Paul Hopman has over 20 years’ experience of helping clients with a wide variety of financial regulatory and litigation related matters, focusing on dispute resolution between financial institutions and their retail and wholesale customers.
He advises banks, insurance companies, investment firms, investment funds, and other financial institutions on the impact of financial services regulation in the Netherlands, Europe and internationally. He also provides guidance on securities transactions, financial instruments, capital requirements, payments, settlements, market structure, governance and surveillance KYC/AML and supervision of markets, including market access.
Paul has in-depth knowledge of the financial markets due to his direct involvement in significant (investigation) compliance-related projects and many high-profile financial litigation matters, disinvestments and restructurings, including several very large portfolio sales in the financial sector. He also helps a broad range of new financial (service) providers entering the Dutch and European markets, including those applying for licenses in the Netherlands due to Brexit.
Paul regularly speaks at financial sector events, provides client training, and has been a guest lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.