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Pierre d’Ormesson

Partner
Paris
About

Pierre d'Ormesson is a financial services and fintech regulatory partner based in Paris.

Pierre advises leading French and foreign banks, financial institutions, payment instutions, asset managers and funds, Fintechs and corporates on the French and EU financial regulatory aspects applicable to their deals and business in France.

Furthermore, Pierre has significant experience in licensing and change of control procedures for regulated entities, regulatory exemption procedures, payment and investment services, prudential and resolution issues as well as AML-CTF, ESG, outsourcing and crypto/digital assets services matters.

Areas of FocusFinanceMergers and AcquisitionsFinancial ServicesFintechFinancial Services Regulatory

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising AXA Investment Manager Alts on its merger with BNP Paribas AM.
  • Advising GLAS and its shareholders on the French aspects of its sale to Oakley Capital and La Caisse.
  • Advising StoneX on the regulatory aspects of its acquisition of Plantureux et Associés.
  • Advising a major French asset management on its partnership with a Belgian bank to offer retail investment products.
  • Advising a US BNPL leader in expanding its activities in Europe.
  • Advising an international financial institution for the setting up of a cross-border custody activity on crypto-assets.
  • Advising a leader in funds administration services in setting up a branch in France.
  • Advising a US leading electric car manufacturer with its leasing documentation in France.
  • Advising a EU-based financial institution on all French AML, fraud, freezing of assets rules.
  • Advising a Swiss private wealth group on establishing a MiFID II compliant services documentation.
  • Advising a third country branch bank on its CRD6 strategy.
  • Advising a cryptocurrency platform on its launch in France and its expansion into the European market.
Languages
  • French
  • English

AWARDS

  • Recognized among the 2026 recipients of the “40 Who Are Shaping the Future of Law” ranking by the Institut Choiseul for his practice at the intersection of law, finance, and innovation.
Education
  • University of California, Berkeley, Masters of Laws, LL.M.

  • Université Paris XI / ESCP Europe, Master 2 Financial Law

  • ESCP Europe, MS Law and International Management

  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-La Sorbonne, Master International Business Law

Publications and media

  • ESMA suggests amendments to the DLT Pilot Regime to make it permanent and attractive, 10 July 2025
  • European DLT Pilot Regime under review – Recent developments in the EU, 26 May 2025
  • French DDADUE law establishes a legal regime for pledging crypto-assets, 20 May 2025
  • The Savings and Investments Union: Exploring the European Commission's New Plans for Capital Market Integration in the EU, 13 May 2025
  • The Savings and Investments Union: Exploring the European Commission's New Plans for Capital Market Integration in the EU, 12 May 2025
  • Option Finance, La stratégie d’investissement de détail (RIS) : une opportunité réglementaire pour mobiliser l’épargne des ménages européens, 14 April 2025
  • Application of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA): Key considerations, 28 February 2025
  • La stratégie européenne d'investissement de détail (RIS) : comment s'orientent les évolutions du marché des investisseurs de détail, 25 February 2025
  • EU crypto-assets regulatory framework: application of the landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), 13 January 2025
  • AMF Adopts ESMA Guidelines on ESG and Sustainability-Related Fund Names, 20 December 2024
  • Haut Comité Juridique de la Place financière de Paris (HCJP), Report on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO), member of the working group, May 2024
  • HCJP, Report on the EU MiCA Regulation, member of the working group, January 2024
  • Interview : « La Commission européenne lance l’euro numérique sur de bons rails », Wansquare, June 2023

Seminars

  • Transatlantic business: Strategic and legal insights for French–American relations, 09 September 2025
  • Transatlantic Business Perspectives: Navigating US Geopolitical, Regulatory, and Enforcement Shifts, Including the New FCPA Guidance, 24 June 2025
  • Forum ESG DLA Piper 2025
  • The Big Whale, The Future of Wallets, 22 March 2024

Prior Experience

  • Before joining DLA Piper, Pierre d'Ormesson practiced in an international law firm in Paris and London.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • President of the Legal Committee and member of ADAN (French/European association for digital assets and Web3) board of directors, 2023/2024
  • Member of Global Digital Finance (GDF) MiCA working Group
  • Member of AmCham France

My latest insights

Publication

France implements CRD6: key changes to banking market access and supervision

10 April 2026

News

DLA Piper advises AXA Investment Manager Alts on BNP Paribas merger

22 January 2026

Publication

The Revised Capital Requirements Directive (CRD6): Key considerations ahead of its...

18 December 2025

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