Overview
Louis is a Senior Associate in the Financial Regulation Group based in Paris. He has 10 years of working experience at Magic Circle law firms and financial institutions, advising financial services area and FinTech companies such as credit institutions, insurance undertakings, investment firms, payment services providers, crypto-asset services providers, banking and insurance intermediaries … on a wide range of financial services and regulatory issues.
More specifically, Louis expertise covers advising clients on the regulatory aspects of transactions involving financial institutions (creation and licensing of institutions, change in control, transfer of activities); advising financial institutions on governance, prudential, conduct of business, marketing of products, provision of services … issues; and assisting financial institutions as part of investigations conducted by and/or disciplinary proceedings before French regulatory authority ACPR.
Louis is recognised as “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers since 2023 in the Banking and Finance practice for France.
Work highlights
- Vitruvian Partners in the acquisition of Flowbird group, leading global integrated parking and transportation solutions provider;*
- Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in its equity financing of Groupe Premium;*
- Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in the sale of a majority stake in its wholly owned reinsurance company subsidiary CCR RE to a consortium led by SMABTP;*
- General Atlantic on the acquisition of a minority stake in Spendesk;*
- Permira on the acquisition of a minority stake in GoCardless;*
- Siaci Saint Honoré and Burrus group in their combination to create an independent European leader in insurance consulting and brokerage;*
- CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in April SA, a French listed company, and its insurance consulting and brokerage network;
- AnaCap in its acquisition of the retail banking, insurance and asset management businesses of Barclays in France.
*Deals conducted at different law firms than Linklaters.
Professional experience
2025 to date: Linklaters, Paris
2020-2025: Freshfields, Paris
2016-2020: Linklaters, Paris
2012: Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Education and qualifications
Louis graduated from Université Nancy II (Magistère de juriste d’affaires), ESSEC Business School and King’s College London (LLM) before taking the Paris bar exam at Université Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne.
