Press
Discover the firm's activities through a selection of articles and publications highlighting our interventions, commitments, and legal news.
Establishment of BHR Avocats
Roxane Best, Louise Hennon, and Jean-Baptiste Riolacci founded the firm BHR Avocats, specializing in criminal defense, business law, and family law.
The Paris Bar Conference: The Excellence of Defense
The Paris Bar Conference elects each year the twelve most eloquent lawyers, who are responsible for handling urgent criminal defense cases.
In the trial of the Strasbourg attack, the defense of the main defendant pleads for acquittal of all terrorist charges.
Louise Hennon defended the main defendant of the Strasbourg attacks before the Court of Assizes, who was tried for complicity in murder and terrorist conspiracy.
"The more precarious one's situation, the more likely they are to automatically end up in pretrial detention," criticizes a lawyer.
Roxane Best intervened to criticize the conditions of pretrial detention and its widespread, even systematic, use for a certain category of defendants.
Criminal Courts: "Abolishing jurors will not solve the problem of the delay in justice",
Jean-Baptiste Riolacci criticizes the departmental criminal courts, these jurisdictions without a popular jury. He denounces their "enormous cost".
An environmental activist acquitted after pouring paint on the steps of the Nantes prefecture.
Louise Hennon secured the acquittal of an activist from the Dernière Rénovation collective, charged with damaging public property, based on freedom of expression.
"Dernière rénovation": sentence waived for activists who had blocked the Paris ring road.
Roxane Best secured a sentence waiver for three environmental activists who participated in a roadblock to protest climate inaction.
Intrusion into the Iranian consulate in Paris: the man arrested with fake grenades was sentenced to 10 months suspended.
Louise Hennon defended before the criminal court an opponent of the Iranian regime, charged with entering the consulate wearing a fake explosives belt.
At the trial of the 'WaffenKraft Project', neo-Nazism in the name of the father.
Jean-Baptiste Riolacci defended a minor before the Special Assize Court of Paris in the first criminal trial for far-right terrorism in France.
A young man sentenced to five years in prison for plans to attack far-right bars in France.
Roxane Best defended, before the Paris correctional court, a young man charged with planning attacks on far-right bars in France.
At the Rond-Point, in Paris, portrait of lawyers as stage beasts.
Cathartic and jubilant, the Berryer Conference, an oratorical joust organized by the Secretaries of the Conference, hosted Arielle Dombasle at the Rond-Point theater.
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Jean-Baptiste Riolacci shares his perspective on the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession.
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In an op-ed in Le Monde, the partners of the firm question the misuse of pretrial detention, which affects nearly 20,000 people in France.
Roxane Best shares her advice as a lawyer, actress, and director on how to cultivate charisma with ease and authenticity.
Jean-Baptiste Riolacci delivered a speech in tribute to the great lawyers who have passed away recently during the solemn opening of the Paris Bar.
Roxane Best secured, after one year of pretrial detention, the placement under judicial supervision of a police officer charged with selling confidential files.
Louise Hennon is defending one of the individuals involved in the criminal investigation related to the attack that occurred on October 16, 2024, in Brussels.
Louise Hennon and Roxane Best are assisting a Michelin-starred chef in relation to the accusations he faces regarding alleged hazing incidents.