Combining expertise across banking and finance regulatory and technology, the ‘accessible and responsive’ team at NautaDutilh advises financial institutions and technology suppliers providing or utilising a myriad fintech solutions. Vincent Wellens is a ’go-to person when it comes to the crossing of tech and finance in Luxembourg’ and co-heads the team alongside regulatory expert Josée Weydert, who has a particularly astute understanding of crypto asset trading and payment services matters.
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Testimonials

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  • 'The team has excellent knowledge and expertise in ICT-related topics, in particular in relation to DORA.'
  • 'Vincent Wellens has extensive expertise and is a go-to person when it comes to the crossing of tech and finance in Luxembourg.'
  • 'Vincent Wellens is an outstanding partner at NautaDutilh with impressive knowledge and expertise in his area.'
  • 'Ottavio Covolo provides excellent, practical advice and guidance.'
  • 'The team is accessible and responsive.'

Key clients

  • ABN Amro
  • Banco Santander
  • Belfius
  • i-Hub
  • BTIG
  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • John Deere Bank
  • Le Foyer
  • Microsoft
  • POST Finance
  • CACEIS
  • UBS

Work highlights

Assists Microsoft in the update of CAA (Commissariat aux Assurances) and CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) local guides to outsourcing and cloud regulation.
Assists a leading payment service provider in the acquisition of the merchant acquisition of a BeLux payment unicorn.
Assists a prominent telecom and IT services provider, in the context of its negotiations with large banks on DORA compliant terms as well as on its imminent cooperation with MistralAI for the deployment of sovereign AI solutions for the financial sector.
Practice head

Josée Weydert; Vincent Wellens

Other key lawyers

Meliha Dacic; Ottavio Covolo