Noting that France is seeing an increase in enforcement activity, Hughes Hubbard & Reed is bolstering its white-collar defense and anti-corruption practice in Paris with the addition of a three-lawyer team from Boken Avocats, a litigation boutique.

Félix de Belloy, a co-founder of Boken, joins as a partner along with two associates, Ralph Moughanie and Laureen Bokanda-Masson, Hughes Hubbard said.

Boken Avocats, originally Beauquier Belloy Gauvain, was founded in 2007 and specializes in white-collar crime defense and commercial litigation. The firm is listed as the author of the French bribery and corruption chapter of the 2019 Legal 500 & In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide.