Baker McKenzie is a key contact among US headquartered technology corporations, banks and financial services companies, regularly assisting on all Dutch financial regulatory aspects of their transactions. The team, which is led by Phillippe Steffens, is equipped to advise on EU regulatory compliance, license applications and declarations of no objection with the central bank. Tim Alferink has a wealth of experience in the derivatives trading space. Corinne Schot left the firm.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®

Key clients

  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • Chatham Financial
  • Finom Payments B.V.
  • Chesnara plc

Work highlights

Advised Scildon and its holding company Chesnara plc on the transfer of Scildon’s collective pension portfolio to Allianz.
Advised and assisted Chatham Financial on the successful application for a license as an investment firm in the Netherland from the AFM and the receipt of declarations of no objection from DNB.
Advised Finom Payments B.V., a scale-up for virtual bank accounts across the EU, on various payments regulatory matters across the EU and other European jurisdictions, including on reverse solicitation and fine-tuning their regulatory strategy.
Practice head

Phillip Steffens

Other key lawyers

Tim Alferink