Financial Services
The financial sector is subject to extensive regulation and practice. In addition, there are rapid developments in relation to the internal rules of financial institutions. Navigating this sea of regulations requires significant legal skill. For many years we have offered market-leading expertise in the area of financial services.
We have extensive experience and expertise within all areas relevant to the regulation of the financial sector. The high quality of our lawyers’ advice is regularly confirmed by independent rating agencies.
Our practice is comprehensive and our clients include both the largest financial institutions and smaller players. We assist them on a wide range of matters, such as establishments and restructurings, governance, interpretation of regulations transactions and ownership assessments, and supervisory and sanction matters. Our lawyers also bring their extensive experience to cross-border matters and have established contacts with international law firms with leading expertise within financial services.
Our services include:
- Establishments and license applications
- Reorganisations
- Drafting and reviewing internal rules
- Outsourcing
- Distribution
- M&A and ownership assessments
- Management suitability assessments
- Internal investigations
- Capital adequacy questions
- Strategic questions
- Cross border questions
- EU-law and international questions
- Analysis of legal developments, as well as consultation and lobbying work
