Financial Institutions & Fintech

Arne Grimme + 10 other experts

unique expertise for a unique type of client

Financial Institutions are subject to myriad and ever-evolving regulation affecting their products, services, governance, and processes. Therefore, they need lawyers with a deep understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities they face.

With leading experts in their respective fields, our integrated, multidisciplinary practice has an established track record working both alongside, and within, major financial institutions.

We advise on the most important deals in the financial services market and successfully represent major institutions in litigation, arbitration, and mediation proceedings around the globe.

We help existing market players to navigate fintech developments and to adapt to upcoming regulations, and we advise them seamlessly across borders on the most innovative and complex tech-driven projects and financing.

We also frequently work with emerging fintech companies to achieve their business objectives and protect their intellectual property and know-how within the boundaries of a vast, and sometimes daunting, regulatory regime.

Our Financial Institutions Group is also part of the European Financial Institutions Group set up by our Best Friends Network.

Insights

25 March 2026

The Danish Compromise revisited: implications for cross-financial sector M&A

What was once a technical corner of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), suddenly found itself at the forefront of several high-profile European M&A transactions in 2025. The Danish Compromise, as the capital treatment under Article 49(1) CRR is commonly known, allows banks to risk-weight significant investments in insurance undertakings rather than deduct them from their own funds. With its application being subject to certain conditions and supervisory permission, the provision was, and to some extent still is, at the centre of a broader debate about group structures of banks, prudential consolidation and cross-sector M&A in the European Union.
29 January 2026

Looking ahead: supervisory priorities and themes expected for the financial sector in 2026

In recent months, supervisory authorities in the Netherlands – AFM and DNB –and the EU – ECB, EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – have published their priorities and agendas for 2026. These publications signal the direction of regulatory rulemaking and supervisory focus in the coming year. Against this backdrop, our Financial Markets & Regulation team has identified key trends and developments that will shape the European financial sector in 2026.
27 November 2025

Omnibus proposal on sustainability: EU bodies inch towards final agreement

On 13 November, the European Parliament adopted its final position on the "Omnibus proposal" for a directive concerning certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements. This came five months after the Council of the EU confirmed its negotiating position on the proposal.