Sylvain Clavé

Background

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010, Sylvain Clavé founded Dive Law Firm to assist executives, investors, and regulated financial entities with their high-stakes strategic operations.

He provides his clients with broad expertise covering mergers and acquisitions, equity transactions, the structuring of investment vehicles, and banking and financial markets regulation, all with an operational and pragmatic approach.

He practiced for over fifteen years as an associate with corporate finance specialized law firms (including a nearly one-year secondment experience within the legal department of a portfolio management company), then as a Senior Counsel at a leading French law firm, working within the Corporate and Banking & Finance departments. He then decided to establish his own boutique firm, Clavé Avocats, in 2022, and then Dive in 2026.

He is a recommended lawyer for FinTech and cybersecurity startups accelerators.

Sylvain Clavé is the author, alongside Germain Chaux, of the Chambers & Partners FinTech Guide 2026.

When he's not working for his clients, Sylvain Clavé enjoys fine dining and loves the great outdoors. He also has a passion for video games and pop culture.

Practice Areas

• Mergers and Acquisitions;
• Fundraising and management packages ;
• Governance and listed companies;
• Banking and financial regulation;
• Authorizations (asset management companies, investment advisors, payment services, crypto, crowdfunding);
• Structuring of regulated investment funds and club deals;
• Public offerings of financial securities and prospectuses.

Clients

FinTechs, asset management firms, investment funds, Tech entrepreneurs (DeepTech, cybersecurity), wealth management advisors, and family offices.