Founded in Paris in 1920, Gide is a leading international law firm with 12 offices spread throughout the world.
Gide is physically present in six regions of the world, with 11 offices, enabling it to act on cases globally.
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Gide 255 director Franck Guiader is an expert in advanced technologies, digital finance and the regulation of innovations (marketplaces, blockchain, security tokens, ICOs, stablecoins, roboadvisors, crowdfunding, AI). In this capacity, he advises both public and private institutions and companies on their development projects requiring the integration of technology-related specifics in their legal structuring.
Franck is also a key player in the development of the Paris financial market, for which he has established several working groups on financial regulation and developing attractiveness. Franck has in particular steered the work of the "FROG" group for the development of asset management, and "UNICORN" for the development of digital assets in France
Franck began his career as a financial analyst at Lazard in 2001 and was involved in debt restructuring and government advisory assignments. He then joined BNP Paribas as an institutional account manager and took part in the development of new investment services. In 2006, he joined the Strategy & Business Development Department of the NYSE-Euronext group at the time of its merger.
Between 2011 and 2018, he successively held the position of Director of the Asset Management Regulation Division within the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers - AMF), and then established and headed its Fintech, Innovation and Competitiveness division. He also led the AMF-ACPR Fintech Forum with the prudential authority.
Franck holds a Master's degree in banking and finance and a Master's degree in financial techniques from the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas. He is also a graduate of the University of Paris René Descartes in applied mathematics, and of Neoma Business School.
He teaches European regulation and its impact on advanced technologies at the Institut de Haute Finance and the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne.
