Simmons & Simmons

Cathrine is a partner and leads the Luxembourg regulatory practice. She has a broad range of experience advising clients on Luxembourg and European financial services regulation. She advises financial institutions, insurance companies, FinTechs including cryptoasset services providers and other professionals of the financial sector on their regulatory work.

Her background as a transactional lawyer has helped her to gain a deeper understanding of clients’ products and services and the practical aspects of their business. Her experience covers financial services ranging from traditional banking, payment services, investment activities as well as product regulation and financial promotion. She is known to deliver pragmatic and practical advice tailored to the clients’ set-up and operations. Cathrine contributes to the Simmons & Simmons Navigator service and Crypto Reviewer and works extensively on cross-border licensing matters.

She advises on market players’ continuing obligations and compliance with regulatory requirements in connection with MiFID, transparency, market abuse, EMIR, prospectus matters as well as ESG regulatory requirements. Due to the nature of her work she is in regular contact with the local regulators and monitors closely any market and legal developments, helping clients anticipate and navigate regulatory change.

She is fluent in five languages and serves clients on an ongoing basis in all of them. She is involved in teaching and often publishes on technical subjects in legal journals. Cathrine is also involved in ESG matters and is a member of the board of the Luxembourg Capital Markets Association.

Before joining Simmons & Simmons Luxembourg LLP, Cathrine worked at a magic circle law firm.

Cathrine qualified as a lawyer in Luxembourg in 2011.