2024-2025 Global AI Trends Guide
Dr. Sébastien Gros
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, French, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Who's Who Legal, 2014Sébastien Gros is considered an 'authority in the insurance arena', a 'confident and able' practitioner who is 'highly sought after by leading banking and insurance groups'
Sébastien Gros, a partner in the firm's Paris office, leads the Financial Institutions Practice Group within the Corporate & Finance practice. Regarded as one of three leading individuals in the European regulatory and corporate field, he is dedicated to helping financial services and insurance industry clients. Sébastien also has in-house counsel experience, working directly for several clients on a short-term basis, including a leading French banking group.
French and foreign financial institutions rely on Sebastian’s solutions-focused approach to domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including share acquisitions and disposals, assets and business transfers, portfolio transfers, joint ventures, and group reorganisations. His clients include banks, e-money and payment institutions, investment services providers, insurers/reinsurers, and other regulated entities across the financial and insurance services industry. His support includes non-transactional financial services and insurance to these same institutions as well, such as the setting up of new businesses, licensing and conduct of business requirements, marketing and distribution of products, and product regulation.
Sébastien graduated from University of Freiburg (1995-2000), Paris Sorbonne (LL.M., 2002-2003) and Dresden (Doctor of Laws, 2008.) He qualified as a Rechtsanwalt (Germany) in 2002 and was admitted to the Paris bar in 2006.
Legal 500 EMEA, 2015 (Band 1 – Insurance)Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP's 'outstanding compliance and regulatory practice' led by the 'dedicated' Sébastien Gros, has 'profound knowledge' in the insurance area.
Representative experience
Advising a French banking group on the reorganisation of its insurance and reinsurance activities across several jurisdictions.
Advising a UK banking group on the disposal of its employee savings scheme business (épargne salariale) in France to a French credit institution.
Advising a French-based insurance group on the cross-border restructuring of its fine art insurance activities in France and Germany.
Advising a U.S. oil and gas corporation on the disposal of its downstream subsidiaries in Central, North and West Africa.
Advising a French banking group on the setting up of its insurance mediation business in several European countries in compliance with Directive 2002/92/EC on insurance mediation.
Advising a global leader in worldwide money transfer services on the implementation of Payment Services Directive 2007/64/EC in France and the reorganisation of its French business operations to comply with this directive.
Advising a leading French-based insurance group on the distribution of an innovative life insurance (investment related) product in 14 jurisdictions throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North and South America.
Advising French and EU prepaid card issuers on French e-money and payment services regulations, including passporting issues and the impact of E-money Directive 2009/110/EC and Payment Services Directive 2007/64/EC.
Credentials
Education
- Dr. iur., Doctorate in Law, Dresden University of Technology, 2006
- LL.M., University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2003
- Second State Exam in Law, University of Freiburg, 2002
- First State Exam in Law, University of Freiburg, 2000
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Germany
- Paris
Memberships
- Centre de Professions Financières, Paris
- Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris
- German French Lawyers Association (DFJ/AJFA)
- InternationalAssociation Insurance Law (AIDA), Paris
Recognition
Events
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 (1 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. BST)