In an interview with INSPIR’ MEDEF Paris magazine (Issue 81, August/September 2026), our co-managing partners Catherine Saint Geniest and Karl (Hepp) de Sevelinges look back at Jeantet’s identity, growth, and the trends reshaping today’s business landscape. In an environment driven by corporate internationalization, geopolitical tensions, the rise of artificial intelligence, and increasingly complex risks, business […]
DORA, CRR3/CRD6, AML6/AMLR, artificial intelligence, crypto-assets… In a constantly evolving regulatory environment, banking, financial, and insurance players are facing major transformations. In an interview with La Revue Banque, Martine Samuelian and Olivier Lyon Lynch, partners in the Banking, Finance & Insurance Regulatory practice, share their analysis of the key challenges currently shaping the sector and […]
Our partner Jean-François Adelle has published an in-depth analysis in the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (July 2026), examining how France’s transposition of the CRD VI Directive reshapes the landscape for cross-border lending by third-country institutions. Enacted through Ordinance No. 2026-255 of 8 April 2026, the reform sets forth the new framework […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
In a context of increasing geopolitical and economic uncertainty, companies must anticipate the impact of crises on their contractual relationships. In Option Finance, Joséphine Hage Chahine and Ali Baydoun, Counsels and Co-Heads of Jeantet’s Middle East Desk, analyse the key contractual mechanisms available to parties facing exceptional circumstances: force majeure, hardship and Material Adverse Change […]
Middle East Desk
| CRIMINAL BUSINESS LAW | CRIMINAL LAW
Following the European Commission’s letter of formal notice dated 27 March 2026 regarding France’s failure to transpose the CRD VI Directive by the deadline of 11 January 2026, France swiftly adopted Ordinance No. 2026-255 dated 8 April 2026, published on 9 April 2026. The Ordinance clarifies and completes the draft transposition framework, following review by […]
| BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
Longtemps cantonnée à la protection des consommateurs dans les secteurs de la consommation courante, l’action de la Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCRF) s’étend désormais de manière significative au secteur bancaire et des paiements. A la croisée du droit de la consommation et de la régulation […]
Paris
The draft French ordinance transposing the CRD VI Directive is on track! Jean-Francois Adelle and Chuanyu Fan examine the impact on non-EU institutions providing cross-border lending in France, highlighting in particular the new set of exemptions from the French banking monopoly, including reverse solicitation. This News Flash streamlines : • The new framework applicable to third-country institutions […]
The French insurance market showed upward momentum in 2025. In life insurance, flows reached an exceptional level in the first half of 2025, with net inflows into redeemable products exceeding the amount collected for the whole of 2024, while in non-life insurance, the increase in premiums (+5.4%) exceeded that of claims (+2.3%), improving technical profitability. […]
Paris
The Middle East continues to transform at an unprecedented pace. With bold regulatory reforms, strategic investments in energy, transport, and technology, and a strong drive to diversify Gulf economies, the region remains a key player on the international stage. Discover our MENA Legal & Market Overview – Second Semester 2025, featuring insights from Joséphine Hage […]
Publication by Guillaume Fornier, partner. Read the article: here
| CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY
Plus de 66.000 procédures encore ont été ouvertes sur douze mois à fin février, selon la Banque de France. Read the article: here
| RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY