For his appeal trial, mining magnate Beny Steinmetz surrounded himself with leading members of the Swiss bar. Beny Steinmetz's appeal trial opened in Geneva on Monday 29 August.

Convicted in 2021 by the Swiss justice system for corruption in mining projects supposed to transform the economy in Guinea, he denies his involvement. In his defense this time, he changed his strategy and reconstituted his entourage. He will try to have the sentence pronounced by the Swiss justice system overturned in January 2021, condemning him to five years in prison, accompanied by a fine of 50 million Swiss francs (around 52 million euros) for “bribing public officials” for mining projects in Guinea. In his defense this time, the Israeli businessman changed his strategy and reconstituted his entourage.

He offered himself the services of Masters Daniel Kinze and Christian Lüscher, two tenors in the Swiss Bar. Steinmetz, determined not to fall The former, a specialist in economic criminal law, is described by Le Temps as, “an outstanding technician,” a “fearsome procedural officer, who has a quasi-scientific approach to problems.” The second - who is also a politician - is also known for numerous successes in court. Renowned for having intervened in complex cases, such as that of a wealth manager during the storm Madoff, they will have the difficult task of “proving” Steinmetz's claimed innocence in this corruption case in Guinea.