Ilana BELKESSAM

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2022, Ilana Belkessam holds a Master II in Business Law and a Magistère in Business Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

During her studies, she completed several internships at leading criminal defense lawyers at the firms Kiejman & Marembert, ABPA Avocats, and Bougartchev Moyne Associés.

She was also trained by magistrates from the Economic and Financial Division of the Paris Judicial Court's Investigation Department and the Sentence Enforcement Department of the Fort-de-France Judicial Court.

Ilana Belkessam joined Céline LASEK as soon as she passed the Bar exam before accompanying her in the creation of GOSSET LASEK ESCLATINE in January 2025.

She specializes in general criminal law, white-collar crime, press criminal law, and sentencing enforcement law.

She is a member of the Association des Avocats Pénalistes (Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) and the A3D (Association of Lawyers for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights).

Ilana Belkessam works fluently in both French and English.