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Amélie Champsaur

Amélie Champsaur

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Amélie Champsaur’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and investigations, particularly in the financial sector.

Amélie leads the firm’s EU financial regulatory practice and is active in the fast developing area of EU-level financial regulation, advising EU and non-EU banks, infrastructures, sovereigns, investment funds, and other market participants on a broad range of matters, including prudential regulation, governance and compliance (including cyber-security), bank resolution, state aid in the financial sector, and derivatives regulation, in the context of M&A, capital markets transactions, emerging risks, ESG, as well as enforcement and litigation.

She has also advised clients on the cross-border aspects of U.S. regulatory reforms, enforcement, and litigation matters, including on privacy matters.

Career

Amélie joined the firm in 2003 and became a partner in 2012. She was a resident in the New York office from 2005 to 2006.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Bar of Paris.

Personal

Harvard Law School

LL.M.

2005

Université de Paris IX - Paris-Dauphine

D.E.S.S.

2001

Université de Paris XI - Paris-Sud

Maîtrise en Droit

2001

Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Paris)

H.E.C.

2000

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Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance - Italy

Expertise Based Abroad
Italy, expertise based abroad in France

Individual Editorial

Amélie Champsaur of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is based in Paris and has an excellent standing in the Italian financial service regulatory market. She is an active adviser on mergers and acquisitions of regulated entities, as well as on cryptocurrency matters pertaining to EMIR, MiFID and other regulations.

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