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Mélanie Poirrier

Senior Associate | Avocat à la Cour

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CMS DeBacker Luxembourg
Rue Charles Darwin 5
L-1433 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Languages English, French

Mélanie is a Senior Associate in CMS Luxembourg Banking & Finance, Regulatory and Insurance practices. 

She advises Luxembourg and international banks, financial services providers as well as insurance and reinsurance undertakings and intermediaries in Luxembourg and European regulatory matters.

Prior to joining CMS Luxembourg, she has worked for more than two years in the banking & finance/ insurance & reinsurance law department of a top-tier Luxembourg law firm. She provided legal advice to regulated entities (credit institutions, investment firms, insurance and reinsurance undertakings).

Mélanie has been admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 2020.

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Education

  • 2020 – Complementary courses in Luxembourg Law "CCDL", Ministry of Justice, Luxembourg
  • 2018 – Master II in Banking and Financial Law, University of Strasbourg, France
  • 2017 – Master I in Business Law, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • 2016 – Bachelor in Law, University of Strasbourg, France
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03/04/2024
Modernisation of the Luxembourg law on the insurance sector: what’s new...
On 2 April 2024, the law of 29 March 2024 modernising the Luxembourg insurance sector was published in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the “Law”). The Law will enter into force...
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11/03/2024
Adoption of MiFID 3 and MiFIR 2 to enhance transparency on markets in financial...
On 8 March 2024, Regulation 2024/791 amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (MiFIR) and Directive 2024/790 amending Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID 2) on markets in financial instruments were published in the...
07/03/2024
AML/CTF Package
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06/03/2024
Knowledge on information and communication technology and security are...
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15/02/2024
CSSF publishes updated money-laun­der­ing/ter­ror­ist financing risk assessment...
On 7 February 2024, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, “CSSF”) released the updated Private Banking Sub-Sector money laun­der­ing/ter­ror­ist...
25/01/2024
CAA clarifications on the notion of insurance intermediary in the context...
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