Frank Martin Laprade

The importance of vocabulary in quasi-criminal matters

In 2021, the Enforcement Committee of the AMF (Autorité des marchés financiers) imposed a fine on a German company and ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation, Featured

Crypto-assets: France now has 10 MiCA-accredited players

The AMF (Autorité des marchés financiers) has just given the go-ahead to SG-Forge, Banque Delubac & Cie and Relai EU. From ...
/ Regulation

Sanctions and settlements: AMF records highest amounts in Europe in 2024

According to the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) second consolidated report on sanctions and settlements, the AMF ...
/ Press release, Regulation

The French Constitutional Council validates the GAFA tax: what are the implications for investors?

In its decision no. 2025-1157 QPC of 12 September 2025, the French Constitutional Council ruled that the ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

New measures to facilitate access to quotations

Against a backdrop of declining attractiveness for investors, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is continuing its efforts to facilitate ...
/ Press release, Regulation

Lise inaugurates Europe's first tokenised stock exchange

Co-founded at the end of 2017 and headed by Mark Kepeneghian, Lightning Stock Exchange (Lise) has just obtained its authorisation from the ACPR in the...
/ Innovation, Regulation

The AMF publishes the findings of its thematic inspections of the governance and role of management company executives

This new "SPOT" summary looks at governance and the role of management in five companies ...
/ Press release, Regulation

New legislation and debt collection

In a ruling handed down on 10 September 2025, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) clarified the conditions under which the ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

Label Finance Europe and Savings Union on the Eurogroup and Ecofin agenda

France will be represented in Luxembourg on Thursday and Friday by Roland Lescure. On these strategic issues, the resigning Minister for ...
/ Regulation

Eltif 2.0: Brussels urges Paris to open up its savings market

[Finascope news] The Eltif 2.0 regulation, which came into force on 10 January 2024, continues to apply with national variations ...
/ Regulation, Strategy