Winston Attorneys Join Technology Leaders at Paris Blockchain Week Summit and France Fintech’s R:Evolution

On April 15, Winston Paris Corporate Chair Jérôme Herbet, Partner Sara Susnjar, and Associate Annie Maudouit joined technology leaders at the Paris Blockchain Conference hosted by the French Ministry of Economy and Finance during the Paris Blockchain Week Summit.

The event gathered worldwide prominent blockchain actors together with representatives of the French securities and market authority (AMF) and the French government. Three panels were dedicated to blockchain’s impact on the global economic order, opportunities for the financing of companies, and the creation of innovative products and services within the finance community. Panelists all agreed on the need to regulate without “killing innovation.”

On April 9, Annie also attended the Fintech R:Evolution forum organized by France Fintech at Station F, the world’s largest start-up campus. The event hosted innovative French fintech companies, major banks, insurance companies, investors, regulators, and French government representatives.

While young regtech, insurtech, and other fintech companies pitched investors on new ideas, panelists and keynote speakers gathered on the main stage to discuss AI challenges and innovations in the finance sector, hacking and blockchain as tools to ensure cybersecurity, and how to grow European leaders in the fintech industry.

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