Correspondances entre l’avocat et son client : une confidentialité faiblement protégée ; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa, Newsletter n°18, March 2021
Infractions en matière d’environnement : la loi n°2020-1672 du 24 décembre 2020 crée des juridictions spécialisées et une CJIP spécifique ; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa, Newsletter n°14, January 2021
Dalloz actualité ; “Spécialisation de la justice pénale environnementale : retour sur la loi du 24 décembre 2020” ; Kami Haeri and Malik Touanssa, 13 January 2021
La chancellerie fixe les lignes directrices de la politique pénale en matière de lutte contre la corruption internationale ; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa, Newsletter, June 2020
Important revirement de jurisprudence en matière de responsabilité pénale de la personne morale dans le contexte d’une fusion-absorption “French Supreme Court overrules its precendent in a major ruling on coroporate criminal liability in the context of a merger-absorption” ; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa, Flash n°14, 26 November 2020
Précisions sur l’obligation de donner accès au contenu de son téléphone portable aux services de police ; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa, Newsletter n°12, November 2020
Covid-19: impact of the state of health emergency on criminal justice in France ; the executive order No. 2020-303 on criminal procedure issued on 25 march 2020 ; Kami Haeri, Malik Touanssa, Newsletter, March 2020
