Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Partner

Margot Sève works on cases involving complex cross-border compliance and enforcement matters. These representations include the resolution of proceedings involving French and U.S. regulatory agencies and prosecutors relating to corruption, economic sanctions, money laundering, terrorism financing, market manipulation, financial fraud and competition laws.

Ms. Sève also frequently advises clients on their compliance programs and risk assessments, as well as on matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, such as sanctions, corruption, money laundering and banking regulation due diligence. She also has counseled clients on compliance matters and conducted investigations in a variety of industries, such as financial and professional services, technology, media and telecommunications, manufacturing and natural resources.

Ms. Sève has extensive experience engaging with French and other local laws in the context of cross-border reviews (e.g., the French blocking statute and data protection, trade secret and employment laws).

Ms. Sève edits the “White Collar Crime and Compliance” chronicle in the Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier (Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Law Review) and is a published author. In particular, Ms. Sève has written dozens of articles on compliance, enforcement and financial regulation, as well as the book La Régulation Financière Face à la Crise (“Financial Regulation in the Face of the Crisis”).

Ms. Sève also teaches internal investigations and co-manages the Compliance MBA of the Financia Business School.

J.D., University of Paris II - Pantheon Assas, 2007 Ph.D., University of Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2012 M.A., HEC School of Management, 2010 M.A., Columbia University, 2009 M.B.L., University of Paris II - Pantheon Assas, 2008