Guy Soussan

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Avenue Louise 240, Box 5
B-1050 Brussels
TEL: +32 2 626 0535
FAX: +32 2 626 0510

Mr. Soussan is a partner in the Brussels office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and a member of the firm's Insurance and International Regulation and Compliance practice groups. 

Insurance

With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Soussan has advised extensively on EU regulatory, legal, tax, antitrust, international trade and compliance issues for insurers, reinsurers, captives, intermediaries and other financial sector entities in all classes of insurance and reinsurance (life, health, property and casualty, etc.).  He assists leading international financial groups in pursuing a pan-European expansion strategy and trade associations in securing effective implementation of Single Market rules.

Prior to joining Steptoe, he established and led the EU insurance regulatory practice of another leading law firm in Brussels. 

He maintains close contacts with the European institutions and national supervisory authorities and is a frequent contributor to insurance industry and legal publications and a regular speaker at international conferences.

Export Control

Mr. Soussan advises clients on various aspects of EU and French export controls and sanctions regulations, including controls and licensing regimes for both military and commercial products and technologies. He has conducted internal compliance audits, provided assistance on company compliance programs, and counseled clients on the application of the rules to specific transactions. He also provides assistance on EU data protection and privacy issues, including in the context of internal investigations and regulatory compliance. In addition, he advises multinational clients on all aspects of customs law including customs valuation, rules of origin, preferential regimes and post clearance recovery of customs duties.

Noteworthy

• Rapporteur Solvency II, in the Financial Services and Company Law Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
• Euromoney Expert Guide (2007)

Select News & Events

• EU Insurance Webinar - The New Insurance Block Exemption Regulation, April 12, 2010, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Commercial Risk Insurance Features Guy Soussan
• The EU Savings Tax Directive: Latest Trends and Developments, IFE, Luxembourg, November 25, 2009
• Toward a "Mifidisation" of the life insurance sector, IFE, Luxembourg, November 24, 2009
• Guy Soussan speaks at annual conference of European Risk Managers (FERMA) in Prague, October 6, 2009
• Regulatory Equivalence is key to Bermuda Insurers Competing in EU market
• Presentation at the Bermuda Captive Conference: Solvency II on the Horizon: Impact on EU and Bermuda - Domiciled Captives, June 24, 2009
• Presentation to the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR): Solvency II on the Horizon - Issues and Challenges for non-EU (Re)Insurers, June 23, 2009
• Philip Woolfson and Guy Soussan address Luxembourg life insurance sector on cross-border insurance issues, November 25, 2008
• Presentation on Solvency II and Other Regulatory Issues – “The Perfect Storm” at the 18th World Captive Forum in Palm Springs, November 18, 2008
• Presentation to the Association of Luxembourg Insurers (ACA): "Luxembourg Insurers and the Single Market - EU regulatory developments"
• Presentation on "Relevant EU Regulatory Issues" at the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Annual Meeting in Milan, April 10, 2008

Selected Publications

• International Law Advisory - Swiss Bank to Pay $536 Million Fine in Largest Ever U.S. Economic Sanctions Penalty
  December 22, 2009
• EU acts to increase legal protection for life investors
  November 20, 2009, Insurance Day
• European block exemption plan worries insurance industry
  October 19, 2009, Business Insurance
• Industry reacts to the EC's proposals for BER changes
  October 9, 2009, Insurance Day
• CFI Ruling on National Preconditions for EU Measures to Freeze Funds of Individuals Suspected of Terrorism
  October 8, 2009
• European authorities issue regulatory overhaul plans
  October 2, 2009, Insurance Day
• Implementation of Reinsurance Directive into Belgian law
  September 2009, Belgian Reinsurance Law Briefing
• International Law Advisory – New EU Ruling on the Freezing of Funds of Individuals Suspected of Terrorism
  September 14, 2009

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