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Charles Ducrocq
Spitz Poulle Kannan · France
Spitz Poulle Kannan
Financial Services & Regulatory Law · France
Charles Ducrocq is an associate (Avocat à la Cour, Paris Bar) at Spitz Poulle Kannan law firm, a French boutique specialised in banking and financial services. Spitz Poulle Kannan is a leading regulatory law firm advising international market players on their projects relating to France.
Charles advises French and foreign financial institutions on all areas of financial services regulations (banking activities, investment services, payment services, asset management, post-trading, insurance activities, derivatives, market infrastructures), including in the context of licensing applications and/or change of control. He also represents banks and financial institutions in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings before the ECB/AMF/ACPR and judicial disputes before the French courts.
In 2019, he was on secondment at Natixis (Paris) advising on Brexit related restructurings and reorganisations; he has also developed a specific expertise in the implementation of antibribery management systems (Sapin II law) within large French corporations. Recently, he has been heavily involved on projects relating to the marketing and distribution of investment products in France on a cross-border basis.
Prior joining Spitz Poulle Kannan, Charles developed his litigation experience in a prime French bank and in the banking litigation department of an international law firm. Charles also developed his financial regulatory knowledge at the French Treasury (Bercy) where he participated in the implementation under French law of the MIF II and UCIT V requirements.
Charles contributed to the book “MiFID II: A New Framework for European Financial Markets” published in 2019 by Spitz Poulle Kannan law firm in partnership with AMAFI (the French financial markets association).
In its 2020 Legal Awards edition, Finance Monthly awarded Charles as “Lawyer of the year – Banking & Finance (France)”.
Charles holds a Master’s degree in banking and financial law and a Master’s degree in business law (University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas).
French native speaker, Charles is also fluent in English.
Charles advises French and foreign financial institutions on all areas of financial services regulations (banking activities, investment services, payment services, asset management, post-trading, insurance activities, derivatives, market infrastructures), including in the context of licensing applications and/or change of control. He also represents banks and financial institutions in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings before the ECB/AMF/ACPR and judicial disputes before the French courts.
In 2019, he was on secondment at Natixis (Paris) advising on Brexit related restructurings and reorganisations; he has also developed a specific expertise in the implementation of antibribery management systems (Sapin II law) within large French corporations. Recently, he has been heavily involved on projects relating to the marketing and distribution of investment products in France on a cross-border basis.
Prior joining Spitz Poulle Kannan, Charles developed his litigation experience in a prime French bank and in the banking litigation department of an international law firm. Charles also developed his financial regulatory knowledge at the French Treasury (Bercy) where he participated in the implementation under French law of the MIF II and UCIT V requirements.
Charles contributed to the book “MiFID II: A New Framework for European Financial Markets” published in 2019 by Spitz Poulle Kannan law firm in partnership with AMAFI (the French financial markets association).
In its 2020 Legal Awards edition, Finance Monthly awarded Charles as “Lawyer of the year – Banking & Finance (France)”.
Charles holds a Master’s degree in banking and financial law and a Master’s degree in business law (University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas).
French native speaker, Charles is also fluent in English.
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