Areas of Practice
- EU Customs & Export Control
- EU Law
- EU Regulatory Compliance
- EU Trade
- Insurance & Reinsurance
- International Trade & Investment
- Litigation
- London & Brussels Insurance, Reinsurance, & Regulatory Practice
- Reinsurance Litigation, Arbitration, & Counseling
Education
- New York University, Master of Comparative Jurisprudence, 1987
- College of Europe Bruges, Belgium, Masters in the Law of the European Communities, 1984
- University of Nantes, France, Law Degree, 1982
Admitted
- Avocat, Member of the Paris Bar
- Avocat, Member of the Brussels Bar (E list)
Guy Soussan
Partner
Avenue Louise 240, Box 5B-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 Group. With more than 17 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 also advises multinational clients on all aspects of customs law including customs valuation, rules of origin, preferential regimes and post clearance recovery of customs duties.
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.
Noteworthy & Success Stories
- Euromoney Expert Guide (2007)
News, Seminars & Events
- Guy Soussan Joins Brussels Office
- The EU Consultation on the Insurance Block Exemption
- The European Commission report on business insurance: what happens next?, November 13, 2007
- Guy Soussan at Finite & Structured Risk (Re)Insurance Conference, April 22, 2006
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- June 23, 2008, Insurance Day
- June 6, 2008, Insurance Day
- May 2008
- April 29, 2008, Insurance Day
- April 25, 2008, Insurance Day
- Opinions on antitrust proposals sought by European CommissionApril 21, 2008, Business Insurance Europe
- April 2008
- March 7, 2008
- Distribution of Insurance Contracts Conference, Luxembourg, March 18, 2008
- Maintaining the domiciling of a captive in any favourable EU jurisdiction, Luxembourg Rendez-Vous, February 20, 2008














