Summary

Marit assists leading credit institutions, insurance companies and investment firms on prudential regulation, governance, and recovery and resolution planning. She has extensive experience in acting for clients in the banking and payments sector, including on cross-border regulatory matters. Her work spans advisory, transactional and contentious contexts, including administrative appeals.

Marit advises on regulatory aspects of corporate transactions and provides stand-alone regulatory guidance on topics such as capital requirements, prudential consolidation, authorisation matters, suitability assessments and remuneration, and related engagement with the Dutch Central Bank, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets and the European Central Bank.

Marit has been involved in a range of De Brauw's high-profile matters, including transactions in the banking and financial institutions space such as strategic financing and corporate restructuring matters.

Marit's recent experience includes advising:

  • ABN AMRO on its acquisition of NIBC Bank from Blackstone
  • Aegon, FlowTraders and IMC on the update and relocation of their holding structures
  • a Dutch bank on its successful litigation against the Single Resolution Board in proceedings before the European Court of Justice
  • Aegon on and regulatory aspects of its business combination with a.s.r.
  • regulated entities on confidential governance and remediation trajectories

Qualifications

  • Profession

    Advocaat, admitted to the bar in the Netherlands in 2019

  • Languages

    Dutch, French, English

  • Education

    University of Amsterdam (LL.M)

    University of Utrecht/University of Cambridge (LL.B)

  • Additional positions

    Seconded to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York City (2024/2025)

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