Sébastien Praicheux
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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Biography
Sébastien Praicheux is a financial services regulatory and derivatives lawyer based in Paris.
Sébastien has extensive experience in all aspects of banking and financial regulations and derivative products. He advises banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, payment institutions, fintech and corporates in this field.
Sébastien's experience includes licensing of banks, financial companies, investment firms, electronic money and payment institutions; exemption of corporations providing payment services; advice on regulatory capital and BRRD / resolution; advice on banking and financial laws and regulation; advice on derivatives, repurchase agreements and more generally investment services; advice on crypto-assets, crypto-currencies services, licensing of digital assets services providers and the setting-up of blockchain on various assets.
Professional experience
Collapse allPhD in Banking and Financial Law (Doctorat) – Paris II Assas (Les Sûretés sur les marchés financiers, awarded by Association "Droit et commerce" (Prix de thèse de l'association Droit et commerce) (published by Banque Editeur).
LLM (Master 2) in Business Law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (1996).
- Legal 500 EMEA France, Banking & Finance: Bank regulatory - Band 3, 2024, 2023
" An efficient, available, responsive and very competent team. Sébastien Praicheux stands out for his listening skills, his professionalism, his experience and his technical skills."
"The quality of service from the Sébastien Praicheux's team is exceptional: speed, proximity to the client, relevance of the advice and very high availability. Easy to contact and extremely warm." - Chambers Specialist Guide - FinTech France / FinTech Legal - Band 3, 2024, 2023
"Sébastien Praicheux is an expert on banking regulation. He also writes regularly on developments in digital assets."
Sébastien is the author of numerous publications on banking and financial regulation and capital markets and is a regular speaker at conferences.
- TechCannes 2024
- Sébastien has been appointed in 2024 as an associate lecturer at Panthéon-Assas Université
- Advisor to the Diversité du Cinéma Français (DCF)
- Contributor and co-chair of the Collateral committee of the French AMAFI
- Member of the French Crypto Asset’s Lawyer Association
- French
- English
- Spanish
- Italian
- Greek
Insights
Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector (DORA): 10 things to know
Publication | October 2024
Regulation Around the World: Anti-money laundering update
Publication | October 11, 2024
Regulating crypto-assets in Europe: Practical guide to MiCA
Publication | October 10, 2024