FinTech Legal - Netherlands
What the team is known for
Osborne Clarke is experienced in payments, alternative finance, cybersecurity and data, digital currencies and blockchain. Its clients include financial institutions and major payment services companies.
Strengths
"Osborne Clarke has extensive experience in the FinTech market. Its memos always include a deep dive of the matter requested and very concrete advice. No matter who from the team you talk to, all of them have deep knowledge of both the case at hand and the legal advice provided."
"Osborne Clarke has an impressive sense of urgency. The team's responsiveness is outstanding, they will reply to an email within 24 hours, and prioritise accordingly with our requests."
Work highlights
Osborne Clarke assisted Van Eck Asset Management with creating an app-based individual portfolio management distribution product. Specifically, Osborne Clarke advised on structuring the product in line with the Dutch safekeeping requirements for financial instruments under MiFID.
Notable practitioners
Johannes de Jong heads the Amsterdam office's financial services regulation practice. He is experienced in handling a variety of regulatory matters, from crowdfunding to financial instruments and payments, on behalf of major financial services clients. "Johannes is attentive and understands the space." "Johannes was a regulator so has a very good ability to quantify risk. He has been able to guide us and offer insights, he really knows the lay of the land, the importance of which cannot be understated in such a fast evolving area."
