The firm
01Recognised expertise
Grundler & Artuphel is one of the leading independent law firms in France dedicated exclusively to criminal defence and white-collar crime. Renowned for its excellence, the firm is renowned for its mastery of high-profile criminal cases and its management of complex proceedings. The firm has been involved in many of the highest-profile cases of white-collar crime.
02A strong client-lawyer relationship
The firm’s human-scale structure allows for highly personalized support and tailor-made defence strategies for each client, along with strong responsiveness at all stages of criminal proceedings, including the preliminary phase. These characteristics, combined with genuine discretion in handling cases, are of vital importance to the whole team.
03An international dimension
Since it was founded in 2011, the firm has represented many foreign clients in French criminal proceedings. The firm’s lawyers are also used to assisting their clients before foreign criminal courts. In this respect, the firm maintains close relations with numerous business criminal teams around the world.
The firm’s excellence has been recognised for many years: (Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Décideurs Magazine, Best Lawyers, Les Echos, Lexology -Who’s Who Legal-…).
Excellence praised
Compétence
01White collar crime
01CORPORATE CRIMINAL LAW
fraud,
breach of trust,
misappropriation of assets,
Embezzlement
forgery,
bankruptcy fraud
02PROBITY
corruption,
influence- peddling,
illegal interest-taking,
favoritism,
misappropriation of funds
03CRIMINAL TAX LAW
tax fraud,
tax fraud laundering
04INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
extradition procedures,
European arrest warrant,
muti-jurisdictions cases,
asset freezing,
World Bank investigations
05STOCK MARKET LAW
market abuse
06CRIMINAL LABOR LAW
Work-related injuries and violations of health and safety regulations,
illegal employment
07ACCIDENTS
air,
rail and industrial accidents
08CONSUMER AND COMPETITION CRIMINAL LAW
misleading commercial practices,
deception,
anti-competitive agreements
09ENVIRONMENTAL AND URBAN PLANNING CRIMINAL LAW
10CRIMINAL LAW RELATING TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERCRIME
02Press law
01LIBEL
Team
Benjamin GRUNDLER
Partner
bg@grundler-artuphel.comAdmitted to the Paris Bar in 2007, Benjamin Grundler has developed widely recognised expertise in white-collar crime.
He regularly acts in high-profile cases assisting major French and foreign entities and their executives and employees before the French criminal courts.
He also assists his clients in foreign criminal proceedings.
He is regularly recognised in the various professional rankings of the best lawyers, such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Décideurs Juridiques and Lexology -Who’s Who Legal-.
He graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master in law in 2005 and from the Université Panthéon-Assas with a Master 2 in law in 2003. He began his professional career in business criminal law at Metzner Associés between 2006 and 2011.
He taught international corruption and money laundering at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) for 8 years.
In 2011, he co-founded Visconti & Grundler, now Grundler & Artuphel.
Benjamin “is savvy, knowledgeable and creative,
and regularly handles insider trading, money laundering
and international corruption cases” Chambers and Partners
“Benjamin Grundler applies an encyclopaedic
understanding of criminal law to complex cross-border
white-collar disputes”. Who’s Who Legal
Articles
Read Benjamin Grundler’s presentation in the Chambers and Partners ranking
Read the article published in the newspaper Les Echos « The best lawyers in France »
Read the portrait of Benjamin Grundler published in Décideurs Juridiques
François ARTUPHEL
Partner
fa@grundler-artuphel.comAdmitted to the Paris Bar in 2010, François Artuphel specializes in white collar crime and regularly advocates before the criminal courts.
A graduate of Sciences Po Paris, University College of London and Paris II Assas, he practiced for 13 years with Haïk & Associés before joining Visconti Grundler & Artuphel in 2023, now Grundler & Artuphel.
François Artuphel represents French and foreign companies, their executives and various public figures in French and foreign criminal proceedings. He was notably involved in the criminal defense of a former French President.
He runs training courses on corruption at the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature and is a member of the active steering committee of the Association des Avocats Pénalistes.
He is regularly recognized in various professional rankings, such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Décideurs Juridiques.
François “is very intelligent and he is easy to work with and to cooperate with” (Chambers Partners 2025).
Articles
Read the portrait of François Artuphel published in Décideurs Juridiques
Juliette SAVIE
Lawyer at Court
js@grundler-artuphel.comJuliette Savie works on the firm’s cases involving general criminal law, white-collar crime, media law, and internal investigations.
In this capacity, she represents both individuals and legal entities and assists the firm’s international clients.
Before joining the firm as an associate, she trained at leading law firms specializing in criminal law and business litigation, as well as at the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Bobigny Judicial Court.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2021, Juliette Savie holds a Master’s degree in Economic Law from the Law School of Sciences Po Paris. She is also registered on the Paris Bar’s emergency criminal defense list.
She is fluent in English.
Mathilde AVRON
Lawyer at Court
ma@grundler-artuphel.comMathilde Avron primarily practices in white-collar criminal law and general criminal law, and also advises in business law.
Before joining the firm in 2023, she began her career in the Corporate – M&A team at Bredin Prat, where she practiced business law (mergers and acquisitions) for over four years.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2019, Mathilde is a former student of French preparatory classes in literature. She graduated from HEC Paris (2016) and holds two Master’s degrees from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas: a Master’s in International Tax Law (2016) and a Master’s in Business Law (2017).
Mathilde is also registered on the Paris Bar’s emergency criminal defense list.
She is fluent in English.
Camille FONTAINE
Lawyer at Court
cf@grundler-artuphel.comCamille Fontaine primarily practices in white-collar criminal law and also works in general criminal law.
Prior to joining the firm, she had several experiences in law firms (Lombard Baratelli Astolfe et Associés, French Cornut-Gentille).
Additionally, she previously worked as an intern at the Rennes Court of Appeal (white-collar crime section) and with a Court-appointed receiver (BTSG 2).
She holds a Master’s degree in Fundamental Criminal Law from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
She is also registered on the Paris Bar’s emergency criminal defense list.
Baptiste PITRÉ
“Baptiste PITRE specializes in white collar and general criminal law. Before joining Grundler & Artuphel in 2025, he completed several experiences with renowned criminal law firms (Temime Associés, Spinosi, Schapira & Associés) and at the Paris Criminal Court. Graduated of the Master 2 in criminal law at the Université Paris Panthéon Assas, Baptiste has also given tutoring classes at the Maison d’arrêt de la Santé. He is fluent in English”.
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