Olivier Bernardi

Practice Areas

Olivier Bernardi is a partner in Gide's "Banking and Finance" team in Paris. His practice focuses on banking and finance law, with particular emphasis on the regulation of financial institutions and services.

He advises credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money institutions on the legislative and regulatory framework applicable to their business. He also assists and represents these financial institutions in litigation before the supervisory authorities (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and the courts.

Olivier deals in particular with issues relating to the structure of financial institutions, banking operations, investment services, payment services, banking technologies and the distribution of banking and financial products. He also advises regulated financial institutions on setting up their internal procedures and organisations, and regularly advises the French and European authorities on the drafting of banking and financial regulations or on specific issues.

Career

Olivier worked for the Treasury Department of the French Ministry of the Economy. He is a graduate of Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and holds the AMF's professional certification for market participants. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009.