Guy Soussan

Partner

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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's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers (2008, 2010, 2011)

Select News & Events

• “Solvency II on the Horizon – Remaining Challenges,” Annual General Meeting of the International Alliance of Asbestos and Pollution Reinsurers (IntAP) in Cologne, December 7, 2011
• “The UK Life Insurance Market” and “European Regulatory Developments,” IFE Life Insurance Conference, November 30, 2011
• Risk.net Quotes Guy Soussan on Solvency II Uncertainty for Risk Managers
• Commercial Risk Europe Features Guy Soussan on FERMA Forum Solvency II Discussions
• “Shaking Up the European Insurance Market Through Regulations Workshop,” FERMA Risk Management Forum 2011, October 4, 2011
• AmCham Connect Highlights Brussels Office
• “US and Global Insurance Regulation: Solvency and Systemic Risk Developments,” American Insurance Association, May 25, 2011
• Guy Soussan Speaks at the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers: "Implications of Omnibus II for Recognized Third Countries", March 30, 2011
• Commercial Risk Europe Quotes Guy Soussan and Yves Botteman on the European Commission's New Collective Redress Consultation
• Insurance Day Quotes Philip Woolfson and Guy Soussan on European Court of Justice Gender Ruling
• IFE Benelux Life Insurance Conference, January 25, 2011
• Commercial Risk Europe Quotes Guy Soussan on the European Commission's New "Transitional Regime" Approach to Solvency II Equivalence

Selected Publications

• New US Sanctions on the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions
  February 7, 2012
• EU Enhances Sanctions, Targeting Iranian Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Financial Sectors
  January 27, 2012
• Reinsurance Update
  August 2011
• Reinsurance Update
  June 9, 2011
• EU and US Must Agree on Global Supervision Rules
  May 6, 2011, Insurance Day
• New EU Libyan Sanctions Target Oil and Gas and Clarify Scope of Exemptions
  April 21, 2011
• Reinsurance Update
  April 18, 2011
• EU Extends List of Parties Subject to Libya Sanctions
  March 16, 2011

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