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Paris121 bis, rue de la Pompe, 75116 Paris, France

Luxembourg30, rue Marie-Adélaïde, L-2128 Luxembourg

Xavier Périnne

Founding partner (Avocat au barreau de Paris)

Founder of the firm, Xavier Périnne advises life insurers and their distribution networks, in France and Luxembourg.

xperinne@affinalegal.com +33 1 58 36 08 41 Contact card (vCard)
Xavier Périnne
Bar admissions
  • Paris Bar (sworn in on 10 January 1990)
  • Luxembourg Bar, List IV (practising under his home-country professional title, “Avocat (France)”), since 13 February 2014
Languages
French, English

Xavier Périnne designs contracts, their documentation and their distribution arrangements, and negotiates the treaties that reinsure them. He acts for insurers in court and advises them during inspections by the (the French prudential supervision and resolution authority). He also works on Luxembourg contracts offered in France and on tie-ups between insurers.

Life insuranceA contract under which an insurer undertakes to pay a lump sum or an annuity, at the end of the agreed term or on the death of the insured person, in return for premiums. In France, it is also widely used as a savings and wealth transfer vehicle.
ACPRAutorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution: the French authority, attached to the Banque de France, that authorises and supervises banks and insurers and oversees the protection of their customers.

He founded the firm in 2005, after practising at large international firms. Since 1999, he has taught insurance distribution on the Master 2 in insurance law at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas; he also teaches life insurance in the Master 223 programme (Ingénierie juridique et fiscale du dirigeant) at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL. His publications focus mainly on pre-contractual information, the (devoir de conseil) and the supervision of insurers.

Duty to adviseThe obligation of the insurer or the distributor to propose a contract consistent with the client’s demands and needs, and to explain the reasons for that advice.

Main areas of practice

  1. 01Life insurance and capitalisation
  2. 02Distribution and partnerships
  3. 03Life and financial reinsurance

Career

  1. since 2005 Founding partner Affina Legal
  2. 2004-2005 European Counsel LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
  3. 2002-2004 Partner HPMBC Clyde & Co
  4. 1998-2002 Directeur associé from 2001 SG Archibald, Andersen Legal
  5. 1988-1998 Avocat Gide Loyrette Nouel (Paris)

Teaching

  • Master 2 in insurance law, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (insurance distribution), since 1999
  • Master 223 in legal and tax engineering for business owners (Ingénierie juridique et fiscale du dirigeant, formerly Droit du patrimoine professionnel), Université Paris Dauphine-PSL (legal and tax developments in life insurance), since 2002

Education

  • Master of Comparative Law, University of Miami
  • DEA (postgraduate research degree) in business law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Maîtrise (four-year degree) in business law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Centre d’études des Communautés européennes (European Community studies), Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

Memberships

  • Member of the Association internationale du droit des assurances (AIDA, the International Insurance Law Association)
  • Member of the Association des juristes d’assurance et de réassurance (AJAR, a French association of insurance and reinsurance lawyers)
  • Club parisien des professions financières (Insurance committee)
  • Association des anciens d’Arthur Andersen (Arthur Andersen alumni association)

Selected publications

  1. 2016 Apport de titres : Validation par la Cour de cassation Agefi Actifs
  2. 2011 Réponse Ministérielle Bacquet : conséquences et solutions possibles Revue fiscale notariale
  3. 2010 Les garanties procédurales devant l’ACP Centre Français d’Arbitrage de Réassurance et d’Assurance, n° 15
  4. 2005 Réforme de l’assurance vie (refonte de l’article L. 132-5-1) La Tribune de l’Assurance
  5. 2001 E-commerce et assurance sur les principaux marchés européens Étude paneuropéenne avec le Comité Européen des Assurances dans huit pays européens

All publications and talks

Email Xavier Périnne

Email
xperinne@affinalegal.com
Direct line
+33 1 58 36 08 41
Address
121 bis, rue de la Pompe, 75116 Paris, France

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