Baker McKenzie LLP

Olivier Van den broeke is a senior associate leading the Financial Services Regulatory, Fintech and Insurance practice in Belgium. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2013 and has more than 10 years of experience in advising financial institutions and Fintechs on a broad variety of financial services, Fintech and insurance regulatory matters.

Olivier has authored several articles and contributions for leading journals on a variety of financial services regulatory matters.

Olivier's practice focuses on complex financial services regulatory issues, regulatory driven strategic projects, transactions and restructurings, and financial services litigation and enforcement.

He advises a broad range of clients active in the banking, insurance, Fintech, funds and payments industries. His clientele includes banks, insurers, payment and e-money institutions, investment firms, asset managers, pension funds, crypto asset firms, consumer lenders and various types of financial and insurance intermediaries.

Matters that Olivier advises on include license applications, up-scaling and expanding of clients' businesses, digitisation and financial innovation, cross-border offering of financial services and products, obtaining regulatory approvals for strategic transactions and restructurings, complex financial contracting, securitisations, fund regulatory matters and supervisory enforcement.

Olivier is also a trusted advisor in relation to governance requirements for financial institutions, sustainable finance, anti-money laundering and financial crime issues. From time to time, he is also involved in restructuring and insolvency matters.