France

The National Law Review covers wide range of French domestic and cross-border legal matters of concern to international businesses, including banks and financial institutions, private equity, real estate and venture capital funds, public agencies and entities, and other business concerns.

Many of the NLR's French law thought leadership is authored by French attorneys in Paris and other locations in France and the E.U., and adresses both inbound French law matters and outbound legal matters and the interplay of French, U.S., E.U. and other legal systems.

Areas of French law addressed include: mergers and acquisitions; private equity; banking and finance; derivatives and market infrastructure; projects and infrastructure: restructuring and insolvency; real estate; environmental, nanotechnology, health and safety; pharma, tax; E.U. and French competition law; French public and administrative law; commercial litigation; global disputes; intellectual property; information technology, cybersecurity and data protection; supply chain; block chain;  employment law and benefits and other legal concerns.  Our French legal news includes matters of concern to  a number of industries, including automotive, oil and gas, energy, tech companies, mining, chemicals, nanomaterials, pharma, financial services, telecommunications and many more.

The NLR covers legal news concerning:

• the French Supreme Court;
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID);
• Euronext Paris;
• CFIUS Filings;
• EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
• the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL);
• the French Competition Authority;
• the French National Drug and Health Product Agency  (ANSM);
• the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); 
• the French Monetary and Financial Code; 
• the French financial markets authority Autorité des marchés financiers; 
• the French Minister of the Economy;
• French Law relating to Transparency, the Fight against Corruption and Modernization of Economic Life, (Sapin II Law);
• the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de resolution;
• the French Treasury and French supervisors (Banque de France, Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de resolution, and Autorité des marches financiers) and the interaction between French law and E.U., U.S.and other jurisdictions legal systems.