Viguié Schmidt & Associés is often mandated by companies’ senior executives and board of directors to assist with AMF investigations. The firm is involved in many of the market’s most high-profile cases, spanning insider trading offences and other stock-market breaches. Yves Schmidt and Nicolas Viguié are highly experienced. The arrival of experienced partner Daniel Villey (ex VGG) is another strong addition.
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Key clients
- AB Science
- H2O LLP
- Rallye
Work highlights
- Defending AB Science’s CEO in proceedings before the AMF for insider trading.
- Defending H2O LLP’s CIO in proceedings before the AMF and now Conseil d’Etat for failure to comply with professional rules.
- Assisting the safeguard committee of Rallye’s board of directors and Rallye’s independent members of the board (three independent directors) in the course of the proceedings by AMF related to the information provided to the market.
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Yves Schmidt, Nicolas Viguié