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Nicolas Spitz

Nicolas Spitz is one of the leading regulatory lawyers in Paris. He is a specialist in financial regulatory matters and has been involved in some of the most important transactional regulatory matters in France recently. He has developed significant expertise on regulatory requirements relating to derivatives and structured products (EMIR). Nicolas also represents banks and financial institutions in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings before the ECB/AMF/ACPR and judicial disputes before the French courts. He has held teaching positions at leading French universities or at ESSEC Business School and has also published extensively on financial markets and banking regulation. · Spitz Poulle Kannan

FranceBanking & Finance, Financial Services RegulationFrench, English

About

Regulatory lawyer based in Paris at Spitz Poulle Kannan, specialising in financial regulatory matters with significant expertise on derivatives and structured products (EMIR). Represents banks and financial institutions in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings before the ECB, AMF and ACPR and in judicial disputes before French courts; has held teaching positions and published on financial markets and banking regulation.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceFinancial Services RegulationRegulatory/ComplianceLitigationDerivatives & Structured Products

Office

Expertise

Derivatives (EMIR)Structured ProductsRegulatory Investigations & EnforcementBanking & Financial InstitutionsTransactional Regulatory MattersFinancial Markets & Banking Regulation

Education

  • PhD on the indemnification of investors’ damages caused by market abuses
  • Sciences-Po Paris
  • London School of Economics — MSc in Accounting and Finance
  • Master in Banking and Financial Law, University of Paris II

Admissions

  • Paris Bar

Languages

FrenchEnglish