DLA Piper is home to a dedicated EU regulatory financial services department that covers the entire scope of financial regulatory matters, offering expertise in fintech, contracting asset management, enforcement and litigation, and regulatory transactions. The practice utilises their global work to assist traditional market players and trading platforms, alongside cryptocurrency asset providers and Fintech and Insurtech platform operators. Practice head Pierre Berger advises local and international clients on complex regulatory issues, global business scaling, and strategic projects and fund structuring. Joris Latui focuses on banking, payment services, asset management, and investment services, while Nicolas Kalokyris specialises in digital finance. Marie Goossens left the firm in November 2024.
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Key clients
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Accenture LLP AG Insurance / Ageas NV Aion Bank Aion NV Alan SA Alpha Card CBA Alychlo NV Amonis BV Amonis OFP Antwerp World Diamond Center Argenta group Arkane dba Venly Assuralia (sector federation) Athora Holding Ltd Athora Ireland Services Limited Axa Bank Belgium NV Axa group Baloise group Bancontact Payconiq Company Bank Degroof Petercam Asset Management NV Bank Nagelmackers NV Bank of Valletta p.l.c. Banxa Holdings Inc. Belfius Bank NV/SA Belfius group Belfius Investment Partners NV Belfius Commercial Finance NV Bitstamp Blox BNP Paribas Fortis Bpost SA Capfi Delen Asset Management CEGEKA Groep NV Chess Capital Citizens Bank, National Association Complychain Crelan N.V Curvo B.V. D2X Group Degroof Petercam Asset Management Degroof Petercam group Delen Private Bank / Bank van Breda Delen Private Bank NV Deutsche Bank Discai NV Doccle BV EPI Company Euroclear SA European Commission Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij Federale Verzekering / Federale Assurance Fortino Capital Partners NV Horizon Equity Partners SA iBanFirst SA ICICI Bank ING Belgie NV ING Solutions Investment Management NV Invest for Jobs NV Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta NV Isabel NV ISDA International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. JPMorgan Chase J.P. Morgan Europe Limited KBC Asset Management NV KBC Group Keyrock S.A. Kuwait Petroleum (Belgium) NV (Q8) Lightyear Europe AS Lombard International Assurance Lukoil Belgium NV Marklaan Advisory B.V. Mercier Vanderlinden AssetManagement NV MGF (EU) Limited NV Minna Technologies AB Miraclon MoneyGram International, Inc. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC MS Amlin Insurance SE Natwest Markets NV OTP Bank Nyrt. Pensioenfonds Metaal OFP PMV Fund Management NV POM NV Qover SA/NV Qualco S.A. Res Prepaid RIA Payment Institution Ryan Specialty Group Santander Consumer Bank AS SD Worx SharpX Single Resolution Board (SRB) Societe Generale SA StarStone Insurance SE Strada Partners Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation The Bank of New York Mellon The Fortegra Group, LLC Tioga Capital Partners Top Tier Access Partners BV Travelex AcquisitionCo Unifiedpost NV/SA and Unifiedpost Payments NV/SA Visa Vistra Licence Holdings (BVI) Limited Worldline SA/NV Worxinvest NV Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.
Work highlights
Advised JPMorgan Chase’s Office for Legal Obligations on regulatory mapping and obligation drafting across EU and Belgian legislation.
Advised EPI Company on the application of the EU Instant Payments Regulation to its payment use cases, including verification of payee, sanction screening, and strong customer authentication.
Advised Euroclear on regulatory, IT, and commercial aspects of its strategic cloud transition, including a global partnership agreement with Microsoft and compliance with financial sector outsourcing rules and CSDR.
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Practice head
Pierre Berger
Other key lawyers
Joris Latui; Nicolas Kalokyris