Andries Doets

I am a partner based in the Hague office of Bird & Bird, working closely with the wider Finance & Financial Regulation team in the Amsterdam office and internationally. I have more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer specialised in financial services regulation. I focus on financial regulatory advice as well as contentious regulatory issues.

I advise on a wide range of matters concerning Dutch and European financial regulatory law. My clients are licensed financial institutions and companies with a non-financial core business that are confronted with aspects of financial regulation. I have particular experience in the field of FinTech, advising on payment services regulations (PSD2), electronic money regulations (EMD2) and crypto-asset regulations (MiCAR). I am an expert in anti-money laundering regulations and economic sanctions.

My scope of expertise further includes regulatory litigation and supervisory investigations. I have extensive litigation experience before the Dutch administrative courts, having represented both the supervisor and financial institutions in more than 60 cases. The combination of advisory and contentious work provides me with a deep understanding of the translation of financial regulations into practice and the functioning of the supervisory authorities.

I regularly represent my clients in dealings with the Ministry of Finance and the supervisory authorities, such as through participation in panel consultations and public hearings.

• representing the Dutch crypto services industry association in administrative proceedings against the Dutch Central Bank over annual levies
• representing Euronext in appeal proceedings against the Dutch Minister of Finance with regard to Euronext's license as a regulated market operator
• advising a major Dutch payment institution and a major Dutch electronic money institution on various issues relating to their licence under PSD2 and EMD2
• representing a listed company in proceedings against an administrative penalty by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets regarding disclosure of inside information and market manipulation
• representing a former Rabobank trader in disciplinary proceedings with regard to Euribor/Libor