MIFID, compliance, dematerialisation, Basel II, deregulation, disintermediation, removal of barriers. The financial sector is changing rapidly and radically, and the banking and insurance businesses are changing as well in response to their new economic and regulatory environment. Banks and other financial institutions, thrown into the spotlight on the world economic stage and exposed to increasingly fierce competition, must be able to adjust and anticipate. Support from experts in the legal and tax aspects of their business are crucial to their ongoing development.
With more than 80 years of experience, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has been giving legal advice and assistance around the world through its offices in Europe and its CMS network (France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Spain, Hungary, Serbia Montenegro, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine), in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay), in Africa (Morocco), in Asia (China) and North America (USA).
Our Practice areas
We offer clients the unique combination of comprehensive expertise for the benefit of financial institutions.
Our team has the expertise in complex matters like:
- licensing of credit institutions
- assistance in the reporting of a branch or representative office
- support to a US credit institution in connection with the setting up of its France / France to France / UK PWM operations
- support to a French credit institution with the setting up of its operation as a plateform for management products
- advising on the rules of conduct applicable to banking services
- negotiating financing documents and their sureties
- internal control and ethics support
- litigation (civil, criminal, disciplinary)
- marketing and distribution of banking services
- passporting
Our approach:
- Co-ordinating our expertise: we call on the skills of other specialists in the firm, particularly tax experts, to provide an efficient and comprehensive service that covers all banking and finance transaction and regulation issues.
- Ability to handle complex matters: our team has the expertise to handle innovative cross-border transactions, involving our partners in the CMS network whenever necessary.
- Providing innovative, customised solutions: we listen carefully to our clients to find the right solution to their current needs and anticipate their future ones.