As one of the leading financial services law firms in France, we have compiled the first in a series of regular market updates on the latest enforcement trends of the French prudential and resolution authority (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…
Whistleblowing in France
France has always been, for historical reasons, not keen on introducing whistleblowing – a concept more akin to Anglo-Saxon practices! The transposition of the fourth “capital requirements directive” (CRD IV) under French law has, however, required the French legislator to…
Rule change on the requirement to appoint a centralizing agent for the marketing of foreign AIFs in France
Under French law, the marketing in France of EU alternative investment funds (AIFs) by EU alternative investment funds managers (AIFM) under the European passport required the appointment of a centralizing agent (correspondant centralisateur). Following the amendment of the General Regulation…
The best student award in financial services – Results of the 2015 Edition
The fourth edition of the best student award in financial services was held on Thursday, 17 June 2015. Candidates for the oral presentation were selected from those who had successfully passed written examinations in May 2015. Finalists were given 15…
Chambers Europe 2015 : Jean-Baptiste Poulle and Nicolas Spitz ranked among the top ten French leading lawyers in Financial Services Regulation
Spitz & Poulle ranked as one of the top regulatory law firms
New French Algo trading rules
The new French algorithm trading rule is a forerunner to the algorithmic trading strategy notification requirements in the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and is intended to advance by two years the European-wide rules that…
Arut Kannan joins Spitz & Poulle as partner
The French regulatory boutique Spitz & Poulle announced that Arut Kannan has joined the firm as a partner in its growing financial and banking regulatory and litigation practice in Paris. Founded in 2011 by two former Freshfields lawyers, Spitz &…