François Zimeray is one of the lawyers for Paul Watson :

“Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd organization, was arrested in Greenland on July 21. Japan is currently seeking his extradition based on a 2012 Interpol arrest warrant. Meanwhile, Watson’s attorney, François Zimeray, held an online interview with The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward to discuss the case.
In the interview, Zimeray, a French lawyer who also represented former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, argued, “We cannot expect a fair trial in Japan.” He indicated he intends to continue fighting in the Greenland courts to prevent Watson’s extradition to Japan. […]
Zimeray himself is a somewhat political figure. He is a former French ambassador to Denmark and lawer for ex-Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. During our interview, he argued, “Japan’s relentless pursuit of Watson far exceeds the severity of the charges.” (The Interpol warrant is based on charges of assault and obstruction for interfering with scientific whaling and causing property damage and personal injury.) “This is nothing more than political retaliation for challenging whaling,” Watson’s lawyer claimed […]”.

Jessica Finelle et François Zimeray sont les conseils de la famille de Tiphaine Véron, disparue le 29 juillet 2018 lors d’un voyage au Japon.

“Désormais, c’est le cabinet Zimeray & Finelle” qui accompagne les Véron. Il a travaillé pour Carlos Ghosn mais est spécialisé dans les enlèvements d’enfants entre deux parents de nationalités différentes.
“Nous avions besoin d’avoir une expertise internationale, notamment parce que tout ne passera pas par le pôle “cold case”, mais aussi grâce à l’ONU, à l’Union Européenne et à nos enquêteurs privés”, précise Damien Véron”.

After several months of a procedure under pressure, Jessica Finelle and François Zimeray, together with Etienne Arnaud, obtained from the Chambéry Court of Appeal a decision dated 30 March 2023 refusing their client’s extradition to Ukraine.

“It is clear that the junta’s goal is for her to die in prison,” French lawyers François Zimeray and Jessica Finelle who represent Suu Kyi, said in a statement.

Zimeray & Finelle Avocats has petitioned the UN and denounced Aung San Suu Kyi’s «judicial kidnapping », perpetrated by the Burmese military junta.

“The petition seeks for the UN to call on the US government to release Maxwell pending trial and to urge an independent investigation into her “arbitrary detention.” (…)
In addition to the jail conditions, Zimeray and Finelle argued that Maxwell will never be given a fair trial because she has been convicted in the court of public opinion — and that prosecutors have not tried to show she is presumed innocent.”

“For Fabien, it is the end of a long ordeal and for us a moving victory” , greeted in a press release his lawyers, Carole-Olivia Montenot and François Zimeray. “Four years of unjust and brutal detention that will mark him for life. This outcome owes everything to the obstinacy of its support, to legal rigor and diplomacy. Convinced of his innocence, we have never given in to the temptation of discouragement. For Fabien, it’s a new start. ”

“His lawyers, Mes Carole-Olivia Montenot and François Zimeray, welcomed in a press release “The culmination of a long struggle, in which the mobilization of public opinion was decisive”. (…) In April, Mes Montenot and Zimeray had raised for the first time publicly the case of their client, assuring that he had been “Victim of aggravated violence committed by a fellow prisoner”, who had inflicted on him in 2018 “Burns due to his homosexuality and his belonging to the Jewish religion”. (…)”

Interview de Jessica Finelle