The fintech team at A&O Shearman has an excellent reputation for its ‘comprehensive knowledge and experience’. The practice is led by M&A specialist Gijs Linse after former co-head and fintech expert Daphne van der Houwen left the firm in January 2024. The group’s workload includes handling a wide range of complex fintech-related regulatory issues and M&A transactions. Other key practitioners include the ‘helpful, creative, hardworking and intelligent’ Jort de Groodt and financial regulatory specialist Pien Kerckhaert.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The A&O team is one of the few teams in the Netherlands that has comprehensive knowledge and experience regarding tokenising securities in the Dutch market.’
‘The A&O team is able to assist on different aspects of transactions, making such processes very efficient.'
Key clients
- Coinbase
- EPI SE
Work highlights
- Advised Coinbase on Dutch regulatory matters, including obtaining a registration with DNB in the Netherlands for providing crypto services.
- Advised the European Payments Initiative (EPI) on the acquisition of Currence iDEAL and Payconiq International.