Blockchain and finance: the great convergence

Anne Maréchal is a Partner at De Gaulle Fleurance, where she focuses on financial markets law, crypto-asset regulation, and blockchain technologies including decentralized finance (DeFi), security tokens, and tokenization projects. She advises French and international companies, startups, and financial institutions on securing licenses and authorizations from financial regulators and on regulatory compliance for crypto-asset services. Her practice positions De Gaulle Fleurance as a reference firm for digital assets and blockchain matters. She is ranked Band 2 in the Chambers FinTech 2026 guide under FinTech Legal – France, and is listed in The Legal 500 2026.

Before joining De Gaulle Fleurance in September 2022, Maréchal served for eight years as Director of Legal Affairs at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and was a member of its executive committee. In that capacity, she participated directly in developing the crypto-asset regulatory framework introduced under the French Pacte Act, a framework that subsequently informed the European MiCA regulation. The AMF received recognition from the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) for its approach to digital asset regulation. Earlier in her career, she held positions at the Ministry of Economy and Finance — in the tax legislation and competition divisions — and at leading French and Anglo-Saxon law firms. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999. She holds a degree from the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA, Promotion Léon Gambetta, 1993), a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in Community Law from Paris I – Sorbonne (1988), and a master's degree in private law from Lyon III (1982).