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Brexit – Reminder from the French regulator to UK financial institutions on their obligations towards customers residing in France

By Bénédicte Denis (FR) on Posted in Banking, Banking, Brexit, Brexit, France, Insurance, Insurance, United Kingdom
On 4 January 2021, the French regulator (the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution – ACPR) issued a press release reminding UK authorised financial institutions (including those located in Gibraltar) of their obligations towards customers residing in France. As of 1 January 2021, European law is no longer applicable in the United Kingdom (UK). … Continue Reading

Brexit – France clarifies the form and content of the information to be provided by UK insurers to their French insureds and policyholders following Brexit – Update

By Bénédicte Denis (FR) on Posted in Banking, Brexit, Brexit, France, Insurance, United Kingdom
As mentioned in our previous post published in April 2019, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance passed a decree dated 22 March 2019 (the March 2019 Decree) implementing the provisions of the ordinance n°2019-75 of 6 February 2019, introducing a contingency plan for the financial services sector in connection with the withdrawal of the … Continue Reading

France clarifies the form and content of the information to be provided by UK insurers to their French insureds and policyholders following Brexit in the event of a no-deal

By Bénédicte Denis (FR) and Orsolya Hegedus (FR) on Posted in Brexit, Brexit, Brexit, France, Germany, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
On 22 March 2019, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance passed a decree (the Decree) implementing the provisions of the ordinance n° 2019-75 of 6 February 2019, introducing a contingency plan for the financial institutions sector in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) (the Ordinance). As … Continue Reading

Paris Brexit Financial Institutions’ seminar & cocktails – 12 February 2019

By Bénédicte Denis (FR), Roberto Cristofolini (FR), Hannah Meakin (UK), Jochen Vester (UK) and Noleen John (UK) on Posted in Brexit, Brexit, France, Seminars and webinars, United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce that our Financial Institutions (FI) team will hold a Brexit seminar in February 2019 in Paris. The objective of the seminar is to create awareness of the impact on the European financial institutions industry doing business in the UK after Brexit. Our Paris and London FI experts will give an overview … Continue Reading

Special alert: The French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority and the French Financial Markets Authority are simplifying and speeding up licensing procedures in the context of Brexit

By Bénédicte Denis (FR) and Roberto Cristofolini (FR) on Posted in Brexit, Brexit, France, United Kingdom
The French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (Autorité du Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, or ACPR) and the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers, or AMF) have announced a joint initiative intended both to reassure certain British institutions (including British subsidiaries of other institutions) as to the possible consequences of a “hard Brexit” … Continue Reading
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