ECHR building

“I swear, as a lawyer, to perform my duties with dignity, conscience, independence, integrity and humanity.”

Yegor Boychenko

Legal services

Attorney Yegor Boychenko provides legal assistance in the following areas of French and international law:

Criminal law - defence at every stage of criminal proceedings

Attorney Yegor Boychenko uses all lawful means of defence to protect his clients in criminal proceedings.

  • Defence during police custody (garde à vue) and any extension of detention by the prosecutor for up to 48-72 hours, including assistance during arrest, first questioning and confrontation.
  • Defence during judicial investigation (instruction) before the investigating judge, including questioning, confrontations, searches and other investigative measures, and the filing of applications in the client's interests.
  • Defence regarding pre-trial detention and alternative measures, including applications for release, house arrest, electronic monitoring, judicial supervision and lifting of restrictive measures.
  • Defence in C.R.P.C. – comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité proceedings, the French guilty-plea procedure.
  • Defence before French criminal courts and appeals against criminal judgments.
  • Representation during the enforcement and adjustment of sentences before the juge de l’application des peines (JAP), including conditional release and other sentence-adjustment procedures.
  • Criminal defence of minors and representation before the tribunal pour enfants / juge des enfants.

Customs law - transport and declaration of cash

  • Legal advice on the rules governing the transport and declaration of cash when entering or leaving France.
  • Representation and defence before French customs authorities in cases involving undeclared cash and temporary seizure of funds.
  • Preparation of documents proving the lawful origin and intended use of transported funds.
  • Legal assistance aimed at obtaining the return of temporarily seized funds.
  • Negotiations with customs authorities, including out-of-court settlement, reduction of penalties and return of seized funds.
  • Representation before investigating authorities and criminal courts where proceedings are opened in connection with undeclared cash, including allegations of blanchiment or blanchiment douanier.

Family law - representation in divorce and family proceedings

  • Divorce by mutual consent.
  • Judicial divorce proceedings, including divorce on acceptance of the principle of divorce, divorce for fault and divorce based on definitive alteration of the marital relationship.
  • Representation before the Juge aux affaires familiales (JAF) regarding children's residence and contact arrangements.
  • Parental authority and child maintenance matters.
  • Applications concerning restrictions or prohibitions on a child's departure from France (OST / IST).
  • Representation in proceedings concerning maintenance obligations towards dependent parents.

Refugee status - OFPRA / CNDA

  • Assistance in preparing an asylum application and supporting documents for submission to OFPRA.
  • Preparation for the OFPRA interview and legal assistance throughout the procedure.
  • Analysis of an OFPRA refusal decision.
  • Preparation and lodging of an appeal against an OFPRA decision before the Cour nationale du droit d’asile (CNDA).
  • Representation and defence of the applicant at the CNDA hearing.

European Court of Human Rights

  • Preliminary consultation and assessment of the prospects of an application to the European Court of Human Rights.
  • Assessment of admissibility requirements and exhaustion of effective domestic remedies.
  • Preparation of the application form and legal submissions in accordance with the Court's requirements.
  • Preparation and lodging of an individual application with the European Court of Human Rights.
  • Representation of the applicant after communication of the case to the respondent Government.
  • Preparation of written observations and replies to the respondent Government's submissions.
  • Applications for interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court where appropriate.
  • Conduct of cases in English, French, Russian and Ukrainian.

INTERPOL and extradition

INTERPOL

  • Requests to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files (CCF) for access to information processed concerning the applicant.
  • Preparation and submission of requests for deletion of international wanted-person data, including Red Notices and Diffusions.
  • Preparation and submission of preventive requests to INTERPOL aimed at preventing the publication of a Red Notice or circulation of a Diffusion concerning the applicant.
  • Requests for temporary restriction or blocking of contested data where appropriate.
  • Requests for priority or urgent consideration where justified.
  • Requests for revision of a previous CCF decision where new circumstances exist.
  • Submissions in cases where an international alert may be politically motivated or otherwise contrary to INTERPOL's rules.

Extradition

  • Defence of persons detained in France in connection with an international wanted-person alert or a foreign extradition request.
  • Representation in extradition proceedings before the chambre de l’instruction.
  • Preparation of the legal defence and supporting documents opposing extradition.
  • Assessment of potential human-rights violations in the requesting State.
  • Preparation of expert reports concerning violations of domestic law and human rights in criminal proceedings in the State requesting extradition.