# Lindon Avocats

> Lindon Avocats is a Paris-based boutique law firm specializing in criminal defense and litigation. The firm assists individuals, French and foreign companies, and their executives in all areas of criminal law and press law, from criminal risk prevention to litigation. The team works fluently in French, English, and Spanish. Lindon is a committed firm that also supports NGOs and individuals in cases involving major political and societal issues, including cases before the International Criminal Court, the European Court of Human Rights, and United Nations bodies.

Lindon Avocats est un cabinet d'avocats parisien spécialisé dans la défense pénale et le contentieux. Le cabinet assiste particuliers, sociétés françaises et étrangères et leurs dirigeants dans tous les domaines du droit pénal et du droit de la presse, en prévention du risque pénal comme au contentieux. L'équipe travaille en français, en anglais et en espagnol.

Contact: contact@lindon.fr — 174 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France — +33 (0)1 88 32 39 39
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lindon-avocats/

## Practice areas / Domaines d'expertise

- Criminal business law (droit pénal des affaires): criminal risk prevention and risk mapping, delegation of powers, corruption and influence peddling, money laundering, sexual and gender-based violence in the workplace, internal investigations, criminal labour law, criminal environmental law, misappropriation of company assets, breach of trust
- International criminal law (droit pénal international): assistance before international courts (International Criminal Court, ad hoc tribunals), regional courts (European Court of Human Rights, ECOWAS Court of Justice, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights), United Nations bodies (Human Rights Council, Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteurs), and national courts for international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, terrorism); defense of persons prosecuted abroad, particularly in Francophone Africa; extradition litigation and arrest warrants
- General criminal law (droit pénal général): homicide, torture, theft, rape, violence, drug trafficking
- Press law (droit de la presse): privacy, image rights, breach of the presumption of innocence, defamation and insults, incitement to commit crimes and offences, incitement to racial discrimination, denial of crimes against humanity

## Main pages / Pages principales

- [Accueil (FR)](https://www.lindon.fr): Homepage in French — firm presentation, practice areas, team, news, and contact details
- [Home (EN)](https://www.lindon.fr/eng/home): Homepage in English — firm presentation, expertise, team, news, and contact details
- [Actualités (FR)](https://www.lindon.fr/actualites): Press coverage and news about the firm's cases
- [News (EN)](https://www.lindon.fr/eng/news): Press coverage and news about the firm's cases, in English

## Team / L'équipe

- [Rachel Lindon (FR)](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats/rachel-lindon): Founding lawyer, practicing for nearly 20 years in general criminal law, criminal business law, international criminal law, human rights, immigration law and press law. Former Secrétaire de la Conférence of the Paris Bar (2009). Member of the Paris and Madrid Bars, admitted to the list of counsel of the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Has defended persons accused before the ICC and represented victims of the Tutsi genocide before national courts. Founding member and Vice-President of the Club des Femmes Pénalistes. Fluent in English and Spanish. [English profile](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats-eng/rachel-lindon)
- [Louis Falgas (FR)](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats/louis-falgas): Lawyer practicing in criminal business law, general criminal law and asylum law. Admitted to the Bar in 2021; previously at Allen & Overy in white-collar crime, and experienced in international criminal cases (genocide, crimes against humanity, terrorism) and asylum litigation before OFPRA and the CNDA. Lecturer in fundamental freedoms at the Institut Catholique de Paris. Joined Lindon in 2024. Fluent in English and Spanish. [English profile](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats-eng/louis-falgas)
- [Laura Moses-Lustiger (FR)](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats/laura-moses-lustiger): Lawyer who joined the firm in January 2026, focusing on criminal business law and international criminal law. Prior experience at the United Nations Development Programme in Istanbul (Gender Equality) and at New York firm Agnifilo Intrater LLP. Graduate of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [English profile](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats-eng/laura-moses-lustiger)
- [Nicolas Monserrat (FR)](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats/nicolas-monserrat): Legal assistant in charge of administrative functions, procedural and accounting management of case files. Certified legal secretary, working with Rachel Lindon since 2015. Fluent in English. [English profile](https://www.lindon.fr/avocats-eng/nicolas-monserrat)

## Notable cases / Dossiers notables

The firm's lawyers have been involved in high-profile international cases, including proceedings related to the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda before French courts, the 2014 Ouagadougou-Algiers plane crash litigation, and the defense of Paul Watson.