Bernard Tapie

Register entry

Bernard Tapie is recorded in this register under the heading “Court record”, in connection with the role of Businessman, former Adidas shareholder. The entry is filed to Paris (France), which is the location associated with the role in the published material rather than a statement of present residence or employment.

One of France's longest-running financial cases, concerning a €403m arbitration award later annulled by the civil courts. The register reproduces the substance of the linked source and does not extend it. Where a matter has been appealed, reopened, or closed without findings, that position is stated as the source states it, and the summary line for this entry reads: “Tried over the arbitration award paid from public funds in the Crédit Lyonnais affair; acquitted in 2019, with an appeal by prosecutors.”

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