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Katia Boneva-Desmicht

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Katia Boneva-Desmicht is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group in Paris. She has been a litigator for more than 10 years, particularly focusing on civil and commercial litigation. With her extensive experience and knowledge of French procedures and private international law, Ms. Boneva-Desmicht helps clients mitigate risk and navigate complex strategic issues and legal challenges. Ms. Boneva-Desmicht has significant practical experience advising leading industry players in a broad range of business sectors — including the banking, retail, luxury, pharmaceuticals, leisure, hospitality, and automotive industries — with respect to their risk and dispute management and defense before the French courts.
In In-House Lawyer

France: Introduction of a new confidentiality regime for in‑house counsel

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In February 2026, France adopted the Law n°2026‑122 of 23 February 2026, which introduces a new statutory confidentiality regime for written legal consultations prepared by in‑house counsel. The mechanism is codified in Article 58‑1 of the Law of 31 December 1971 and was reviewed and validated by the Constitutional Council in its Decision n°2026‑900 DC of 18 February 2026. For foreign practitioners accustomed to the structures of Legal Professional Privilege in the United Kingdom or…

In Competition Litigation

EU: Subsidiaries can be held liable for the actions of their parent companies says the EU’s highest court (this is a first)

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In a judgment handed down this week by its Grand Chamber, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decided that, under certain circumstances, a subsidiary can be held liable for cartel activity engaged by its parent company. This judgment has potentially far-reaching consequences and may give an additional impetus to private damages litigation. Background On 24 October 2019, Sumal (an alleged victim of the Trucks cartel) brought a claim for damages in follow-on litigation in front of…