At Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, the public law and regulatory team handles strategic regulatory issues linked top M&A deals involving top banks and financial institutions including advising on ACPR and prudential clearing. It also provides guidance to French and international credit institutions on various banking regulation. Henri Savoie, counsel Jean-Baptiste Aubert and associate Guillaume Griffart are the key contacts.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The regulatory team at Darrois combines great knowledge and practical applicability in their approach to complicated matters. It is a pleasure to work with them.’
  •  ‘High availability.’
  •  ‘A very available and competent team.’
  •  ‘Henri Savoie is an excellent lawyer and truly oversees a matter in all its complexities.
  • ‘Guillaume Griffart is a pleasure to work with and knowledgeable beyond his years of experience.’
  • ‘Very efficient and solution orientated; pragmatic approach; very responsive.’
  • ‘Guillaume Griffart is very clear, pragmatic, and has good technical knowledge.’

Key clients

  • Société Générale
  • BPCE
  • Natixis
  • La Banque Postale
  • Fédération nationale du Crédit Agricole/Crédit Agricole SA
  • Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
  • Milleis / AnaCap
  • SAS Rue La Boétie
  • Crédit Logement

Work highlights

  • Advising on the acquisition by ALD of LeasePlan for 4.9 billion euros.
  • Advising on the reorganization of the partnership between CACF and Stellantis in the leasing sector.
  • Advising SAS Rue La Boétie on the increase of interest in Crédit Agricole SA’s share capital.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Henri Savoie

Other key lawyers

Jean-Baptiste Aubert, Guillaume Griffart