Foley Hoag has grown its International Trade & National Security practice in the EU with the addition of a four-person team led by partner Olivier Dorgans to its Paris office. 

The group, which comes to Foley Hoag from Ashurst LLP, also includes counsel Paul Charlot, senior associate Camille Mayet, and associate Pauline Montaldier. Olivier Dorgans and his team have a diverse client base including financial institutions, industrial corporations, insurers, and service groups.  Their work covers a range of industries, notably in the defense, aeronautics, pharmaceutical, luxury, telecommunication, crypto, and retail sectors.

Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo, Foley Hoag’s Managing Partner in Europe, said the addition of Olivier Dorgans aligns with the firm’s strategy to continue growing the Paris office to serve its broadening client base in France and throughout the EU. 

Olivier Dorgans is a leading EU practitioner with expertise in anti-corruption, economic sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML-CFT), ESG, and environmental crime regulations. His practice covers transactional assistance, internal investigations, and preventive compliance mandates before a large number of French and European regulatory bodies and agencies.

Paul Charlot and Camille Mayet likewise have experience assisting financial institutions in Europe and Africa, insurers and industrial stakeholders with compliance issues relating to anticorruption, economic sanctions, export controls, and AML-CTF.

“Olivier, Paul, Camille and Pauline have the track record and expertise to help our clients address their most challenging international trade issues under EU law in today’s complex regulatory environment and will be invaluable in supporting the continued expansion of our market-leading practices in Paris," said Shrutih Tewarie, Co-Chair of Foley Hoag's International Trade & National Security group. We look forward to working together."

Foley Hoag’s addition of Olivier Dorgans' team complements the recent arrivals of partner Adam Safwat, former Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, to the firm's White Collar Crime & Government Investigations practice in Washington, D.C., and Paris-based business litigation partner Philippe Rousseau.

“Foley Hoag is the ideal place for us to further grow our practice,” said Olivier Dorgans. “We are excited to collaborate with colleagues across the firm’s global platform to deliver a seamless offering that helps clients address their most pressing sanctions and financial crime challenges.”