A guest post today from Paris-based Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner attorneys Cécile Terret, David Père and Perrine Ader.
Recently, the French company Egis Avia, a subsidiary of the Egis group, agreed to pay a fine of €2.6 million to end the proceedings for corruption in connection with a contract to modernise the airport in Oran, Algeria. The fine was negotiated with the National Financial Prosecutor (the “NPF”) under a French legal instrument, namely the Convention Judiciaire d’Interêt Public (Judicial Public Interest Agreement; the “CJIP”).
