Practice Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Financial Institutions and Services
  • Insurance law
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Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Financial Institutions and Services
  • Insurance law
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WSG Practice Industries

WSG Leadership

  • Banking & Finance Group - Member
  • Dispute Resolution Group - Member
  • Insurance/Re-Insurance Group - Member

Profile

Olivier Lyon Lynch has developed a practice dedicated to players in the banking, financial and insurance sectors.

On the banking and financial side, he assists them in any legal disputes they may encounter with their partners or customers. In this respect, Olivier has acted on behalf of numerous credit institutions and asset management companies in litigation cases involving fraud (Ponzi schemes, payment fraud, identity theft, etc.).

He also assists financial institutions in disciplinary proceedings (AMF and ACPR).

Olivier regularly advises credit institutions, payment and investment service providers, fintechs and intermediaries on their regulatory obligations (licensing, internal control, anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, governance, distribution, etc.).

On the insurance side, Olivier has been assisting insurance companies and intermediaries for over 15 years with legal disputes against their partners or arising from the implementation of insurance guarantees.

He also assists them in disciplinary proceedings before the ACPR's Enforcement Committee.

Olivier also advises players in the insurance sector on regulatory matters and transactional operations (mergers & acquisitions, sales of insurance or brokerage portfolios, etc.).

He also provides training for professionals, teaches at universities and regularly publishes in various specialized journals.

Bar Admissions
2008

Education
Master in English and North American Business Law - University of Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I), 2005-2006
Master in International Trade Law - University of Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I), 2004-2005

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Financial Institutions and Services
  • Insurance law

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