Finance Monthly Legal Awards 2022 France 42 www.finance-monthly.com Lawyer, of counsel Huglo Lepage Avocats Benoît Denis About Benoît Denis Member of the Paris Bar since 2002. Benoît Denis holds a certificate of specialization in criminal law and mainly acts in matters of industrial and environmental risks before the criminal, civil and administrative courts. A former judicial assistant at the Paris financial division and the Paris Court of Appeal, and lecturer in criminal procedure at the University of Paris, he has pleaded several emblematic cases at Huglo Lepage where he is in charge of sensitive litigation cases (Xynthia, green algae, dioxin pollution, nuclear risk, etc.). As counsel, he also acts in real estate law, business law and has developed an expertise in energy law, in particular in the field of energy saving certificates (CEE) for which the firm is also recognized as a major player in the Paris market. More recently he focuses on carbon credits and compensation issues. Regular contributor to the Gazette du Palais, Energie Environnement Infrastructures and the Journal Spécial des Sociétés (JSS) is also the co-author of the Code de l’environnement (LexisNexis and Huglo Lepage Editions). Firm Profile Huglo Lepage Avocats is the first public law firm, opened by Avocats à la Cour. In more than 40 years, Huglo Lepage Avocats has conducted most of the largest environmental law cases in France, Europe and even in the United States with the Amoco-Cadiz case law and many prizes have been awarded to them for this activity. The firm assists both public or private clients such as : local authorities, private companies, associations or individuals. The firm mainly advises and litigates in the area of environmental law, urban planning law and public business law. Moreover, the presence of a private law team in the firm allows to combine the areas of private law at traditional administrative law, areas which are often linked, especially in the field of civil and criminal liability. The firm is also at the forefront of environmental legal doctrine. Huglo Lepage Avocats is the author of the Code de Justice Administrative and the Code de l’environnement, both published by LexisNexis. Christian Huglo co-leads the environmental JurisClasseur. In more than 40 years, Huglo Lepage Avocats has conducted most of the largest environmental law cases in France, Europe and even in the United States with the AmocoCadiz case law, and many prizes have been awarded to them for this activity. “ “
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