Ngoc-Hong Ma

Financial Regulation Group

Ngoc-Hong is a Partner in our Financial and Regulation Group (FRG) in Paris. She has more than 15 years’ experience in Financial Regulation.

Ngoc-Hong advises large banks, brokers-dealers, asset managers, insurance companies on complex regulatory compliance matters under French and EU laws as well as on regulatory investigations and enforcement matters, in particular with the French banking and insurance regulator, the ACPR.

She notably advises financial institutions on the implementation of numerous EU regulatory reforms initiatives such as MiFID II, CRD IV/CRR, CRD V/CRR II, UCITS, AIFMD, PRIIPS, IFD/IFR, AML IV/AML V, ESG transition and regulations and impact of Brexit for most of the banking clients of the firm.

Ngoc-Hong has developed particular expertise advising investment funds, private equity houses and banks on the financial regulatory environment around funds and fund management.

She also has unique expertise advising financial institutions on regulatory remuneration rules and has extensive experience in M&A transactions involving financial institutions groups.

Ngoc-Hong holds a post-graduate degree (Master 2) in Anglo-American Business Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a post-graduate degree (Mastère) in Law and International Management from HEC Paris.