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Marise Kok

Junior Associate

Marise advises on financial regulatory law topics to a wide range of financial institutions, including banks, payment service providers, fund managers and investment firms. In addition, she has a particular interest in the FinTech sector, such as crypto service providers and electronic money institutions. Furthermore, Marise litigates on behalf of companies and directors who are confronted with investigations or enforcement by the AFM or DNB.

Marise is a lawyer attentive to her clients’ business and needs and how they are affected by financial regulatory law. Furthermore, she keeps a close eye on innovation and developments within the European and Dutch regulatory frameworks in order to assist her clients in the best possible manner.

Before joining Finnius, Marise worked as a lawyer at Simmons & Simmons (2021-2023). She graduated from Leiden University in 2021, majoring in financial law. In addition to law, Marise also completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Leiden University. As of 1 September 2023, Marise joined Finnius.

Work experience:
– Finnius, September 2023 – present
– Simmons & Simmons, 2021 – 2023

– Advising (financial) institutions on the application of financial regulatory law;
– Advising on and regulatory licensing and registration processes of different types of (financial) institutions (MiFID / AIFMD / PSD / Wwft etc.);
– Advising various types of financial institutions on the scope and application of the Wwft and the Sanctions Act;
– Litigating on enforcement matters within financial regulatory law;
– Reviewing for (financial) institutions how their business activities fit within financial regulatory frameworks;
– Drafting policies for financial institutions.