Bird & Bird distinguishes itself in the fintech space through its leading expertise on eBanking, blockchain, and crypto projects and regulation. Co-heading the team is Marjolein Geus, who demonstrates longstanding expertise regarding financial sector and blockchain regulation, bringing this to bear on landmark and complex EU-level projects. Also co-leading the team is Andries Doets, who draws on longstanding experience in the financial services regulation space, acting for corporates and credit and service providers in critical regulatory matters and administrative proceedings.
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Accolades
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Testimonials
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- 'Andries Doets is able to choose proper angles for legal battles. Outside the courtroom, he is well able to provide legal counsel on compliance issues and enforcement threats for fintechs. In legal terms he is sharp as a knife, while in communication he gets across the core message in the most tactical way.'
Key clients
- Mastercard Europe S.A.
- Mollie
- ABB E-Mobility B.V.
- Verenigde Bitcoinbedrijven Nederland
- Saldodipje
- Intrum
- Adyen
- Iot Nederland
- IOTA Foundation
- EastNets
- Hacken
- Bricken
Work highlights
Lead contractor for the pan-European blockchain regulatory sandbox, a three-year landmark project for the European Commission at the intersection of regulation and innovation, with an important emphasis on LegalTech.
Advising and representing Mastercard in two high profile matters where the Dutch regulator ACM enforces the European Union Interchange Fee Regulation by imposing fines on several market players.
Advised a consortium of 2Tokens, Asset Blocks, ABN AMRO and Rabobank in the EU Blockchain Sandbox on a groundbreaking tokenised-security use case, exploring the regulatory treatment of NFT-based securities and cross-border stablecoin payments for investment, dividend distribution and buy-backs.
Practice head
Andries Doets; Marjolein Geus