PUBLICATIONS

LGDJ — Defence Practice in Searches of Individuals and Lawyers' Premises

BOOK: Defence Practice in Searches of Individuals and Lawyers' Premises (2nd Edition)

2026

Co-authored with Vice-President of the Paris Bar Vincent Nioré (LGDJ-Lextenso).

Le Parisien — Border Police Officer in Cayenne Accused of Providing Information to Drug Dealers

PRESS: “Border Police Officer in Cayenne Accused of Providing Information to Drug Dealers”

18 March 2026

In this case involving a cocaine importation network operating between French Guiana and mainland France, Elliot Bersegol represented a police officer prosecuted, among other charges, for complicity in drug trafficking, who was ultimately acquitted of that offence.

Conference – Searches of Lawyers' Premises in Europe

CONFERENCE: Searches of Lawyers' Premises in Europe

10 October 2025

Presentation by Elliot Bersegol at the conference “Searches of Lawyers' Premises in Europe”, organised by the Bordeaux Bar Association, focusing on a comparative analysis of search procedures in law firms across Europe and developments in French law since the Act of 22 December 2021 on Confidence in the Judicial Institution.

Actu-Juridique — interview on presence of counsel during searches

INTERVIEW: “Vincent Nioré — 'Counsel must be present during criminal searches!'”

4 March 2024

Presentation of the LGDJ monograph by Vincent Nioré and Elliot Bersegol; call for reforms regarding the regime of wiretaps affecting lawyers.

LGDJ — Defence during searches

BOOK: Defence Practice in Searches of Individuals and Lawyers' Premises

2025

Co-authored with Vice-President of the Paris Bar Vincent Nioré (LGDJ-Lextenso).

Dalloz actualité — assistance of defence counsel during searches

ARTICLE: “A case for the right to assistance of defence counsel during searches”

9 February 2024

Recognition of the right to the presence and assistance of counsel without suspending search operations.

Le Monde — op-ed on preventive arrests

OP-ED: “The Prefect of Police and preventive arrests”

27 March 2023

Collective op-ed denouncing preventive and arbitrary arrests contrary to the rule of law.