Philippe De Prez
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Banking & Finance: Regulatory
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About
Provided by Philippe De Prez
Practice Areas
Philippe De Prez is a Financial Services Regulatory lawyer with a strong interest in the FinTech industry. He is co-heading the firm’s Financial Services and Digital Finance team and fluent in English, Dutch and French.
He assists on a daily basis domestic and foreign credit and financial institutions, investment firms, payment service providers, e-money issuers, lenders, insurers, crypto platforms, financial intermediaries, public authorities, crowdfunding platforms, issuers of public offers, technical services providers and investors in the tech and financial services industry.
Philippe focuses on advisory and contractual work and is an expert in assisting foreign entities on their entry into the Belgian and European market. He has a broad experience in working with the competent financial supervisors and helps clients with their license applications, regulatory queries of all kind, compliance checks, legal assessment of client journeys, the launch of new products and services or in the framework of audits.
Next to his core business in financial services regulation, Philippe has extensive knowledge on connected areas of law such as anti-money laundering, data protection, electronic signatures, outsourcing contracts, marketing conduct of business rules and e-commerce.
He has a keen interest in new technologies both inside and outside the financial world and co-develops the video games practice group of Simont Braun.
Chambers Review
Europe
Philippe De Prez acts for a range of prominent financial institutions, as well as international fintech and digital finance providers, on contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, including compliance with legislation and the launch of innovative products, including crypto-asset mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has great service mentality and is very versatile."
"Philippe De Prez is an excellent lawyer with in-depth knowledge."
"He has great service mentality and is very versatile."
"Philippe De Prez is an excellent lawyer with in-depth knowledge."
Articles, highlights and press releases
4 items provided by Simont Braun
Buy Now Pay Later solutions - State of play in Belgium
This online deferred payment method has really boomed since the pandemic. Our Digital Finance Team explains the state of play in Belgium and looks into the potential regulatory repercussions for both BNPL providers and merchants.
Simont Braun strengthens Financial Services and FinTech capabilities with top hires
Simont Braun boosts the capabilities of its Fintech and Financial Services practices by welcoming Partner Joan Carette and Senior Associate Jean-Christophe Vercauteren. These strong additions to the firm enhance our Digital Finance Team’s position on top of the Belgian market.
Simont Braun assists AION in building the next generation Challenger Bank
Simont Braun successfully assisted AION in building an entirely digital and mobile bank, making it the first of its kind next generation Challenger Bank in Belgium. AION has officially launched its services on 3 March 2020.
Simont Braun ranked Band 1 in FinTech by Chambers
Simont Braun’s Digital Finance Team is extremely proud to be the only law firm ranked in Band 1, and recognised as a leading law firm amongst its peers by this guide of reference on the global legal market.
Buy Now Pay Later solutions - State of play in Belgium
This online deferred payment method has really boomed since the pandemic. Our Digital Finance Team explains the state of play in Belgium and looks into the potential regulatory repercussions for both BNPL providers and merchants.
Simont Braun strengthens Financial Services and FinTech capabilities with top hires
Simont Braun boosts the capabilities of its Fintech and Financial Services practices by welcoming Partner Joan Carette and Senior Associate Jean-Christophe Vercauteren. These strong additions to the firm enhance our Digital Finance Team’s position on top of the Belgian market.
Simont Braun assists AION in building the next generation Challenger Bank
Simont Braun successfully assisted AION in building an entirely digital and mobile bank, making it the first of its kind next generation Challenger Bank in Belgium. AION has officially launched its services on 3 March 2020.
Simont Braun ranked Band 1 in FinTech by Chambers
Simont Braun’s Digital Finance Team is extremely proud to be the only law firm ranked in Band 1, and recognised as a leading law firm amongst its peers by this guide of reference on the global legal market.