Regulatory Sanctions

Regulatory sanctions defence, AMF, ACPR and ANJ.

Whitepeak Law defends companies and executives in sanction proceedings before French financial and gambling regulators: AMF, ACPR and ANJ. From notice response through to hearing before sanction commissions.

Practices

Areas
of practice.

AMF sanction proceedings

Defence in AMF sanction procedures: response to investigation notices, management of examination proceedings, preparation of written submissions and representation before the AMF Enforcement Committee.

ACPR sanction proceedings

Defence in ACPR sanction procedures: response to inspection findings, management of formal investigation procedures and representation before the ACPR Sanctions Committee.

ANJ sanction proceedings

Defence in ANJ sanction and investigation procedures: response to notices, management of investigation findings and representation before ANJ sanction bodies.

Preventive regulatory risk management

Analysis of regulatory risk exposure before proceedings are initiated: compliance review, identification of vulnerabilities and implementation of corrective measures to mitigate sanction risk.

Clients

The parties we defend.

Companies under regulatory investigation

Regulated entities facing AMF, ACPR or ANJ investigations: management of regulatory dialogue, response to requests and defence strategy.

Executives personally targeted

Directors and executives personally named in regulatory proceedings: individual defence strategy, separation of personal and corporate defence where appropriate.

Companies seeking to prevent sanctions

Regulated entities that have identified compliance gaps: assessment of sanction risk, voluntary disclosure strategy and preventive corrective measures.

Companies appealing sanction decisions

Companies challenging regulatory sanction decisions before the Paris Court of Appeal or Council of State: grounds analysis, appeal preparation and representation.

Approach

A defence strategic and technical.

Regulatory and litigation expertise combined

Effective defence in regulatory sanction proceedings requires mastering both the substantive regulatory framework and the procedural rules of the sanction procedure. Whitepeak Law combines both.

Early intervention

The earlier defence counsel is involved, the better the outcome. Early involvement in investigations allows shaping the regulatory dialogue before formal proceedings begin.

Proportionate response strategy

Not every regulatory finding requires the same response. Whitepeak Law analyses each situation to determine the most appropriate strategy: cooperation, negotiation or adversarial defence.

Paris Bar·UCLA School of Law·MIT Sloan School of Management·White & Case·Allen & Overy·Former Partner, Beaubourg Avocats

Your regulatory sanction procedure.

Confidential first exchange to assess the regulatory situation, analyse the available options and define the best defence strategy.

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