About Drakensberg

Drakensberg is a boutique international law firm serving corporates (multinationals and SMEs) and development organizations (multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, UN agencies, development/oversight agencies, impact investors, philanthropic foundations, non-profits and NGOs) exposed to integrity risks.

Drakensberg helps them prevent, and respond to, these risks through a three-fold service, combining integrity compliance, investigation and legal advisory.

The firm was built on the unique experience of its founder, Benoit Doublet, a lawyer admitted to the Paris and New York Bars with prior investigative and compliance experience at international level.

Benoit Doublet

Work experience:

  • Member of the Paris and New York Bars

  • Investigator (various United Nations agencies)

  • Investigator and Compliance Counsel (World Bank)

  • Legal Intern (Parquet National Financier, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Avocats)

Originally from a corporate and public sector background, Benoit Doublet’s career took a decisive turn in 2014 after a transformative year working with development organizations, primarily in Africa.

Since then, Benoit has gained extensive investigative and compliance expertise in various national and international settings, leveraging his academic and professional background at the intersection of law, public affairs, and corporate management.

Benoit’s experience gives him rare, insider insight into regulators’ integrity standards, investigative processes and compliance expectations. He is undoubtedly one of the few French attorneys with such investigative background and hands-on experience navigating these frameworks from the inside.

Benoit is particularly familiar with the African continent, having served as Investigator for various UN agencies’ West and Central Africa teams, and worked in over 10 African countries on fact-finding missions and development projects over the past 11 years.

He is also certified in intelligence and interviewing techniques by the French National Training Center for Judicial Police, and in SEAH investigations by CHS Alliance. He is fluent in French and English.

Education:

  • HEC Paris

  • Sciences Po Paris

  • Sorbonne University

  • Berkeley Law School (specialization in International Law)