The fintech team at Simont Braun ‘works at the cutting edge of fintech and truly knows the industry’, assisting financial service providers in regulatory, legal, and compliance matters. Team co-heads Joan Carette and Philippe De Prez are ’stellar advisors‘, Carette leveraging extensive regulatory experience along with in depth knowledge of the tech and data sectors in her work for fintech clients, while de Prez often supports high profile international financial service providers in their arrival onto the Belgian market. Thomas Derval, also a key name in the team, has a particular focus on alternative and sustainable financial services models and is experienced with neobanks and crowdfunding.
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‘The team works at the cutting edge of fintech and truly knows the industry.’
‘Phillippe De Prez and Joan Carrette stand out as stellar advisors with their team.’
‘All stakeholders at Simont Braun are highly responsive and knowledgeable having been able to provide us with precise and practical information with a wide spectrum of regulatory issues.'
‘Philippe De Prez and Joan Carette have been incredible partners to work with - highly reliable, responsive and well-thought-through advice has been provided to all our queries.’
Key clients
- Belgian Mobile ID - Itsme®
- BuyWay Personal Finance
- NewB
- Intix
- Cofidis
- Bitvavo
- Aion bank
- TapTap Send
- YouLend
- Etterbeek Municipality (Crowdfunding)
Work highlights
Advised YouLend on a deal by providing a regulatory analysis of their business model.
Advised Belgian Mobile ID (itsme) on the legal framework directly or indirectly applicable to its services, and assisted with a contractual framework.
Advised on all of Intix's existing contractual arrangements with major clients and negotiating new contractual terms with these clients following its acquisition by Summa Capital.
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Practice head
Joan Carette; Philippe De Prez
Other key lawyers
Thomas Derval