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Alexander Hamels

Lead Lawyer
Antwerp
About

Alexander Hamels is a financial services and insurance lawyer.

He advises Belgian and foreign multinationals on all aspects of financial services. Complex regulatory matters, regulatory driven strategic projects, transactions and restructurings, financial services and insurance litigation, as well as cross-border and FinTech related assignments are his core area of practice.

Alexander has particular expertise in insurance and reinsurance. He advised many market-leading (re)insurance undertakings on their business in Belgium and the EEA. This includes (coverage) disputes, regulatory questions and supervisory investigations related to IDD and Solvency II and related financial regulation.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesInsuranceFinanceInvestment Management and FundsMergers and AcquisitionsRestructuringFinancial Services LitigationGlobal Investigations

EXPERIENCE

  • Establishment and licensing of an insurance undertaking and a payment institution
  • End-to-end assistance with a large insurance portfolio transfer
  • Assistance with Brexit contingency planning, including the relocation of a large financial institution and UK intermediaries
  • Review and design of complex corporate governance arrangements
  • Defending regulated companies in supervisory investigations carried out by the National Bank of Belgium and the FSMA
  • Defending financial institutions before Belgian courts (e.g. insurance coverage disputes, payment transactions, AML compliance, collective consumer organisations etc.)
  • Development of internal policies and procedures, including corporate governance and AML
  • Review of ESG arrangements for financial institutions
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
Education
  • University of Oxford, Sustainable Finance Executive Programme, 2022
  • King’s College London, LLM International Financial and Commercial Law, 2021
  • The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Certificate CIPP/E, 2018

Publications

  • HAMELS, A., "Wetgever verbiedt activiteiten van cryptowisselplatformen en -bewaarnemers uit derde landen", (italics)TBH/RDC, (end italics) 2022/1
  • HAMELS, A., ANKAERT, E., "[Assurance – Corona] Le COVID-19 sur le lieu de travail : l'affaire des employeurs et des assureurs ?", (italics)Assur. Présent (end italics) 2020, liv. 11, 1-12
  • HAMELS, A., “Brexit: overgangsregime voor financiële diensten beperkt tot verzekeringen”, TBH/RDC, 2021/1, 103-105;
  • HAMELS, A., ANKAERT E., “[Verzekering – Corona] COVID-19 op de werkvloer: een z(t)aak voor werkgevers en verzekeraars?”, Verzekeringsnieuws 2020, afl. 11, 1-12;
  • HAMELS, A., FOSTIER H. and LODEWIJCKX S., “Portefeuilleoverdracht en andere bijzondere verzekeringsverrichtingen” in VAN OLDENEEL, C. (Ed.), “Het Wetboek van Vennootschappen en Verenigingen : gevolgen op het verzekeringswezen”, Tijdschrift voor Verzekeringen, Dossier 2020, 235-262;
  • HAMELS, A. and WOOLFSON, P., “Belgian Insurance & Reinsurance 2019”, International Comparative Legal Guide 2019, May 2019;
  • HAMELS, A. and WOOLFSON P., “Legal Focus: Belgium brings in local MGAs through new law”, Insurance Day, 17 April 2019;
  • HAMELS, A. and WOOLFSON P., “Legal Focus: Belgium proposes post-Brexit bill to woo UK MGAs”, Insurance Day, 13 February 2019;

Seminars

  • Abilways, Compliance in insurance, “Insurance distribution rules three years after the Act implementing the IDD”, February 2022
  • Academy of European Law (ERA), Annual Conference on EU Law in the Insurance Sector 2021, “Insurers in run-off: features of the market exit strategies” and panel discussions on sustainability in financial services
  • Academy of European Law (ERA), Annual Conference on EU Law in the Insurance Sector 2020, “EU climate actions and insurance”, October 2020
  • EU Run-Off Forum 2019, “Solvency II 2020 review: risks and opportunities for run-off business”, October 2019

Prior Experience

2015-2021: lawyer at a US law firm and a top-tier independent law firm

Professional Qualifications

  • Advocaat registered with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten bij de Balie te Brussel

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Board member of VRG Alumni
  • Board member of Vlaams Pleitgenootschap (VPG)
  • Member of De Verzekeringsjuristen

My latest insights

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A new regulatory framework for the provision of certain crypto-asset services in Belgium

4 March 2022 .8 minute read

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Updated registration conditions for Belgian financial intermediaries

31 January 2022 .5 minute read

Connect

Phone

+32 (0) 25001513
(Work, Antwerp)
+32 (0) 498277867
(Work)
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