Franck Guiader

Franck Guiader is Head of FinTech and Innovation at Gide Loyrette Nouel, where he leads the firm's practice in digital finance, fintech, AI, and Web3. He advises public and private companies and institutions on development projects requiring technology-specific legal structuring, covering areas including blockchain, security tokens, ICOs, stablecoins, NFTs, the metaverse, roboadvisors, crowdfunding, and AI. The practice has been ranked Band 1 in the Chambers FinTech Legal Guide for five consecutive years from 2022 through 2026.

Guiader is a member of the AMF's Asset Management and Institutional Investors Consultative Commission and of the Technological Innovations and Regulatory Developments Committee of the French Asset Management Association (AFG), where he also chairs the AFG's Artificial Intelligence Working Group. Since July 2024, he has served as Independent Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Groupama Asset Management. Prior to joining Gide in 2018, he was Division Director at the AMF from 2011 to 2018, responsible for asset management regulation and for the fintech, innovation and competitiveness division. His earlier career included roles in investment banking, asset management, and stock exchange. He holds degrees in business law, finance, and mathematics from the universities of Paris Panthéon-Assas and Paris Cité, and from Neoma Business School.