Mr Tom Van Dyck > Liedekerke > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Liedekerke Offices

Liedekerke
BOULEVARD DE L'EMPEREUR 3 KEIZERSLAAN
PO-MBD-2023-154
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
Visit website 32 2 551 15 15

Mr Tom Van Dyck

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+32 2 551 15 51 t.vandyck@liedekerke.com

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Tom Van Dyck heads a team dedicated to financial services advisory and fund regulation.

The team advises banks, insurance companies, brokers, asset managers and FinTechs on all aspects of banking, funds, financial services and insurance law. The team has contacts with the regulatory authorities (FSMA and NBB) on a daily basis and has a real expertise in negotiating with the regulatory authorities.

The team is recognized for its strategic advice in digitalization projects both for banks (PSD2, MiFID2) and insurance companies (IDD, PRIIPs), including the design of new apps and the development of innovative investment or insurance products. The team is also well known for its assistance in fund set-up, and regularly assists clients in obtaining AIFM and UCITS licenses. The team further regularly advises clients in relation to inspections, audits or enforcement actions by the regulatory authorities (market abuse, AML, mis-selling, prospectus law, consumer protection law).

Tom is recommended by all international guides as a leading lawyer.

Clients describe Tom as being “very committed, enthusiastic, available and approachable” and “always very creative” (Chambers 2019). Tom is “lauded as an outstanding and very active lawyer in the market” and recommended as “leading individual” (Who’s Who Legal Banking 2019). He is named a “rising star” in IFLR1000 (2019) and recommended as well by Legal 500 (2019).

Languages

Dutch, French, English

Education

Tom holds a Ph.D. in financial law.

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Insurance

(Firms to watch)

Liedekerke is known for its expertise pertaining to ESG issues and the financial regulatory side of insurance mandates. Damien Conem and Tom Van Dyck share leadership duties.

Belgium > EU regulatory: Financial services

(Leading individuals)

Tom Van Dyck – Liedekerke

At Liedekerke, Damien Conem heads up the broader corporate and finance practice, while Tom Van Dyck leads the dedicated financial regulatory branch; this specialised group is regularly instructed by the majority of key domestic banks, and has recently made significant client gains in the crypto and blockchain spaces. The firm has also assembled an ESG-focused, cross-departmental team which comprises banking, financial regulation, energy, corporate, capital markets, administrative law and employment experts.

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