Rezah Stegeman

Practice Areas

Rezah is a partner specialising in financial services regulation, derivatives and clearing. On the financial regulatory side, he covers a wide range of regulatory issues, including cross-border operations in the Netherlands, acquisitions of interests in financial firms, but also negotiations of investment management agreements. His recent work focussed on Brexit relocations and repapering. On the derivatives and clearing side, he covers trade documentation (ISDA/GMRA/GMSLA/EFET MNA etc.), regulatory aspects (such as EMIR, MiFID and CSDR) and legal opinions under CRD. He currently advises clients on initial margin documentation.

His experience includes advising asset managers, pension schemes, banks, fund managers and other financial institutions, as well as the Dutch government and regulators. He has a background at the Dutch Central Bank, where he was involved in the creation of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act.

Rezah is recommended by Chambers Global 2020 and Chambers Europe 2020 in the ‘Spotlight Table for Capital Markets: Derivatives – Netherlands’ as one of only two recommended lawyers, and quoted by clients as “very experienced and deeply knowledgeable about all legal issues relating derivatives” in addition to being “very practical and pragmatic”. He offers leading expertise on derivatives, clearing and capital regulatory matters.

He is also ranked in Chambers Europe 2020 in Band 2 in ‘Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Netherlands’, noting that he is being heralded by clients as “knowledgeable and really knows his stuff”. He assists clients with questions relating to capital requirements and licence applications, as well as being a leader in the derivatives field.