26 Mar 2026
Morgan Lewis Adds Five-Lawyer International Trade and Investigations Team in Paris
"Morgan Lewis in Paris has hired a five-lawyer team from Hughes Hubbard to bolster international trade, sanctions and export controls, anti-corruption, AML, ESG and cross-border investigations capabilities."
Marie-Agnès Nicolas joins Morgan Lewis as a partner from Hughes Hubbard, where she served as a co-chair of the global investigations, enforcement, and compliance practice in Europe. She assists and represents multinational organizations in complex cross-border enforcement and French regulatory matters related to anti-corruption compliance, economic sanctions, ESG, French blocking statute issues, and discovery. She has extensive experience leading cross-border internal investigations and advising on the design and enhancement of global compliance programs, including risk assessments, audits, and third-party due diligence reviews. She also counsels banks and financial institutions on contentious matters involving investment products, including derivatives and structured products.
Anne Gaustad-Hanken joins Morgan Lewis as a partner from Hughes Hubbard, where she also served as a co-chair of the global investigations, enforcement, and compliance practice in Europe. She advises multinational clients on cross-border enforcement matters involving economic sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption compliance, business and human rights risk, and corporate governance. She represents global companies in investigations and regulatory proceedings before US and European authorities, multilateral development banks, and other international institutions, and advises on compliance program development, internal and regulatory investigations, third-party due diligence, and risk assessments.
Mathieu Rossignol joins Morgan Lewis’s Paris office as of counsel, and associates Lorenza Nava and Timothé Radosavljevic join as associates. The five-lawyer team joins from Hughes Hubbard and expands Morgan Lewis’s capabilities in international trade, economic sanctions and export control, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, ESG, and cross-border investigations.