Houthoff‘s investigations and public enforcement practice often assists clients in regulated sectors such as banking and finance and professional services through investigations, regulatory and criminal enforcement actions and prosecutions. Vincent Affourtit heads the team and is well-equipped to handle regulatory enforcement issues for corporates and financial institutions. Affourtit also handles international sanctions issues and cross-border investigations related to alleged market abuse by listed companies. Further key contacts include Marianne Bloos and Frank Mattheijer; Bloos focuses on fraud investigations, while Mattheijer works on fraud, corruption and international sanctions law issues.
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Key clients
- Babboe B.V.
- Credit Agricole Consumer Finance BV
- Hef Wonen
- Fortenova Group
Work highlights
Advised Credit Agricole Consumer Finance Nederland B.V. on enforcement investigations by the Dutch financial regulators.
Advised Hef Wonen on a large-scale fraud involving over 50 suspects, which took place in the 2015-2018 period.
Advising the Dutch holding company of the Fortenova Group, a major European retail group with over 47,000 employees, after its majority depository receipt holder, SBK became subject to EU Sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Practice head
Vincent Affourtit
Other key lawyers
Marianne Bloos; Frank Mattheijer