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Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

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Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. has a high-level dedicated team that assists clients facing AMF regulatory and disciplinary investigations. The team has a strong involvement alongside leading French and international asset management firms which it assists during AMF’s asset management regulatory compliance audit and stock-market abuse investigations. The practice is also retained by CEOs, traders and individual investors and can also act for listed companies (notably in the biotech sector) in AMF-led investigations into stock-market breaches including market manipulation, financial information communications issues and insider trading. A former member of the AMF, Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry is a is a top name in the field. Other contributors include white-collar expert  Bruno Quentin and asset management experts Stéphane Puel and Benjamin Delaunay. Counsel Marie Robert-Schmid is also noted.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great expertise, excellent knowledge of business and in particular of the asset management ecosystem. Great creativity and high adaptability. Excellent team.’
  • ‘Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry is simply remarkable and has surrounded himself with young lawyers of very high quality. ’
  • ‘The multidisciplinary team is made up of former AMF investigators, lawyers, but also forensic and financial experts, which makes it possible to approach the defense on equal terms with the AMF investigation teams. The use of forensic software and secure clouds allows clients to benefit from the same tools as the stock market regulator. The team is particularly responsive and available to respond quickly and efficiently to an investigation. ’
  • ‘Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry: his experience as a former AMF investigator and his perfect knowledge of the mysteries and methods of the agency add to his expertise in stock market law.’
  • ‘In addition to extremely advanced technical expertise in the regulatory field, the quality of their response with oriented pragmatic solutions is a constant of their intervention. Their advice makes it possible to build a strategy on a very solid legal foundation. Furthermore, the team has leading expertise in regulatory litigation.’
  • ‘Benjamin Delauney has a keen sense of advice and is truly a trusted advisor.’
  • ‘Team with exemplary professionalism, available, attentive.’
  • ‘Benjamin Delaunay: a knowledgeable professional of very high quality. Benjamin, beyond his very high level professional qualities, has particularly appreciable human qualities: good listening, available, perfect mastery of subjects.’

Key clients

  • Amundi
  • Caceis
  • Natixis

Work highlights

  • Assisted a French leading asset management company in negotiating a settlement agreement with the French financial markets authority (AMF) in relation to the accuracy of published information on the investment strategy of a former range of index funds, including a compensation process for the unit-holders.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry

Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Admitted to the Paris bar in 2004, partner Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry specialises in pre-action claims and litigation cases, more specifically in financial markets, corporate and business criminal law. Jean-Philippe acts in particular in finance-dominated disputes before civil, commercial and criminal courts. He also assists clients in the implementation of internal investigations or in the context of enquiries, inspection or disciplinary proceedings initiated by financial regulators. His main fields of expertise are: In civil and commercial law: - Post-acquisition litigation and shareholder disputes - Liability of banking and financial institutions - Liability of auditors and accountants In law enforcement: - Market abuse (insider trading, price manipulation, dissemination of false information) - Property crime (fraud, breach of trust, misappropriation of company funds, money laundering) - Liability of issuers - Disciplinary liability of investment service providers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry, Benjamin Delaunay, Stéphane Puel, Olivier Diaz, Bruno Quentin

Other key lawyers

Marie Robert-Schmid