Steptoe LLP

Insurance & Reinsurance, Export Controls, Economic Sanctions, Financial Services

Partner - Guy Soussan has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on EU and international reinsurance regulatory issues. He advises insurers and reinsurers, captives, and intermediaries on EU regulatory, legal, tax, antitrust, international trade, and compliance issues. In this role, he has assisted leading European and non-European groups in setting up and conducting business in Europe in order for them to benefit from the EU’s Single Market rules in insurance. Guy also focuses on prudential supervision of EU and international reinsurance undertakings under Solvency II, where he frequently provides advice on governance, the setting-up of new structures, group supervision, and the treatment of third-country groups.

Additionally, Guy advises EU and French export control regulations, including controls and licensing regimes for military, commercial products, and technologies. He also provides advice and assistance with EU economic sanctions targeting specific countries such as Iran, Libya, Syria, and most recently, Ukraine, and Russia. His experience covers a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, banking and insurance, petroleum and petro-chemicals, aerospace, and defense.

Avocat, Paris Bar Avocat, Brussels Bar (E list)

English and French

Member, AmCham EU, Financial Services Sub-Committee

New York University, 1987, Master of Comparative Jurisprudence College of Europe, 1984, Masters in the Law of the European Communities University of Nantes, 1982, Law Degree