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Sarah Compani

Franck Guyonnet-Dupérat

Sarah Compani

Avocate à la Cour (France) | Solicitor (England and Wales)

sarah.compani@aleph-avocats.com

Sarah works with many well-known players (start-ups, companies or individuals) in the new technologies sector. Our team will support you on both legal and regulatory issues, working closely with experts in technology, accounting, tax and public affairs.

Sarah has developed international expertise in the new technologies sector, including blockchain, FinTech and artificial intelligence, in both French and English law.

Sarah has European certification in personal data protection (RGPD and e-privacy) and Web Developer certification. She also participates in concrete actions in these sectors through her involvement in trade associations and public affairs work with lobbying firms. For example, she has worked in the process of drafting the European legislative package dealing with crypto-assets (MiCA, TFR) since 2020.

Expertise

Digital asset law

Blockchain - Crypto - Web3 - PSAN - PSCA - Stablecoins - NFT - Tokens
Project structuring – Compliance with anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations – AML/CFT audits – Drafting of policies and procedures for managing conflicts of interest – Implementation or updating of risk classifications – Issuance of tokens – PSAN (digital asset service provider) registration or approval – Implementation or updating of PSAN cybersecurity policies – Development of proprietary protocols, including zero knowledge proofs – Structuring and project strategy – Preparing for MiCA transition (European regulation on digital assets) – JONUM regulation (games with digital objects) – Gaming and gaming

Banking and finance

EMT - ART - Platforms - Security Tokens - STO - Asset tokenization
Issuance (drafting of DIS or Prospectus, project structuring, fundraising or capital increase) – Secondary market organization/management (market infrastructures, over-the-counter markets, DeFi) – Tokenization process

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Digital law

Personal data - Information technology - Digital - Electronics - Artificial intelligence - Cybercrime - Intellectual property
Legal and practical support for companies following a personal data breach (impact analysis, steps to be taken, notification of regulators, notification of data subjects) – Documentation for compliance with personal data law – Help in preparing the personal data register – Drafting or updating internal procedures and policies, external data documentation – RGPD audit – Impact analyses – Electronic means of identification – Drafting of documentation related to respecting the privacy of your users / customers / employees – Cross-border data processing – Decentralized processing.

Negotiation, drafting and management of French and English contracts

Commercial contracts - Digital contracts - Special contracts
Commercial contracts (general terms and conditions, MSA, confidentiality agreements, commercial partnerships, sponsorship) – Special contracts – Digital contracts (software licensing, subcontracting, online contracts, hosting, online advertising) – Business contracts (articles of association, partnership agreements, contribution agreements) – Contractual negotiations

Course

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Master 2 European Contract Law

Cambridge University

2016

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Grande École Diploma

Essec Paris

2015

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Master 2 Business Law

University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas

2012

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Master 1 Law and Management

Paris Dauphine University

2011

Certifications

Information Privacy Professional certification

Europe (CIPP/E) 2021 by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

The Web Developer Bootcamp certification (HTML & Python)

2018 by Udemy

Associations

Association for the Development of Digital Assets (ADAN)

Digital Currencies Governance Group

Expert member for legal regulations

Blockchain Alliance

Member of the Blockchain Crime Network

Generation #Startuppeuse

Legal expert (Pro Bono)

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Publications

Mica Regulation: the beginnings of a new European financial paradigm

N°1 – Feb 2020 – International Journal of Compliance and Business Ethics. GDPR Impact on Digital Asset Enforcement Investigations.

VOL. 2 No 1 – June 2020 – ACAMS Today. GDPR: Privacy vs Foreign Investigations.

Transcript of a one-day seminar at the University of Poitiers for PhD and Master’s students. Smart contracts put to the test of French contract law.

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