Financial Services
Identifying the regulatory framework best suited to your business, securing the distribution of your financial products
We advise and assist companies operating in the financial sector (e.g. FinTech and portfolio management companies, investment service providers, start-ups, etc.), in France and abroad, with all the regulatory issues impacting their business activities in France, including authorisations and passport procedures, the structuring and distribution of investment funds or marketing of financial products.
We also advise foreign investors on the regulations applicable to foreign direct investments screening in France.
- Analysing the structuring of professional real estate investment funds (OPPCIs) and professional private equity investment funds (FPCIs)
- Drafting investment fund documentation (bylaws, regulations, subscription forms, etc.)
- Negotiating contractual documentation with investors (side letters, investment agreements, etc.)
- Financial Markets Authority (AMF) procedures (marketing notifications, licensing and authorisation procedures)
- Drafting and negotiating the necessary agreements to carry on an investment management business (distribution agreement, discretionary mandates and financial delegation management)
- Investor side: auditing investments and negotiating side letters
- Licensing and authorisation procedures (banks and credit institutions, investment services and payment service providers)
- European passporting procedures
- Licensing or authorisation exemption procedures (gift cards, etc.)
