Kees Groffen

Partner

Office location

Amsterdam
Direct number

+31 20 577 1025
Mobile number

+31 6 5118 5610
E-mail address

kees.groffen@debrauw.com
Linkedin

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Profession

Notaris (civil law notary), appointed in 1999, and Advocaat, admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 1990
Expertise

Corporate Advisory, Investment Management, Private Equity
Languages

Dutch, English
Education

University of Tilburg and University of Amsterdam

Summary

Kees specialises in investment management, including providing regulatory advice to domestic and foreign investment funds and asset managers, and advising on the structuring and restructuring of investment funds, including retail and private equity funds.

He also advises asset managers and pension funds on discretionary and fiduciary asset management agreements and asset pooling.

He is a contributing editor of the Dutch Financial Law Review (Tijdschrift voor financieel recht), member of the legal and regulatory committee of InvestEurope, a lecturer at the postgraduate Grotius programme on financial law and a regular speaker at conferences.

Kees’s recent work includes advising

NNIP on the migration of its Luxembourg management company to the Netherlands
ABN AMRO on the spin-off of ABN AMRO Participaties
APG Asset Management on MiFID II
Robeco on the outsourcing of back- and mid-office functions
Redevco on Urban Retail Ventures, a joint-venture with PGGM

Recent work

News and publications

7 July 2020
Dutch legal entities to register their ultimate beneficial owners from 27 September 2020
22 May 2020
Virtual currency and custodian wallet providers must register as of 21 May 2020
16 April 2020
Dutch Pension Deal should distribute financial shocks fairly, but how?
16 March 2020
DNB clarifies guidance statements | Pension funds in the lead on organising key functions
14 February 2020
Changes to management and supervision of legal entities: get ready for summer
28 January 2020
Crystal Ball Gazing 2020
20 December 2019
Registration of Ultimate Beneficial Owners postponed
16 December 2019
New draft AML bill requires greater exchange of information
16 December 2019
Legal entities in the Netherlands must register UBO from 10 January 2020
14 November 2019
Dutch institutional investors and asset managers to publish how they engage as shareholder
20 June 2019
Financial Markets in brief – new regulations and other developments
16 May 2019
Financial Markets in brief – new regulations and other developments
18 April 2019
Financial Markets in brief – new regulations and other developments
14 March 2019
Financial Markets in brief – new regulations and other developments
14 February 2019
Financial Markets in brief – new regulations and other developments
13 December 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulations and other developments
14 November 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
16 October 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
14 September 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
12 July 2018
EBA consults public on draft guidelines for outsourcing arrangements
12 July 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
14 June 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
17 May 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
17 April 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
15 March 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
15 February 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
18 January 2018
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
14 December 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
16 November 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
17 October 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
14 September 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 July 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 June 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
11 May 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
12 April 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 March 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
9 March 2017
Holding companies of international financial groups exempt from Dutch 20% bonus cap
13 February 2017
Reservations on proposed government conditions for industry-wide pension fund mergers
13 February 2017
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 December 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 November 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 October 2016
PRIIPs: are you ready?
13 October 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 September 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
13 July 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
15 June 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
11 May 2016
Financial Markets in brief – new regulation and other developments
22 April 2016
FMR in brief – new regulation and publications
2 February 2016
Dutch market in rush to meet Ucits V deadline
13 January 2016
Landmark ECJ ruling about VAT treatment of fund management fees
13 October 2014
Managers and depositaries take note: UCITS V now in force
9 July 2014
Bill on remuneration rules for financial undertakings submitted: bonus cap one step closer
20 June 2014
The UCITS V Directive: what are the key changes and what will this mean for fund managers?
4 June 2014
MiFID II: getting ready for implementation
10 March 2014
UCITS V in final form – investment fund managers can start preparing
10 February 2014
Remuneration rules for UCITS managers likely to follow those for AIFMs
10 February 2014
Expected: EEA fund managers allowed to market to Dutch non-professional investors
9 December 2013
Dutch private placement regime amended