François leads Acquinex’s operations across France and the Benelux and is widely recognised as a leading figure in notably French transactional risk insurance. Prior to joining Acquinex, François served as Director at Transact Risk Partners, where he notably established and successfully built out the firm’s French practice. François began his career in private practice at leading US and Magic Circle law firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Paris) and Herbert Smith Freehills (Paris). During this time, he advised on a range of complex cross-border M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance and regulatory matters.François holds a Master of Science in Management from ESSEC Business School, with specialisations in Corporate Finance and General Finance, and completed the Global Manager in Asia programme in Singapore. He also holds both a Magister degree and a Master’s degree in Business Law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University.