Christophe Boucherie

Christophe has 20 years of international legal experience in corporate, financial services and investment management, gained through practice in multiple jurisdictions (France, Luxembourg, UK).

His expertise covers UK/EU financial services and funds regulatory matters, including advising asset management firms on licensing issues, product regulations and governance and cross-border distribution/marketing of investment funds (EU/UK/Asia).

His broad experience also includes advising on the creation, approval and launch of UK/EU retail investments funds, and some of the regulatory aspects of the restructuring of investment fund businesses. He also previously advised fund sponsors and management companies in their ad-hoc interactions with financial supervisory authorities in connection with product disclosure requirements and regulatory audits/investigations.

Christophe regularly advises investment managers or financial institutions on all ESG-related matters in both the UK and the EU, including firm/product disclosures and reporting. He also gained previously an extensive experience in-house advising on the setting-up and distribution of ESG-funds and leading his team on the full implementation of EU SFDR and Taxonomy regulations across multiple international fund ranges (90+ funds) in several jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Stephenson Harwood, he spent over a decade in various senior in-house legal roles as Head of Legal, International Products & Global Fund registrations at a global asset management group and Head of Legal, Fund Services at a large investment bank. Before his in-house experience, he worked for several years as an associate in the investment management group of a magic circle law firm and the M&A/Private equity practice of a leading US law firm.

Christophe is dual qualified in England & Wales (Solicitor) and France (Avocat à la Cour).

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