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Mr Jasper Verhoog

+31 88 253 5455 jverhoog@akd.nl View profile

Work Department

Banking & Finance / Restructuring & Insolvency / Financial regulatory law and Securities law

Position

Partner

Career

Jasper Verhoog is a partner and lawyer at AKD and is admitted to the bar in the Netherlands and Luxembourg (Avocat à la Cour, Liste I). He specialises in financial supervision and securities law, and advises domestic and foreign companies on financial supervision and compliance from a Luxembourg and Dutch law perspective.

Jasper gained master’s degrees in ‘Law and Business’ and ‘Private Law’ from Utrecht University (2008), and post master’s degrees in ‘Corporate Law’ (2014) and ‘Financial Supervision and Securities Law’ (2016, cum laude).
IFLR 1000 refers to Jasper as ‘highly regarded’.

As an example of the services Jasper provides on a daily basis, for instance he assists:
1) various payment service providers in connection with the application for licenses or passporting procedures, compliance related matters (i.e. assisting with the preparation of policies and processes), outsourcing related questions, AML/KYC, commercial contracts from the perspective of applicable financial laws and regulations, and he provides assistance during discussions with regulators;

2) various globally active IT companies in connection with their transition to financially regulated institutions. This assistance includes for instance a joint assessment with clients on whether specific activities constitute regulated activities, and how to structure services and products in line with applicable financial supervision laws, as well as discussions with regulators and obtaining licenses if required;

3) various banks concerning license related questions and passporting procedures, application of CRR, general compliance, AML/KYC, outsourcing, etc.;

4) a globally operating, NYSE-listed fashion and clothing group on its corporate law structure, financing and financial supervision law. He provides the same kind of advice to a globally operating food and beverages group (listed on the Tel Aviv stock exchange);

5) a globally operating, NYSE-listed group in the computer hardware and software business on financial supervision and compliance;

6) several institutions in connection with the issuance of convertible bonds; and

7) various investment funds regarding registration with the regulators, obtaining EuVECA labels, compliance, AML/KYC, etc.

Memberships

Jasper is a member of the Dutch Financial Law Association, as well as the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL), and the Luxembourg Banking and Financial Law Association (ALJB).