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Joris Latui

Joris Latui LL.M.

Counsel
Antwerp
About

Joris Latui has more than twelve years’ experience in financial services regulation in both Belgium and the United Kingdom, where he worked in the regulatory team of an international law firm and as in-house counsel for an investment bank before returning to Belgium.

Joris advises on a range of regulatory matters including licensing applications, regulatory advisory services, regulatory-driven strategic projects (e.g. mass repapering exercises, designing regulatory watch processes and cross-border transactions), as well as regulatory implementation projects in the banking, payments, asset management and investment services sectors.

Joris has advised institutions across the financial services ecosystem, including retail and investment banks, inter-dealer brokers, asset managers, exchanges and other trading platforms, custody banks, payment institutions, payment systems, clearing houses and settlement systems. Joris is also acquainted with product-specific regulation on derivatives, structured products, emission allowances and financial benchmarks, as well as with technical market issues such as transaction reporting, market transparency, settlement discipline and settlement finality.

Joris has a special interest in innovation and digitization topics, including AI, digital operational resilience and blockchain.

Joris has law degrees from KU Leuven, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Law in London.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsRegulatory and Government Affairs
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Assisting a global bank with the maintenance of an inventory of their regulatory obligations in the European Union and Belgium.
  • Advising a global maritime company on their compliance with the financial services aspects of the EU Emissions Trading Systems.
  • Advising a global bank on their implementation of PSD2, MiFID II (including advising on the regulatory implications of their outsourcing agreements), and the Central Securities Depository Regulation (“CSDR”).
  • Advising a global bank on the regulatory implications of their acquisition of an electronic equities and prime brokerage business.
  • Advising a European payments group on the regulatory implications of their group restructuring.
  • Advising an inter-dealer broker on their creation of a number of new trading platforms, including MTFs and OTFs.
  • Assisting and advising a global custodian on their application of custody and client asset rules as a matter of English and Belgian law.
  • Assisting a clearing house with the update of their rulebook and providing advice relating to settlement finality, derivatives regulation and capital requirements.
  • Advising a global asset manager on their implementation of MiFID II.
  • Advising an EMEA based bank on the application of EMIR to their derivatives business.
  • Assisting a European bank with the update of their structured note program.
  • Advising a European payment solution provider on the application of payment services legislation to their new business offering.
  • Assisting a global bank on their restructuring following the introduction of ring-fencing legislation in the United Kingdom.
  • Assisting a Belgian family office with their application for authorization as an alternative investment fund manager with the FSMA.
Education

  • University of Law, Legal Practice Course, distinction, London, 2012

  • University of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law, merit, London, 2011

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.M., Banking Law and Financial Regulation, distinction, 2010

  • KU Leuven, M.A., magna cum laude, 2009

Languages
  • Dutch
  • French
  • English

AWARDS

  • Recommended Lawyer: EU Regulatory: Financial Services – Legal 500, 2023

Seminars

Joris has given frequent client presentations on the Retail Investment Strategy and other regulatory topics.

Prior Experience

  • 2010 - 2019, Associate Teacher, London School of Economics, Summer School, for the module “LL206: International Financial Law”, which covered the basic principles and structures as well as recent developments in, private/transactional, financial law

Memberships

  • Registered on the B-list of the Dutch language section of the Brussels Bar

My latest insights

Publication

ESMA consults on revisions RTS 22 on transaction data reporting and RTS 24 on order book...

29 October 2024 .6 minute read

Connect

Phone

+32 473 732 789
(Work, Antwerp)
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