Kami Haeri joined August & Debouzy in 2000 after practicing during three years in a high profile litigation boutique in Paris. He co-chairs the litigation practice of the Commercial group. Kami Haeri advises French and foreign clients on matters involving commercial and corporate dispute, product liability, as well as intellectual property issues and white collar crime. He has especially developed an expertise on litigation for the aerospace industry, the tobacco industry and the medias.
In 1998, Kami Haeri has been elected as one of the 12 “Secrétaires de la Conférence” of the Paris Bar, after an intensive moot contest involving 130 candidates. For more than 200 years, the “Secrétaires de la Conférence” of the Paris Bar have been appointed in pro bono criminal matters and been exposed to the most high profile criminal matters of the Paris Bar (from misdemeanours to felony).
Kami Haeri was seconded at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart OIiver & Hedges LLP - Los Angeles, from August 2001 to November 2002.
Kami Haeri is the chairman of the “Business Litigation Committee” of the Paris Bar (Continuous Legal Education). He also teaches “Litigation Strategies and Tactics” at the Paris Bar School, “Criminal Procedure” at University of Cergy and “Civil and Criminal Procedures” at Paris-Nanterre University.
Practices
Corporate and business litigation
Intellectual property law
White Collar Crime
Industries
Aerospace and defence
Tobacco
Financial institutions
Software Piracy
Communications/Advertising
Education
University of Paris, DESS in IT law, 1996
University of Lyon, DESS in European law, 1994
Bar admission
Paris, 1997
Former “Secrétaire de la Conférence du stage” of the Paris Bar (1998)
Languages
English
Persian
Seconded at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart OIiver & Hedges LLP - Los Angeles, from August 2001 to September 2002.
Lecturer on Criminal Procedure for the “White Collar Crime” Masters 2 Course at the University of Cergy.
Chairman of the Paris Bar Association’s “Business Litigation” Committee
Lecturer at the Paris Bar School
Publications
"Laissez la loi de blocage tranquille" - La Gazette du Palais - Semaine 29 février 2012
"Délit de violation du secret des affaires : la demi bonne idée"- Lettre des juristes d'Affaires - 13 février 2012
"La Cour de cassation fait un pas de plus dans la reconnaissance du principe d’estoppel en droit processuel."- Option Droit & Affaires n°104
"Une illustration du traitement des conflits d'intérêts en droit des sociétés : les conventions entre la société et ses dirigeants à travers la loi du 17 mai 11"- La Gazette du Palais - 07/12/2011
" Responsabilité pénale des dirigeants et mesures d'enquête dans l'entreprise " - Legal News - mai 2011
" L’affaire "wizzgo.com" ou comment évaluer désormais un préjudice économique né de la contrefaçon" - Revue Lamy - Droit de l’Immatériel - n°46 - 2009
" Contentieux : attention aux perquisitions civiles"- Option Finance n°966 - 2008
" Law of Internet Dispute" - by David Quinto Esq. - Chapter 5.02 : Litigating Domain Name Dispute in France - Aspen Publishers - 2004.
" Effective Commercial Contracts - An International Comparison" - French Chapter - Nabarro Nathanson Publishings - 2003.
