Marc Bonnant (born 24 October 1944 in the Canton of Ticino,[1] Switzerland) is a Swiss lawyer, famous for his oratorical art (in French).

He is the son of a diplomat;[2] in 1959, he moved to Geneva and learned French.[1] Marc Bonnant is Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and received the Prix du rayonnement français (in 2007).

In the 1980s, Marc Bonnant defended Licio Gelli. In 1987, Bonnant brought Gelli (who was under international arrest warrant) back to Geneva in his private car to surrender to justice.[3]

According to the Panama Papers, Marc Bonnant is or was director of at least 176 off-shore shell corporations (registered through Mossack Fonseca, with customers such as Khulubuse Zuma).[4][5]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 « Régis Debray et Marc Bonnant », Le Temps, Thursday 16 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Myriam Meuwly, « Marc Bonnant, avocat, fils de Delia et Georges », Le Temps, Saturday 17 June 2000.
  3. ↑ Marie Maurisse and François Pilet (1 June 2023). "À jamais 10h25 [podcast]". swissinfo.ch (in French). Swissinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Titus Plattner, Catherine Boss, Christian Brönnimann and Pascale Burnier, "Comment des avocats genevois exploitent les failles de l'offshore", Tribune de Genève, 6 April 2016 (page visited on 6 April 2016).
  5. ↑ Florian Delafoi, "C'est à Cologny qu'on s'intéresse le plus au scandale des « Panama Papers »", Le Temps, 8 April 2016 (page visited on 8 April 2016).
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