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Lawyer and financial investment adviser (FIA): compatibility and limits
By Raphaël MORENON12 August 2025As a privileged confidant at key moments in our personal and professional lives, lawyers are often confronted with questions that go beyond the strictly legal framework to touch on finance and wealth. The dividing line between legal advice and investment recommendations can seem very fine. It was to provide a framework for this second activity that the status of financial investment adviser (FIA) was created, a regulated profession designed to protect savers. The question of the compatibility of the lawyer's robe and the FIA hat is far from anecdotal: it raises fundamental ethical and practical issues. This article explores the possibilities, limits and incompatibilities of this dual positioning, drawing on our expertise in banking and financial law. Lawyers and financial investment advisers: a possible ancillary activity Financial regulation has been designed to clarify roles and protect investors. In this context,...
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> The practice of seizing propertyA practical, chronological and exhaustive study of the implementation of a property seizure procedure.
We put all our expertise to work to achieve a simple objective: to prevent a property seizure.
Governance and internal organisation of the Banque de France
The Banque de France has a unique institutional architecture. Its recent development reflects its integration into the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the adaptation of its governance to European requirements. Management bodies Changes in the Monetary Policy Council The Monetary Policy Council (Conseil de la politique monétaire - CPM), created by the...When a court decision lapses: understanding the practical issues involved
Obtaining a ruling in your favour is only the first step in a long legal process. Without constant vigilance, a court decision, even a final one, can lose all its value and authority. Lapse is one of those formidable technical concepts that punishes inaction or failure to act.Lapse of documents initiating proceedings: pitfalls and consequences
Filing a document initiating proceedings entails procedural risks that are sometimes overlooked. Lapse is one of these, and is a formidable penalty for negligent litigants. This 'death' of an initially valid legal act can occur as a result of specific rules that all litigants should be aware of. What is nullity? Lapse...The Judicial Agent of the State: history and essential missions
Behind the media trials involving the French State lies a little-known but fundamental institution: the State Judicial Agent (AJE). This body has been defending the financial interests of the Republic for more than two centuries. It plays a decisive role in balancing public finances and representing the State before the courts...Repeat auctions: mechanism and consequences
1. Principle and definition of the reiteration of bids Terminological evolution: from "folle enchère" to reiteration The reiteration of bids replaced the term "folle enchère" when the seizure of property procedure was reformed by Order no. 2006-461 of 21 April 2006. In the past, this term referred to...Electronic auctions - procedures and particularities
1. Legal framework for electronic auctions Legal definition Article L. 321-3, paragraph 1, of the French Commercial Code defines an electronic auction as "the act whereby an agent offers an item for remote public auction by electronic means in order to sell it to the highest bidder". This...Enforcement in the context of collective proceedings and overindebtedness
You have a writ of execution and your debtor is not paying. The way forward seems clear: seize the debtor's assets, bank accounts or income. But the opening of collective or over-indebtedness proceedings changes all that. These mechanisms, designed to deal with the overall debts of a debtor in difficulty, often place the debtor...Auctions: players and procedures
To understand auctions in their entirety, it is essential to be familiar with their principles and definitions. More specifically, sales by auction are governed by a precise legal framework. The players and procedures vary depending on whether the sale is voluntary or legal. Here's what you need to know about...Provisional enforcement: definition, basis and distinction from final enforcement
In a legal environment where procedural deadlines are getting longer and longer, provisional enforcement is a decisive tool for litigants. This option allows creditors to obtain satisfaction without waiting for the final outcome of a dispute. What is provisional enforcement? Provisional enforcement is defined as "the right granted to the successful party...Proceedings before the JEX: what happens at a hearing?
Mastering the procedure before the enforcement judge (JEX) is a decisive asset in winning your case. This specialised court, created by the law of 9 July 1991, deals with all enforcement disputes. Its procedure is governed by specific rules that you should be familiar with to avoid any pitfalls.
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