Coraline Damien

Attorney at Law – Business Law, Governance & Compliance

C cdamien@damien-avocat.com

M333 6 81 49 77 75

L  French, English

Coraline Damien advises and represents clients in sensitive environments at the intersection of law, governance, ethics and organizational behavior. She supports companies, executives and institutions by clarifying facts, assessing risks, and securing decision‑making in France and internationally.

She acts as an independent third party in the design, implementation and review of compliance frameworks, verification procedures and internal investigations.

She analyses practices, examines facts, assesses legal, organizational and behavioral risks, and recommends appropriate mitigation measures, within a rigorous, structured and confidential approach.

Her expertise includes real‑world governance, human and behavioural risks, ethics and anti‑corruption compliance (Sapin II), duty of vigilance, international sanctions, anti‑money laundering, data protection and sensitive matters involving public or private actors.

Admitted to the Paris and New York Bars, she works in French and

English, taking into account country‑specific factors that influence governance, compliance and decision‑making.

She places people, real‑world governance and the understanding of behaviour at the core of her practice, in order to secure organisations within their actual operating environments.

Previous Experience

Before developing a practice focused on governance, compliance and sensitive environments, Coraline Damien advised private clients and companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and tax structuring, corporate law, commercial contracts and real estate transactions.

She also advised accounting firms and other regulated professions on their professional obligations.

Coraline Damien represented clients in civil, commercial and employment litigation, as well as in major internal investigations, particularly where legal issues, governance and behavioural risks converged.

BARS

Paris Bar Association (2013)

New York Bar (2010)

EDUCATION

Prevention of Corruption Certificate, EFB, AFA and Cercle Montesquieu, 2019

Diploma in Management & Accounting, 2011

University of Paris 10 Nanterre, Master 2 in Bilingual Studies, European Law, 2008, specializing in Anglo-American Law

Duke Law, LL.M 2008, International Business Law

Neoma Business School, MS in Legal Management of the Company 2007

EDUCATION

Former lecturer at IPAG Business School, in international business law, commercial and transport law, And comparative contract law

ASSOCIATIONS

Rotary Foundation Alumni Association, President

American Bar Association

Neoma Alumni