Frantz Jacques is a corporate attorney whose practice area focuses on mergers and acquisitions, fintech law, debt and equity financing, corporate governance, securities regulation, and cross-border transactions. Mr. Jacques has provided value-added legal counsel to clients in all aspects of the business lifecycle, from business formation; capital formation; buying, selling, and divesting assets; to executing exit strategies. He is the Chair of the DC Bar CFSL Community, Committee on FinTech Regulation & Enforcement; and the Co-Chair of the Committee on DEIA in Business and Finance. His perspective and publications are highly regarded among his peers in the industry.

Mr. Jacques is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center with a Master of Laws in Securities and Financial Regulation. While at Georgetown Law, he was an Articles Editor for the Journal of International Economic Law, a board member of the Securities and Financial Law Organization, and served as a teaching assistant in the SEC University Office of Graduate Programs. He also served as team coordinator of a consortium of Georgetown University Law Center Trade Law Clinic and Trapca members, providing technical assistance to the African Union for the drafting and negotiating of the Continental Free Trade Area Dispute Settlement Chapter. Mr. Jacques is a board member of Patrick’s Kids Foundation and Financial Services Professionals, and the Chairman of Haiti Projects.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
 Chair, DC Bar CFSL Community, Committee on FinTech Regulation & Enforcement
 Co-Chair, DC Bar CFSL Community, Committee on DEIA in Business & Finance

PUBLICATIONS & EVENTS
 Author, The Coming of Age of Digital Assets: Key Policy, Regulatory and Legal Considerations, ABA Business Law Today, August 14, 2025
 Author, Intersectionality of Regulatory Law and Development of Digital Assets, Bloomberg Law, December 19, 2024
 Author, Banking Guidance Gives Fintech Risk Tools for Third-Party Deals, Bloomberg Law, September 01, 2023
 Author, M&A Transactions and the Fintech Ecosystem, ABA Business Law Today, January 25, 2023
 Author, The Evolving Landscape of SPACs, ABA Business Law Today, February 07, 2022
 Author, The Potential Effect of M&A Law on the Evolution of SPAC Transactions, ABA Business Law Today, March 02, 2021
 Author, Securities Law and Digital Asset Products, Bloomberg Law, January 19, 2021
 Financial Services Professionals Panelist, Digital Assets: Promises and Pitfalls, December 6, 2022
 American Bar Association Practice Area Insights Presenter, SPACs: Here to Stay? June 27, 2022
 DC Bar Panel Moderator, Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule: Implementation and Impact, November 30, 2021
 DC Bar Panel Moderator, SPACs and the Fintech Ecosystem: Legal and Regulatory Insight for Lawyers, September 27, 2021
 DC Bar Panel Moderator, The Rise of CBDCs and Stable Coins: Legal and Regulatory Insight for Lawyers, December 02, 2020

EDUCATION:
 Georgetown University Law Center, Securities & Financial Regulation LL.M., Spring 2016
 University of Miami School of Law, J.D. 2004
 Morehouse College, B.A. Political Science and Pre-Law, 1999