Bas Jennen

Bas heads the Financial Regulation Group of the Amsterdam office. His practice encompasses regulatory laws and regulations in a broad sense. Bas is active in, among other things, licensing, prudential rules, corporate governance (including fit and proper testing), ESG, Fintech (including cryptoassets) and payments  and compliance and integrity-related issues (anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, market abuse, etc.). He assists clients with regulatory application procedures and supports transactions with financial regulatory aspects, including mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector. Bas also advises on investigations, enforcement aspects and communications with regulators.

Bas worked a number of years at the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) and the Dutch Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB). This unique experience has given him a network within, and understanding of, these key Dutch regulatory bodies. He also headed the Integrity Supervision Department of the Central Bank of Aruba (CBA).

Bas is an active member of the DE&I Committee of our Amsterdam office.

Work highlights

• Various UK investment firms: advising on the application of a MiFID investment firm license with the AFM and declarations of no-objection with DNB.
• A bank financial holding company: advising on an application for approval by the relevant banking regulators.
• A Dutch captive investment firm: advising on qualification of its regulated activities and assisting with applying for an extension of its MiFID investment firm licence.
• Large international asset manager: advising on the set up of a Dutch AIFM and the application of a license with the AFM. 
• A global propriety trading firm: advising on setting up a global booking and risk sharing structure.
• BNP Paribas Asset Management Nederland: advising on the regulatory aspects of the cross-border merger into BNPP Asset Management France and conversion into a Dutch branch. 
• Groupe Bruxelles Lambert on the acquisition of the Webhelp group
• A Dutch insurance group: advising on the regulatory aspect of the acquisition of a competitor. 
• Various financial firms: advising on regulatory investigations and enforcement in the area of AML, market abuse and shareholding disclosure requirements.
• Central Bank of Aruba: advising on a new legal framework to regulate the Aruban payments sector.

Bas regularly publishes in national and international magazines and journals in the areas of financial and integrity supervision.

• Regularly contributes to the Dutch magazine ‘Ondernemingsrecht’ (Corporate Law Magazine).
• Regularly contributes to a Dutch publication (de Groene Serie - Toezicht Financiële Markten – Wolter Kluwer), which offers authoritative insights on the laws and regulations relating to the supervision of the financial markets.
• Bas is a member of the Dutch Financial Law Association (Vereniging voor Financieel Recht).

Bas studied law at the VU University Amsterdam.

He speaks English and Dutch.

• Toetsing van bestuurders van aandeelhouders van financiële ondernemingen, Ondernemingsrecht 2023/66, June 2023
• Financieel-toezichtrecht in het Caribisch deel van het Koninkrijk, Ondernemingsrecht 2022/71, September 2022 (together with Sabine Altena)
• Brexit en de gevolgen voor grensoverschrijdende financiële dienstverlening, Ondernemingsrecht 2021/39, May 2021 (together with Leonard van den Ende)
• De Nederlandsche Bank wijzigt beoordeling van aanvragen voor verklaringen van geen bezwaar, Ondernemingsrecht 2019/99, August 2019
• De voorafgaande toetsing van aandeelhouders van financiële ondernemingen, Ondernemingsrecht 2018/131, December 2018
• Derde landen beleid, in MiFID II- ‘Vanuit praktijk en theorie bezien’, FJR 13, March 2018 (together with Lotte van den Broek)
• The new European standard on assessing bank managers, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, Januari 2018 (together with Daphne van der Houwen
• De betekenis van ‘soft law’ in de financiële toezichtwetgeving, Ondernemingsrecht 2017/143, December 2017 (together with Victor de Serière)
• Europese ontwikkelingen op het gebied van bestuurderstoetsingen; ESMA/EBA en ECB consulteren richtsnoeren en beleid, Ondernemingsrecht 2017/36, February 2017
• Mededelingsverbod en marktpeilingen, Tijdschrift voor Financieel Recht 2016/12, December 2016
• Ondernemingsrecht, Gevolgen van Brexit voor Nederland, Ondernemingsrecht 2016/49, April 2016 (together with Victor de Serière)