Olivier Bernardi

Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution

Olivier Bernardi is a partner within Gide's Banking and Finance practice group in Paris. He specialises in banking and finance law, with particular focus on financial services.

Olivier advises credit and financing institutions, as well as investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money establishments on the legislation and regulations applicable to their activity. He assists and represents these financial bodies in dispute proceedings before the French supervisory authorities (French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) and French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)), as well as before ordinary courts of law.

In this regard, Olivier handles issues pertaining to the structure of financial institutions, bank operations, investment services, payment services, new banking technologies and the distribution of banking and financial products. He also advises regulated financial institutions on the implementation of their internal procedures (internal control and compliance, risk management, AML/CTF issues, international economic and financial sanctions).

He has extensive expertise in payment systems and services, and works with a number of companies in the sector.

He is regularly involved with the French (Ministry of Finance, ACPR, AMF) and European authorities (European Commission, European Parliament) as regards the drafting of banking and financial regulations, or certain specific topics.

French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) certification (score: 97/100) (2014) Master's degree in banking and finance law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (2005) Master's degree in business and tax law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University  (2004) Graduate of the Business Law Institute, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University  (2004) Master's degree in business law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University  (2003)