Pierre d'Ormesson

Pierre d'Ormesson is a Partner at DLA Piper in Paris, where he focuses on financial services and fintech regulatory matters. He advises French and foreign banks, financial institutions, payment institutions, asset managers, funds, fintechs, and corporates on French and EU financial regulatory aspects applicable to their deals and activities in France. His areas of practice include licensing and change of control procedures for regulated entities, regulatory exemption procedures, payment and investment services, prudential and resolution issues, AML-CTF, ESG, outsourcing, and crypto and digital assets services matters.

On digital assets specifically, d'Ormesson has advised a cryptocurrency platform on its launch in France and its expansion into the European market, and has spoken on the regulation of digital assets at the France & Compliance Conference, addressing topics including MiCA, DAC8, and AMLR at the Palais Brongniart in Paris. He contributed to the Haut Comité Juridique de la Place financière de Paris (HCJP) report on Decentralised Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Prior to joining DLA Piper in October 2024, d'Ormesson spent approximately eight years at Clifford Chance in Paris, where he worked in banking and financial regulation and later as a senior associate in financial regulations and fintech, with a six-month secondment to the international financial regulation team in London. He previously served as President of the Legal Committee and member of the board at Adan, the French and European web3 industry association, from October 2023 to October 2024. He holds an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master 2 in Financial Law from Université Paris XI and ESCP Europe, an MS in Law and International Management from ESCP Europe, and a Master in International Business Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is admitted to the Paris Bar.