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Simont Braun

Philippe de Prez

Brussels, Belgium FinTech Guide 2021 Ranked in 1 departments

Ranked in : FinTech Legal

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FinTech Legal - Belgium

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Philippe de Prez has recently been promoted from counsel to partner. He is a financial regulatory lawyer and a founding member of the firm's digital finance team. De Prez is often involved in assisting foreign FinTech companies who wish to enter the Belgian market, be they financial institutions, investment firms, payment service providers or e-money issuers. An interviewee says: "Philippe goes above and beyond to ensure all of his client's needs and requests are met and exceeded."

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Philippe De Prez is a senior Financial law & FinTech lawyer with a strong focus on financial regulatory law. He assists on a daily basis domestic and foreign credit and financial institutions, investment firms, payment service providers, e-money issuers and technical services providers.

As a member of Simont Braun’s Digital Finance Team, he follows closely and works on all FinTech, InsurTech, RegTech and other disruptive initiatives such as mobile payments, virtual currencies, crowdfunding, peer to peer / alternative lending, third-party payment service providers, big data ventures, ICOs and blockchain applications.

Philippe De Prez is a multilingual conference speaker and author of various finance and FinTech-related contributions.

He is recognised as an “Up and Coming” individual in FinTech by Chambers & Partners, and as a Next Generation Lawyer by the Legal 500 in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets (2018 and 2019). In IFLR 1000, he is mentioned as being “Very professional, very knowledgeable, and a highly motivated lawyer who thinks outside the box. His interpersonal skills are also great.” He’s also recommended in the Banking – FinTech 2020 global guide of Who’s Who Legal (WWL).