“Commended.”Financial Times, Innovative Lawyers – North America – 2020
Overview
Admitted to the Paris, New York and Ontario (Canada) Bars, Joydeep Sengupta is a member of the Compliance, Investigations and Regulatory team of Mayer Brown's Paris office, within the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department.
Joydeep focuses on cross-border litigation, compliance and enforcement matters for financial institutions and corporations, including the resolution of administrative and enforcement proceedings involving regulators and prosecutors. Joydeep has represented major US and European banks as well as global corporations in internal investigations related to US and European anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, market manipulation and anticorruption laws. Joydeep has conducted internal investigations around the world, including in France, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the US.
His experience includes representing European financial institutions before Asian, European and US regulators, including the New York Department of Financial Services, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Japanese Financial Services Agency and the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Joydeep has previously participated in teams advising governments in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America on national anticorruption laws at the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. He has participated in the review of national anticorruption laws against international standards with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the US Department of Justice (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, Fraud Section/Criminal Division) and the US Department of State (Office of Monetary Affairs).
Joydeep also has worked in the New York, Paris and Washington DC offices of a major international law firm, focusing on a variety of corporate transactions, with an emphasis on finance. He has represented US and international investment banks, commercial banks and other financial institutions, as agents and lenders, and corporations as borrowers, in connection with financing transactions. Joydeep has advised clients in connection with secured and unsecured financings, acquisition financings, asset-backed loans, bridge loans, and other types of complex and traditional financings. He has also represented corporations and other entities in public and private mergers and acquisitions, including equity and asset sales, divestitures and joint ventures.
Joydeep has also served as an appellate law clerk for the Honourable Justice Russell Juriansz and the Honourable Justice Eleanore Cronk of the Court of Appeal of Ontario, where he worked on commercial, criminal, and constitutional appeals. He received degrees in both civil and common law from McGill University, where he served as the book reviews editor of the McGill Law Journal.
Joydeep serves on the advisory board of a French LegalTech, the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in France, and also on the board of directors of a French non-profit organization, United World Colleges France, which promotes international education in France.
Under the High Patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Joydeep was honored by L’autre cercle as one of 30 LGBT+ Leaders and Role Models at Work in France in 2020.
He is fluent in French, English, Spanish, Bengali and Hindi and is functional in Italian.
Areas of Focus
- Capital Markets
- Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Regulatory & Investigations
- White Collar Defense & Compliance
- Corporate & Securities
- Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
- International Trade
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Risk Management
- Technology Transactions
- Internal Investigations
Spoken Languages
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Bengali
- Hindi

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Education
McGill University, BCL (Great Distinction, Dean's Honour List)
McGill University, LLB (Great Distinction, Dean's Honour List)
Syracuse University, MA, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Master’s Prize)
Wabash College, BA
Admissions
- Paris
- New York
- Ontario
2020
- Mr. Joydeep Sengupta was “Commended” by the Financial Times – Innovative Lawyers – 2020 North America Awards for the collaboration with Société Générale and Theolex, and Mayer Brown was shortlisted in the category “Digitizing the Practice of Law” for this project.
- Mayer Brown was named to Global Investigations Review (GIR)’s “GIR 30” list, which identifies the top 30 global investigations practices as part of its annual “GIR 100” guide to the world’s leading cross-border investigations firms. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the firm has been named to the list.
The publication highlighted the firm’s extensive regulatory, investigations and enforcement capabilities, including its work on the landmark Société Générale settlement – the first-ever US and French joint bribery resolution. - The Paris « Compliance, Regulatory & Investigations » team of Mayer Brown has been recognized by Décideurs magazine in Paris as “Excellent” in the category Compliance & Fraud, Compliance Programs. Ms. Nicolette Kost De Sèvres and Mr. Joydeep Sengupta are also individually listed.
- The Paris « Compliance, Regulatory & Investigations » team of Mayer Brown has been recognized by Décideurs magazine in Paris as “Excellent” in the category Compliance & Fraud, International and Internal Investigations. Ms. Nicolette Kost De Sèvres and Mr. Joydeep Sengupta are also individually listed.
- Under the High Patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Joydeep was honored by L’autre cercle as one of 30 LGBT+ Leaders and Role Models at Work in France in 2020.
2019
- The Paris « Compliance, Regulatory & Investigations » team of Mayer Brown has been recognized by Décideurs magazine in Paris as “Excellent” in the category Compliance & Fraud, Compliance Programs. Ms. Nicolette Kost de Sèvres and Mr. Joydeep Sengupta are also individually listed.
- The Paris « Compliance, Regulatory & Investigations » team of Mayer Brown has been recognized by Décideurs magazine in Paris as “Excellent” in the category Compliance & Fraud, International and Internal Investigations. Ms. Nicolette Kost de Sèvres and Mr. Joydeep Sengupta are also individually listed.
- Gold Trophy in Compliance : The team, led by Nicolette Kost de Sèvres, was awarded the first prize Gold Trophy in the “Compliance” category at the Trophées du Droit 2019 ceremony in Paris, organized by Décideurs Magazine - Groupe Leaders League in January 2019.