About

Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel

With 30 years of experience in financial regulation, our team of over 30 lawyers assists financial institutions throughout all stages of their development, whether in transactional matters, advisory services or in the context of administrative or judicial litigation. Through our in-depth knowledge of regulations, we enable our clients to anticipate the constant changes in the rules governing their activities.

Our added value:

  • Recognised expertise built on a long-standing position in this business sector, able to draw on the firm’s operational teams in financing and M&A.
  • Changeable team size offering our clients flexibility and high levels of response, whatever the nature and complexity of the files.
  • Covers all fields of expertise in financial services (investment services, asset management, insurance products, FinTech, banking services), whether in transactional, litigation, lobbying or advisory matters.
  • In-depth understanding of all the new challenges facing the financial industry (alternative lenders, blockchain, FinTech, SRI and the consequences of Brexit).
  • Close relations with the French (ACPR and AMF) and European (European Commission) authorities, as well as with professional associations, enable the team to be closely involved in the development of standards in the financial field. 


Chambers Review

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Financial Services Regulation - France
1
Band 1
What the team is known for

The firm is also recognised for its prominent activity in the financial services regulatory field, advising credit and financial institutions on M&A and the structuring, licensing and management of investment funds. The lawyers have further activity assisting banks with banking regulations and issues surrounding AML and MiFID, in addition to advising on state-guaranteed loans issued in the context of COVID-19.

Work Highlights

Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel
  • Gide advised Apollo on all regulatory requirements in the context of its acquisition of a minority stake in Sofinnova Partners worth EUR1 billion.

Notable Practitioners

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Stéphane Puel
2
Stéphane Puel
2
Band 2

Stéphane Puel is noted for his broad expertise in regulatory mandates. He primarily acts on the regulatory aspects of fund management, including distribution agreements. He additionally advises clients on their relationship with the French regulator.

"Stéphane has great responsiveness and strong skills."

Guillaume Goffin
U
Guillaume Goffin
U
Up and Coming

Guillaume Goffin is noted for his regulatory advice on fund management activities, including AMF licensing. He also assists financial institutions with regulatory aspects in the context of M&A transactions.

"He has a very good knowledge of many areas, including tax and finance. He is always very on top of his work and is responsive too. He always finds time for us."

"He is extremely reactive and available, and that is much appreciated. Also, he is very good technically and he had the time to respond to all our specific questions. He made real progress where others hadn't before and didn't leave any stone unturned, in order to provide practical guidance for our team to take the commercial decisions."

Ranked Lawyers at
Gide Loyrette Nouel

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France

Financial Services Regulation

Stéphane Puel
2
Stéphane Puel
2
Band 2
Guillaume Goffin
U
Guillaume Goffin
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Benjamin Delaunay

Nicolas Capelli

Olivier Bernardi