Ms. Sophie Vermeille

Sophie Vermeille is a member of the Paris Bar and the founding partner of Vermeille & Co. Her practice focuses on capital markets law, corporate governance and restructuring, supported by substantial financial and accounting expertise. Throughout her career, she has advised institutional investors, hedge funds, asset managers, family offices and private clients on strategic matters involving capital markets transactions, securities litigation and shareholder activism. This practice has given her an in‑depth knowledge of French capital markets law alongside U.S. securities law and Chapter 11 proceedings, as well as U.S. (in particular Delaware) and English corporate law, enabling her to assist foreign clients in navigating the specificities of French law and its differences from their home jurisdictions. Before founding Vermeille & Co in 2017, she practised for over ten years with several international law firms in France and abroad. She holds a Magistère Juriste d'Affaires and the Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise (DJCE) from Université Paris II Panthéon‑Assas, and an LL.M. in Business Law from King's College London. Sophie engages actively with public authorities on legal reform aimed at promoting economic efficiency and strengthening investor protection, in particular for minority shareholders and lenders. She founded and led the think tank Droit & Croissance from 2012 to 2024, and teaches in the Master 2 in Financial Law at Université Paris 1 Panthéon‑Sorbonne.