Atelier VincennesCompliance & risksince 2018

Atelier Vincennes

Counsel to executive teams on regulatory compliance — GDPR, AI Act, NIS2, DORA. Without handing over two hundred pages no-one reads.

Paris 8 — Toulouse — Brussels47 mandates12 sectors
01Manifesto

Complianceis not a deliverable.It is a behaviour.

We install it inside your teams. Not inside a binder. Once set, it survives audits, team changes, regulatory updates. The only compliance that lasts.

02Expertise

Four frameworks, one method.

GDPR

GDPR

Mapping, processing register, DPIA, outsourced or internal DPO governance. In-house doctrine aligned with EDPB guidelines.

AIA

AI Act

System classification, obligations per risk tier, technical documentation, AI governance set-up. Regulatory sandbox where relevant.

NIS2

NIS2

Eligibility assessment, compliance roadmap, incident notification process, ongoing training of IT teams.

DORA

DORA

Digital operational resilience for the financial sector. Third-party mapping, penetration testing, business continuity plan.

03Team

Four people. No outsourcing.

Portrait de Charlotte Vincennes

Charlotte Vincennes

Senior Partner & co-founder

18 years in compliance, including 10 at Kroll and 5 at PwC France. Specialised in GDPR and data law.

Portrait de Olivier Marchet

Olivier Marchet

Partner & co-founder

Risk management and data privacy. Former CISO of a European banking group. CIPP/E, CIPM, CISSP.

Portrait de Inès Belaïd

Inès Belaïd

Senior Consultant

AI Act and algorithmic governance. Former CNIL officer, contributor to the AI working group.

Portrait de Lucas Pereira

Lucas Pereira

Junior Consultant

Sciences Po Paris, digital-law master. In charge of audits and processing mapping.

04Method

Four steps. Not one more.

  1. I

    Diagnostic

    2 to 3 weeks

    Executive interviews, document audit, tool review. Written summary in eight pages, validated orally in two hours.

  2. II

    Mapping

    3 to 6 weeks

    Processing register, data flows, third-party dependencies, risk level per activity. Operational deliverable, not a report.

  3. III

    Compliance

    8 to 16 weeks

    Prioritised action plan, team coaching, in-house doctrine writing. We stay until it works without us.

  4. IV

    Ongoing audit

    yearly or biannual

    Verification of installed compliance, regulatory updates, adjustments. Subscription-based, no surprise invoicing.

05Case studies

Three mandates, no NDA broken.

Anonymised identities, real numbers.

Industrial mid-cap

Aerospace · 1,200 staff

0 fine post-mission, 18 months on

Full GDPR register rebuild ahead of the CNIL sector inspection. Eleven sites, seven countries. Compliance reached in fourteen weeks.

Scale-up SaaS

Tech · 240 staff · series B

−68 % data incidents over 12 months

AI Act compliance on a recommendation product. Technical documentation, governance, model register. Funding round closed three months later.

Investment fund

Mid-cap private equity

47 portfolio audited in 9 months

Systematic GDPR audit of portfolio companies. Consolidated reporting to investment committee. Now standard practice for new acquisitions.

06The numbers

Six years, hard numbers.

47 Mandates since 2018
12 Sectors covered
0 Post-mission fine
8/10 Clients on ongoing audit
21 CNIL/regulator audits passed
98 % Satisfaction score, 2025 survey
07Publications

What we write, what we say.

  • White paper The AI Act in practice: a guide for European CIOs Atelier Vincennes & APEC 2025
  • Op-ed NIS2: why 80% of eligible companies don't know they are Les Échos 2025
  • Article Mapping GDPR processing in six weeks, not six months Harvard Business Review France 2024
  • Interview Charlotte Vincennes: compliance as competitive edge France Inter — La Tête au Carré 2024
  • Book Behavioural compliance (Eyrolles) Charlotte Vincennes 2023
08Fees

Rare transparency.

We tell you the cost before we start. Three formats depending on your need, ex-VAT ranges. No hidden quote, no billed day after the fact.

Fixed-fee diagnostic

€18,000 — €28,000 ex-VAT

Phase I only. Written summary + oral debrief. Outcome: go/no-go decision.

Time & material

€1,800 — €2,400 ex-VAT / day

Phases II and III by scope. Senior partner or senior consultant, transparency on assigned profile.

Ongoing audit

€950 — €1,400 ex-VAT / month

Phase IV on subscription. Includes regulatory watch, doctrine updates, two audits per year, limited hotline.

09Careers

We are hiring.

A senior compliance consultant (5+ years, CIPP/E or CIPM certifications welcome) to join our Brussels office. €65–85k salary, profit-sharing with firm results.

Send an application →
10First meeting

Thirty minutes,
off the clock.

We look at your situation, we tell you frankly whether we are the right firm, or not. If not, we point you elsewhere. No obligation, no commercial follow-up.

Book a meeting →

De facto confidentiality. No NDA required for this first call.

11Contact

Three offices.

Paris

27 rue de Marignan
75008 Paris

paris@atelier-vincennes.com

Toulouse

8 place Saint-Pierre
31000 Toulouse

toulouse@atelier-vincennes.com

Brussels

Avenue Louise 240
1050 Brussels

brussels@atelier-vincennes.com

+33 1 84 — — — — bonjour@atelier-vincennes.com

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