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Julia van der Grint

Julia van der Grint is a financial services lawyer based in Amsterdam.

She advises clients on a wide range of regulatory and compliance aspects relevant to financial institutions, such as investment firms, trading platforms, payment institutions, insurers, fund managers and clearing and settlement institutions. Julia has developed particular knowledge of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and advises crypto-asset services providers, crypto exchanges, payments providers and financial institutions on the regulatory issues related to the deployment of these technologies. She also advises on Dutch licence application and notification requirements and assists companies in their licence or notification processes with the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets and the Dutch Central Bank. Additionally, she assists companies in their contacts with these supervisory authorities and represents companies in enforcement procedures.

In addition, she has previously advised banks, other financial institutions and corporates in an array of transactions, both domestic and cross-border. This includes, among others, advising lenders and lender-groups in corporate restructurings and other insolvency related matters.

Prior to joining the team as an associate, Julia gained experience with the Amsterdam office as a student worker.

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On 14 May 2025, the Dutch government published their new approach to anti-money laundering (AML) in a letter to the Dutch Parliament. The Dutch government has introduced a new direction in its AML policy, driven by concerns that existing measures have placed an undue burden on legitimate citizens and businesses. In a recent…

On 18 April 2025, the Dutch Minister of Finance published the draft implementation act on financial services contracts concluded at a distance (the Draft Implementation Act) for consultation. The Draft Implementation Act aims to implement Directive (EU) 2023/2673 into Dutch law. The Draft Implementation Act provides for various consumer protection requirements that will apply…

The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) has announced that it will send a questionnaire to banks and insurers to further evaluate the Financial Institutions Remuneration Policy Act (Wet beloningsbeleid financiële ondernemingen, Wbfo).

The questionnaire is a component of a broader assessment examining the influence of the Wbfo on…

On 30 January 2024, the Amendment Decree Financial Markets 2023 (Wijzigingsbesluit financiële markten 2023) (the 2023 Decree) was published in the Dutch Government Gazette.

The 2023 Decree contains changes to legislation relevant to the Dutch financial markets, including, but not limited to the Decree on Conduct of Business Supervision of Financial Undertakings…

On 22 January 2024, a draft Decree implementing the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, MiCAR) and the Transfer of Funds Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1113, TFR) was published for consultation (the Implementation Decree). Market parties are invited to respond to the draft Implementation Decree by 19 February 2024.

Regarding MiCAR, the…

On 15 January 2024, the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published its supervisory agenda for 2024 (the AFM Agenda 2024). The AFM Agenda 2024 outlines the financial sector’s trends and risks while detailing the AFM’s priorities and other important events for this year. The AFM Agenda…

On 20 November 2023, the draft proposal on the Decree implementing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2464, CSRD) (the Implementation Decree) was published for public consultation. The Implementation Decree, together with the Implementation Act CSRD (Wet implementatie richtlijn duurzaamheidsrapportering) willimplement the sustainability reporting requirements in CSRD into Dutch law.…

On 31 October 2023, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a news update on the readiness of market parties under its supervision for the applicability of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, DORA).

DORA entered into force on 17 January 2023 and will be applicable as…

On 24 October 2023, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published an update on the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/114, MiCA).  The AFM refers to the recent statement of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In this…