Anne Hakvoort
About
Provided by Anne Hakvoort
Practice Areas
Anne specializes in Dutch financial regulatory and securities laws with a special focus on Digital Finance, Fintech and alternative financing structures, including blockchain based and platform driven business models.
Career
Anne Hakvoort holds a master in Dutch law from Leiden University and an LL.M. degree from Columbia University (New York). Anne completed the specialization course Grotius Securities Laws with distinction (‘cum laude’). Before joining FG Lawyers as a partner in 2015, Anne worked as a lawyer at NautaDutilh (2006-2012) and Eversheds (2012-2015).
Since 1 August 2021, Anne is director of Stichting Knox Bewaarinstelling.
Professional Memberships
Anne is a member of the Association for Financial Law. Anne is a fellow of the International Center for Financial law and Governance, a research center of the Erasmus School of Law.
Publications
Recent publications (available on the website via: https://www.fglawyersamsterdam.com/en/team/anne-hakvoort/)
Expected 2022: - Where the ECSPR pinches the Dutch shoe: some brain teasers from a Dutch law perspective in: E. Macchiavello (ed.), Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business, Edward Elgar Publishing, part of ELGAR commentaries in Financial Law.
December 2021 - Secondary trading of crowdfunding investments in: P. Ortolani and M. Louise (eds), The EU Crowdfunding Regulation, Oxford University Press.
Personal
Mother of three lovely kids
Chambers Review
FinTech
Anne Hakvoort focuses financial regulatory matters. Her clients include blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses, as well as crowdfunding platforms.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Anne's a rockstar. She's my go-to person for anything remotely related to financial regulation. She delivers on time and on budget and I have never had any complaints."
"Anne is a real expert on crowdfunding-related legislation, has very strong communication skills and really delivered excellent work."
"Anne's a rockstar. She's my go-to person for anything remotely related to financial regulation. She delivers on time and on budget and I have never had any complaints."
"Anne is a real expert on crowdfunding-related legislation, has very strong communication skills and really delivered excellent work."
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by FG Lawyers
Tokenisation and the regulatory regime - how does it work?
An academic paper (in Dutch) on the concept of tokenisation and the Dutch regulatory regime applicable to it.
The new European Crowdfunding Framework
In a series of blogs, FG Lawyers aims to give existing CSPs further insights and a gap analysis which they will encounter when applying for authorisation under the ECSPR.
Crowdfunding Regulation published
On 20 October 2020, Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 in respect of European crowdfunding service providers for business was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Crowdfunding Regulation shall apply as per 10 November 2021.
Tokenisation and the regulatory regime - how does it work?
An academic paper (in Dutch) on the concept of tokenisation and the Dutch regulatory regime applicable to it.
The new European Crowdfunding Framework
In a series of blogs, FG Lawyers aims to give existing CSPs further insights and a gap analysis which they will encounter when applying for authorisation under the ECSPR.
Crowdfunding Regulation published
On 20 October 2020, Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 in respect of European crowdfunding service providers for business was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Crowdfunding Regulation shall apply as per 10 November 2021.