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Koenraad Mertens

Lead Lawyer
Antwerp
About

Koenraad Mertens is a financial services and insurance regulatory lawyer, with over 5 years of experience advising financial institutions on financial regulation.

Koenraad's broad view of the regulatory landscape helped him to assist both fintechs challenge the status quo and established financial institutions develop durably.

Having worked both in Luxembourg and Belgium, he is attuned to the international and cross-border dimension key to many financial institutions.

His experience includes assisting banks, payment institutions, e-money institutions, crypto-asset service providers, investment firms, (re)insurers and insurance intermediaries.

Koenraad is particularly experienced in investment services (MiFID II), payment services (PSD II), insurance (Solvency II and IDD), crypto-asset services (MiCA) and AML/CTF (AMLD).

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesInsurance
Professional QualificationsAdvocaat registered with the Orde van Advocaten te Antwerpen
Education

  • Institute of Law and Finance (ILF) - Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, LLM Finance, 1.7, 2020

  • KU Leuven, LLM, cum laude, 2019

  • KU Leuven, LLB, ranked 10th, 2017

EXPERIENCE

  • Assisting a global fintech with obtaining its license under MiCA as crypto-asset service provider.
  • Assisting a bank with the set-up of client-facing documentation for a newly established foreign branch.
  • Advising a payment institution on the launch of cross-border payment card programs.
  • Advising banks and investment firms on various MiFID II related questions.
  • Advising insurers and policy holders on insurance policies and cross-border activities.
Languages
  • Dutch
  • French
  • English

Prior Experience

  • 2021-2026, Associate, Independent Law Firm, Luxembourg

Connect

Phone

+32 32872848
(Work, Antwerp)
+32 491058730
(Mobile, Antwerp)
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