Compliance and Regulatory

Our team covers the following fields:

Export control and foreign investment

• Military goods and related items, explosives, dual-use goods and services, embargoes and international sanctions; ITAR and EAR regulations,
• Foreign investment,
• Security and defence activities, protection of vital infrastructures (OIV & OSE).

Compliance and business ethics

• Prevention of corruption (French law “Sapin 2” and “Vigilance” law) and money-laundering (Tracfin); transparency and conflicts of interest at both French and international levels (US FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OECD); whistle-blowing schemes.

Product Safety and Product Compliance

• Safety requirements, marking and labelling, European regulations REACH, RoHS, WEEE, etc.

Data privacy and cybersecurity

• Due diligence, GDPR compliance programs (processing records, privacy policy, IT policy, subcontracting with Data Processor, Cloud Act coordination, etc.).

European and regulatory matters

• Legal and regulatory monitoring, interpretation and implementation of new French and European regulations (GDPR, Package Travel Directive, Egalim law, etc.).

The lawyers in the Compliance & Regulatory team are involved in various industries:

• Healthcare (pharmaceutical and medical devices, clinical trials, cosmetics…);
• Agri-food (mass-market retailing, agribusiness, plant protection products, GMOs…);
• Information technology (communications, cryptology, cybercrime, data privacy…);
• Aerospace and defence (military goods and related items, dual-use goods, drones…);
• Energy (nuclear, wind, solar, geothermal, biofuels…);
• Education and higher education (institutions, courses, diplomas, e-learning…);
• Travel agencies, airline companies and tourism.