Rosemarijn Labeur | Finnius Advocaten

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Rosemarijn has been a lawyer in the field of financial supervisory law for 20 years. She focuses on investment funds (AIFMD and UCITS) and investment services (MiFID II). She also specializes in the regulation of financial services, such as lending (CCD, the Mortgage Directive and the Directive on Credit Servicers and Credit Buyers (or the NPL Directive), credit intermediation and insurance intermediation (IDD).

Furthermore, Rosemarijn has extensive experience regarding specific supervisory regulations, such as sustainability rules (SFDR) and remuneration rules in the financial sector (Wbfo and Wnbfo). For example, she advises on the requirements for Article 9 SFDR funds and on the supervisory concerns when launching Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) and transaction bonuses for employees of financial companies. She is frequently involved in acquisitions of financial service providers and asset managers. Assessing fund documentation for investors forms also part of her practice. In addition, various types of license applications are part of her regular work.

Rosemarijn is a committed lawyer with a practical approach. With her structured approach, she guides her clients through the complicated forest of supervisory rules. Moreover, Rosemarijn has a good grasp of the stream of developments that continue to occur within supervisory law.

Rosemarijn is recognized and recommended by several professional organizations as an expert in the field of financial supervisory law:

‘Rosemarijn Labeur is meticulous and has a thorough knowledge of financial regulatory law in the Netherlands. She asks the right questions to really get into the details of what the matter is about and does not shy away from remaining honest.’ (Legal 500 EMEA 2024)

‘Rosemarijn Labeur does not limit herself to answering a specific question but also proactively raises issues related to the question. These characteristics make working with Rosemarijn a pleasant and comfortable experience.’ (Legal 500 EMEA 2024)

Rosemarijn has been on the board of Finnius (managing partner) since 2024 along with Casper Riekerk and Nathalie Gloudemans.

Experience

Other positions

Rosemarijn is one of the teachers of the Grotius specialisation course ‘Securities Law’. She is part of the editorial office of a Dutch professional journal on financial regulatory law (Tijdschrift voor Financieel Recht), in which journal she also frequently publishes on several topics. Rosemarijn is also a fellow of the Institute for Financial Law of the University of Nijmegen. Rosemarijn also regularly lectures on regulatory topics, such as the AIFMD and MiFID.

Prior and present work experience

Finnius, October 2014- present
NautaDutilh, 2005-2014 (including 1,5 year from the New York office)

Activities

Advising on the scope of the AIFMD, UCITS and MiFID II: does a market party need to register with the Dutch Authority on the Financial Markets (AFM)?;
Advising on AIFMD-compliance: what are the prospectus and reporting requirements for non-EEA fund managers?;
Assisting market parties with filing their license application under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act;
Advising on various types of alternative financing, such as crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending;
Advising on the applicable regulatory laws for impact investing.

Publications

Registration

Rosemarijn Labeur has registered Financial Law as her principal legal practice area in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister).

Based on this registration, Rosemarijn is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in this registered legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

“Clients attest to her attentiveness, one presenting her as "extremely knowledgeable, responsive and time-efficient ”
— Chambers 2020