Mr Laurens Pronk > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
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ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Laurens Pronk
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Financial Services/Regulatory
Position
Associate
Career
Laurens Pronk works as a lawyer in our Banking & Finance Practice Area Group and is a member of the Financial Services Team of CMS the Netherlands. He specialises in financial regulatory and integrity related regulations (AML and sanctions).
Laurens advises both national and international financial institutions (such as banks, credit providers, insurance companies, payment service providers and Fintech companies) in respect of issues regarding financial supervision regulations. He assists these institutions in the field of, among other things, market entry (licenses and European passport) and with the vetting processes of their directors and supervisory directors.
Furthermore, Laurens is involved in the preparation and review of contractual documents regarding financial services.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
- Association of Financing Companies in the Netherlands (Vereniging van Financierings-ondernemingen in Nederland)
- Dutch Association for Financial Law (Vereniging voor Financieel Recht)
- Holland FinTech
Education
- Dutch law (Criminal law and criminal procedure), Leiden University
- Dutch law (Financial law), Leiden University
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
Tessa Penninks spearheads the ‘highly knowledgeable’ team at CMS, which advises on a broad range of financial regulatory matters such as EU passporting, anti-money laundering legislation, payment services regulations, and licensing requirements. The firm is particularly skilled at navigating the regulations relating to international financial institutions, fintech companies, and the automotive industry. With his experience handling matters for both national and international fintech companies, Laurens Pronk also forms an essential part of the team.
Netherlands > Fintech
(Rising stars)The practice at CMS has Tessa Penninks, who has particular expertise in lending and insurtech matters, and crypto and digital assets specialist Clair Wermers at its helm. The team’s workload includes advising retail companies and investment banks on the regulatory aspects of a broad range of fintech work, including blockchain and crypto. The group has an excellent track record in assisting foreign entities with the licensing aspects of tech-based payment options in the Netherlands. Associate Laurens Pronk is very experienced in acting for national and international fintech companies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars Netherlands > Fintech
- Fintech Netherlands
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory Netherlands
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Fintech
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Energy
- Environment and planning
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: retail
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Tax
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights