Alexandre Marion

Head of the practice for Financial and Digital Services, Alexandre guides his clients on the legal aspects of compliance and remains the preferred advisor of financial institutions in their regulatory issues.

Alexandre also advises all types of institutions in their fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Its clientele includes financial sector institutions such as banks, management companies, payment and electronic money institutions, as well as insurers and mutual insurance companies, and other types of associated institutions or companies or individuals.

Alexandre regularly conducts customized training sessions for financial institutions in his various fields of activity and his in-depth articles have been published in renowned journals.

Prior to joining La Tour International, Alexandre worked for 10 years at CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats. Prior to that, four years with Dechert and two years with Gide in Moscow, Russia (between 2000 and 2002).

Teaching

Alexandre is a regular lecturer and trainer of employees at financial
institutions, including on behalf of dedicated professional training centers

Training

  • DEA (Master 2) in European Community Law, Bruges
  • LL.M (Master in Laws) in Tax Law at Golden Gate University, San Francisco
  • DEJA (Diplôme d'Études Juridiques Appliquées)
    Diploma including a Bachelor's and Master's degree in French business law and a university degree (Paris X Nanterre) in Anglo-American law

Languages

Alexandre guides his clients in French and English and has intermediate knowledge of Spanish and Russian

News
Tokenisation and ISO 20022: aligning anti‑fraud and AML/CFT frameworks

In this article, our partner Alexandre Marion, together with Corina Fontaine, Senior Advisor – Payments & Market Infrastructures expert at Onepoint, examines how tokenisation, digital wallets and the global migration to ISO 20022 are reshaping compliance requirements. The authors highlight how these technological shifts can support a more coherent alignment between anti‑fraud measures and AML/CFT […]

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Spring 2026

Read our Financial Services Spring 2026 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Winter 2025 – 2026

Read our Financial Services Winter 2025-2026 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Fall 2025

Read our Financial Services Fall 2025 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Summer 2025

Read our Financial Services Summer 2025 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news.

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Spring 2025

Read our Financial Services Spring 2025 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news.

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Winter 2024-2025

Read our Financial Services Winter 2024-2025 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news.

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Fall 2024

Read our Financial Services Fall 2024 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news.

Deals
The Role of Open Banking in Anti-Money Laundering: An Analysis of a Use Case worth exploring

Alexandre Marion was pleased to contribute to the writing of an article in #RevueBanque on open banking as a tool for identity verification. In the article published by Alexandre Marion in “Revue Banque” law review, we brought together two other payment experts to discuss a useful use case for all institutions subject to regulations governing […]

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Summer 2024

Read our Financial Services Summer 2024 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Spring 2024

Read our Financial Services Spring 2024 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news

Legal Newsletters
Financial Services Newsletter – Fall/Winter 2023-2024

Read our Financial Services Fall/Winter 2023-2024 newsletter in which the firm’s experts comment on the main news