Osborne Clarke stands out for its practical advice, boasting a notable client-base consisting of digital financial services entities, asset management funds, multinational investment firms and fintech companies. Johannes de Jong leads the team and is described as ‘the extra board adviser every organisation should have’. De Jong handles a mix of licensing applications and post-M&A regulatory support, while Juliet de Graaf regularly supports across the full breadth of the team's mandates.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘Very pragmatic lawyers, who provide solid legal advice that is easy to put in practice. For us they stand out because of the quality of their work, their friendliness and their going-the-extra-mile mentality.’
- ‘Johannes de Jong is the extra board adviser every organisation should have. ’
- ‘Osborne Clarke gives pragmatic and solid advice, tailored to its client.’
- ‘Johannes de Jong is our first point of contact. He really knows our company and is always easy to approach.’
- 'Juliet de Graaf and team are very knowledgeable and, together with the pragmatic approach to the complex issues we as the client deal with, they add a lot of value.'
Key clients
- Airwallex
- Angelo Gordon & Co, L.P.
- APEX
- ASN Impact Investors (part of ASN Bank)
- ClearBank (ClearkBank Ltd and ClearBank Europe N.V.)
- Credit Europe Bank N.V.
- Infosys
- iSwap Euro B.V.
- Magazijn "De Bijenkorf" B.V.
- MoonPay
- Oaktree Capital Partners
- Oolders, Heijning en Voogelaar B.V. (OHV)
Work highlights
Advising ClearBank Europe on governance-related matters, the establishment and management of branches, advice on services under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) following its successful banking licence grant in 2024 in the Netherlands.
Assisting Fiat Republic with the notification procedure to the Dutch Authority of the Financial Markets for the client to issue its own e-money token under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.
Assisted iSwap Euro B.V. in setting up a new dual-authorised multilateral trading facility / swap execution facility market segment for its swap trading platform.
Practice head
Johannes de Jong
Other key lawyers
Juliet de Graaf