Signature Litigation
Alix Crocheton
Associate
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Alix Crocheton

Biography

Alix is an Associate in Signature Litigation’s Paris office, specialising in white collar crime, compliance, regulatory investigations, and complex civil, and commercial litigation.

Alix advises on internal investigations, regulatory matters and criminal proceedings, with a particular focus on corporate crime and financial regulation.

Alix joined Signature from Cohen & Gresser, and before that she gained experience at Bougartchev Moyne Associés, De Castro & Stasse, and Coat Haut de Sigy de Roux Minor, where she contributed to high-stakes white collar defence, litigation, and compliance matters.

Alix has an LL.M. in General Law from McGill University in Montreal, and holds a Master’s in Business Law (Magistère Juriste d’Affaires DJCE) and a Bachelor’s in Law from Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas.

Alix was admitted to the Paris Bar in January 2026. She is a fluent French and English speaker.

The quality of their service has always been exceptional. The team excels at developing and coordinating litigation strategies that are not only thorough but also realistic and perfectly aligned with clients' expectations. 
— The Legal 500 EMEA 2026

Experience

  • Representing the French subsidiary of a multinational technology company in criminal proceedings concerning allegations of planned obsolescence and misleading commercial practices relating to consumer products. The allegations include deliberately reducing product lifespan and failing adequately to disclose technical limitations affecting consumers’ use of certain products.
  • Representing an individual and a number of companies in connection with a long-running French criminal investigation into alleged money laundering, which opened in 2014 and involving various criminal asset seizures in France for about EUR 100m.
  • Representing a senior executive and a healthcare group in several parallel criminal investigations concerning alleged unlawful conflicts of interest, misappropriation of public funds and misuse of corporate assets. The investigations are being conducted by both regional judicial authorities and the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office and concern a number of healthcare entities and public-sector stakeholders.
  • Representing the employee representative body of a major French financial institution in criminal proceedings against its former legal representative concerning alleged breach of trust, forgery and use of forged documents. The alleged embezzlement amounts to more than EUR 500,000.
  • Representing a defendant in an investigation by the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office concerning alleged misappropriation of public funds by a former senior French elected official.
  • Representing a French industrial company and one of its executives in criminal proceedings concerning alleged breaches of environmental obligations following pollution of a canal. The matter involves claims and interventions by several environmental organisations, public authorities and other local stakeholders.
  • Representing a statutory auditor prosecuted for allegedly aiding and abetting money laundering in a high-profile case.
  • Representing a French lawyer who was indicted for alleged breaches of professional secrecy.

Publications

Article: Les illusions (presque perdues) de l’action en responsabilité de l’Etat pour déni de justice, Lexbase, 2025