Career
In 1995, Yves Botany was nominated by Jacques Toubon, then Minister of Justice, as prosecutor of Nanterre. He directed the courthouse of Le Mans and worked as a counsellor to Pierre Méhaignerie at the Ministry of Justice. Between October 2002 and October 2004, he was procureur (head of the prosecution) of the Paris Court of large claims (Tribunal de grande instance).
Since 2006 he is Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.
