Frédéric Nizard
Frédéric Nizard is a Swiss private banker and the author of Les titres négociables, a legal reference volume on European securities and financial instruments.
Education and Writing
Frédéric Nizard completed his PhD. at the Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University, under the direction of Professor Hervé Synvet.[1] His dissertation was awarded the First Prize of the European Association of Banking and Financial Law (AEDBF),[2] the First Euronext Prize, the First Pierre Coppens Prize (UCL), the University of Paris Prize.
In 2003, the French publisher Économica published his dissertation under the title Les titres négociables. The foreword to the book was written by Jean-Pierre Dumas, Président Honoraire de la Chambre Commerciale de la Cour de Cassation. As a banker and as a lawyer, he has written several articles on the sale and pledge of securities in various jurisdictions, including the U.S., the U.K. and France.
Nizard has taught at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.[3]
Career
Subsequent to the completion of his doctorate, Nizard joined the US law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges[4] as an attorney.
In July 2002, he was appointed by the French Ministry of Justice to participate in an external expert study group of The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) international convention on securities held with an intermediary (known as the Geneva Securities Convention).[5] He participated as an ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) expert contributor to the Nineteenth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, which took place December 2-13, 2002.[6] In 2002, he also served as a member of the Financial Markets Lawyers Group (EFMLG) at the European Central Bank (ECB) focusing on securities, derivatives, the money market and market rules. [7] [8] [9]
In 2005, Nizard participated in the creation in France of deeply subordinated Perpetual bond qualifying as Tier 1 hybrid capital. This enabled French issuers to boost their capital at a lower cost than had been the case earlier, and to avoid using complex structures with preference shares issued by Delaware LLCs.[10]
In 2006 Nizard joined UBS as a Managing Director.[11] In May 2017, Nizard joined Bank Lombard Odier & Co in Geneva as an Executive Vice-President.[11] He founded Frédéric Nizard Asset Management AG in February 2022.[12]
References
- ↑ Nizard, Frédéric (2000-01-01). La notion de titre négociable (These de doctorat thesis). Paris 2.
- ↑ "Prix de Thèse 2001 | AEDBF" (in français). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Listes de qualification aux fonctions de maître de conférences arrêtées en 2001 par les sections du Conseil national des universités". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Le capital hybride : un marché nouveau, en plein essor sur le Vieux Continent". Les Echos (in français). 2006-01-04. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ Sen, B. (2005). "Preface". Uniform Law Review. 10: 4 – via EN.
- ↑ Hague Conférence on private international law: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Session 2 to 13 December 2002. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2006. p. 34. ISBN 978-90-04-14855-0.
- ↑ The Money Market: Legal Aspects of Short-Term Securities. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: European Financial Market Lawyers Group, European Central Bank (Consultation Report). 2002. p. 7.
- ↑ Force Majeure Clauses and Financial Markets in an EU Context. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: European Financial Market Lawyers Group, European Central Bank. 2003. p. 51.
- ↑ The Short-Term Paper Market in Europe: Proposals and recommendations for the development of a pan-European market. EURIBOR-ACI Short-Term European Paper Task Force. 2003. p. 6.
- ↑ "How hybrid capital rules help French issuers". IFLR. 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Frédéric Nizard, Genève". www.monetas.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Frederic Nizard Asset Management AG, Genève". www.monetas.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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