Having worked in the fields of public health and tobacco control since 2002 at the headquarters of the National League Against Cancer, Capucine Lanta de Bérard joined the law firm Soulez Larivière in 2009. She has been a partner since 2016 and has been managing the firm since January 2020.
Capucine Lanta de Bérard practises exclusively in criminal law, particularly in the areas of corporate, business and public life criminal law. She advises and defends both individuals and companies facing issues in these areas (misuse of company assets, fraud, money laundering, breach of trust, tax evasion, deception, bankruptcy, forgery and use of forged documents, unlawful taking of interest, corruption, favouritism, obstruction of justice, psychological or sexual harassment, sexual assault and psychosocial risks).
Capucine also assists companies and their directors in detecting and preventing acts of corruption or related offences, and is involved in internal investigations, covering both integrity issues and psychosocial risks.
Capucine Lanta de Bérard also acts in all areas relating to unintentional offences, from workplace accidents to mass accidents (particularly aviation or industrial accidents). She worked alongside Daniel Soulez Larivière on the AZF case, notably on the issue of the impartiality of the trial panel, which led to the quashing of the appeal judgment in 2015.
Finally, Capucine continues to practise in her core area of expertise, public health criminal law – she was notably involved in the so-called ‘PIP implants’ case – as well as in environmental criminal law, areas in which complex, cross-cutting issues of compensation arise, particularly involving serial damage and often involving a large number of claimants.
Among the most recent cases she has handled, Capucine secured the acquittal of her client in the Wendel case (tax fraud), the acquittal of her client, a hearing aid manufacturer prosecuted for deception (public health – fraud and falsification), following a very lengthy investigation lasting over 13 years at the Marseille Public Health Division, and a dismissal of the case in the Dropped case (air crash – manslaughter).
Capucine has been recognised in the ‘leading partners’ category in the Legal 500 EMEA 2026 guide, in which the firm is ranked in Tier 2 for White Collar Crime:
Capucine has also been recognised by Best Lawyers in France for her work in criminal defence since 2022
As well as the Décideurs – Leaders League ranking in the areas of business criminal law, employment criminal law, environmental criminal law, industrial risks (aviation sector), and for its recognised expertise in compliance and fraud (internal investigations and compliance).
