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Beny Steinmetz: The allies working to shield the tycoon’s business empire

By Mathieu Olivier

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Posted on March 20, 2021 01:50

Switzerland Steinmetz Court © Lawyers Camille Haab, left, and Marc Bonnant, right, lawyer for Israeli businessman and diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz, at center, leaving the courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 22, 2021.  (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Lawyers Camille Haab, left, and Marc Bonnant, right, lawyer for Israeli businessman and diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz, at center, leaving the courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 22, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

In his international legal battle with George Soros, Beny Steinmetz is assisted by high-profile lawyers and communications advisers, while his loyal allies manage his affairs with discretion. Read on for an in-depth look at the Franco-Israeli businessman’s contacts.

This is part 4 of a 4-part series.

Beny Steinmetz, 64, is no doubt in the midst of fighting the hardest battle of his life. After a Geneva court sentenced him in January to five years in prison for bribery, the Franco-Israeli tycoon now spends the better part of his days perfecting a legal strategy as part of various efforts to disprove the accusations levied against him and clear his name.

In London, New York, Rio de Janeiro and Geneva, his associates are working overtime to win cases, while the former diamond magnate patiently waits in his villa with a view of the Mediterranean. Surrounded by legal experts and PR specialists, he has kicked his network of contacts into high gear so as to salvage his reputation and business empire.

The protector

The leading Swiss lawyer is the strategist and architect behind Steinmetz’s legal actions, and the pair have been acquainted for four decades.

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