Daphné Belot assists and advises her clients on corporate criminal law in complex, high-stakes cases.
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Daphne Belot
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After working for more than ten years in the criminal and white-collar crime practice groups of leading law firms (Veil Jourde, FTMS, Huc-Morel Labrousse Avocats), she co-founded the firm Belot Bellescize Avocats, dedicated to criminal law and more specifically to criminal business law, whose expertise was quickly recognized by Décideurs Juridiques magazine as well as by the Sommet du droit, before founding the firm Belot Bellescize Mehiri in 2026 alongside Tanneguy de Bellescize and Anaïs Mehiri.
Daphné Belot advises and assists her clients across all areas of corporate criminal law, including litigation, compliance, and internal investigations.
Daphné Belot is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute of Criminal Law of the Paris Bar Association. She is also a member of the ECBA, an association of criminal law specialists from across Europe.Daphné Belot speaks French, English, and Russian.
Anaïs Mehiri
Anaïs Mehiri practices corporate criminal law, handling complex cases with significant national and international implications.
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After gaining initial experience in the legal department of a bank, she trained in criminal law under an investigating judge in the financial division of the Paris Judicial Court, and then at a law firm, where she developed recognized expertise in white-collar crime law alongside Félix de Belloy.
In 2020, Anaïs Mehiri founded her own firm, MHR Avocats, which specializes in white-collar crime. At the firm, she advises executives and companies facing sensitive criminal matters with significant financial stakes. There, she has developed specialized expertise in cases involving breaches of integrity (corruption, influence peddling, illegal conflict of interest, embezzlement of public funds, and favoritism) and those affecting a company’s financial standing (fraud, misuse of corporate assets, money laundering, and tax evasion).
She regularly handles cases with an international dimension, in which proceedings are underway simultaneously in several countries.
In 2026, she co-founded the law firm Belot Bellescize Mehiri, driven by a rigorous and tenacious approach to criminal defense.
Anaïs Mehiri was a winner of the René Cassin International Human Rights Competition and a finalist in the Caen Memorial Lawyers' Moot Court Competition.
She is a member of the Women Criminal Lawyers Club Committee as well as the ECBA, an association of European criminal defense attorneys.
Anaïs Mehiri speaks French, English, and Spanish.
Tanneguy de Bellescize
Tanneguy de Bellescize practices general and business criminal law, as well as international criminal law.
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After working at the National Assembly and for an investigating judge, he practiced for several years at the law firms Visconti & Grundler and Maisonneuve, where he developed specialized expertise in white-collar crime law.
Tanneguy de Bellescize handles cases involving breaches of integrity (corruption, influence peddling, illegal conflict of interest, etc.), public criminal law (favoritism, embezzlement of public funds, etc.), international criminal law (circumvention of international sanctions, criminal seizures, extraditions, etc.), criminal tax law (tax fraud, money laundering), corporate criminal law (misappropriation of corporate assets, fraud, etc.), labor criminal law (undeclared work, illegal labor leasing, etc.), and press criminal law (defamation, slander, etc.).
In 2024, he co-founded the law firm Belot Bellescize Avocats, before establishing the firm Belot Bellescize Mehiri in 2026 alongside Daphné Belot and Anaïs Mehiri.
Tanneguy de Bellescize teaches criminal procedure to Master’s 2 students in the Master’s program in Economic Law at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He also leads training sessions for professionals (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Academy of European Law).He is a member of the ECBA, an association of criminal defense attorneys from across Europe.
Tanneguy de Bellescize speaks French and English.
Constance Lecouturier
A graduate of the Universities of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) and Lille, Constance Lecouturier was admitted to the bar in 2024.
She supplemented her academic training with various internships at renowned law firms specializing in general criminal law and white-collar crime. She also worked at the Paris Court of Appeal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office in the divisions handling press law and crimes against persons and property.
Constance Lecouturier speaks French and English.
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Alix Angibault
Alix Angibault, who holds a master’s degree in economic criminal law from Paris X University, joined the firm in 2026.
She completed her professional training at a business law firm and a local government agency, and worked for two years in the legal department of an AXA Group subsidiary.
Alix Angibault speaks French, English, German, and Russian.
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