ALICE ZARKA

Alice Zarka represents both victims and individuals facing criminal allegations at every stage of criminal proceedings, including police custody, preliminary investigations, judicial investigations, trials before criminal courts and courts of assizes, as well as negotiated resolutions of criminal cases.

She provides thorough preparation for every interview, questioning session and confrontation, including mock hearings. Her objective is to defend her clients' interests with rigour and effectiveness.

She also represents clients in matters relating to pre-trial detention and the enforcement of criminal sentences.

Alice Zarka represents numerous executives and shareholders in financial, political-financial and environmental criminal cases. She also practises in the field of public integrity offences, representing elected officials, civil servants and public officials, as well as in compliance and internal investigations, from criminal risk assessment and the implementation of compliance programmes to the negotiation and conclusion of French deferred prosecution agreements (conventions judiciaires d’intérêt public – CJIP).

Companies and public law entities are subject, depending on their legal status and activities, to stringent regulatory requirements concerning anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT), anti-corruption, environmental due diligence and personal data protection. In this context, they must establish appropriate compliance frameworks and internal procedures and be able to demonstrate their effective implementation to regulatory authorities and courts.

Alice Zarka advises legal entities and their executives in connection with their business activities, both in France and internationally. She provides legal guidance at an early stage, developing strategies to prevent criminal law risks, as well as implementing tailored defence strategies when such risks materialise.

She has developed particular expertise in preventing and remedying reputational harm suffered by companies and their executives, assisting clients affected by damaging media coverage and online publications. In this context, she acts to preserve or restore compromised business relationships, secure the removal of harmful publications and obtain compensation for damages suffered.

These situations may require the application of various legal instruments and frameworks, including European and French anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regulations, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Digital Services Act (DSA), the French Law on Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN), as well as unfair competition law, particularly in cases involving commercial disparagement, confusion, business disruption or parasitic practices.

Alice Zarka practises in the fields of fundamental rights protection and international criminal law, representing individuals and associations, particularly in judicial investigations into war crimes, crimes against humanity, the crime of aggression and genocide. She regularly travels abroad in connection with her work and has notably participated in trials before French courts of assizes concerning the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and crimes committed during the Syrian civil war, as well as in cases relating to the Russia-Ukraine war.

This experience enables her to handle particularly sensitive cases, with a strong commitment to the protection of human rights and the rights of the defence. She also practises in the field of business and human rights, addressing the intersection between the protection of fundamental rights and the economic interests of businesses.

Alice Zarka represents and advises minors, adults under legal protection, their families, as well as court-appointed guardians and curators. She provides legal guidance and assistance and initiates proceedings before the competent courts to safeguard the rights and interests of protected individuals.