IT & TELECOMS
Joan Carette, Eric De Gryse & Maïka Bernaerts | Practice Heads
Emmanuel Cornu | Other key lawyer
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Joan Carette
Joan Carette is a Financial law & FinTech lawyer combining broad expertise in financial and regulatory laws with specific knowledge of ICT regulations, including eIDAS, data protection, IT contracting, outsourcing, etc.
She advises banks, payment institutions, e-money institutions, FinTechs and RegTechs on all legal and regulatory aspects relating to their activities.
Joan’s professional background includes experience with the Belgian financial supervisory authority (at the time, CBFA) where she supervised banks, money exchange, investment firms and payment institutions. She also has extensive experience as an in-house lawyer, acquired in the context of two secondments, the first one with an entity active in payments and the second one with a RegTech. She is a Board member of FinTech Belgium.
Joan Carette is ranked in Band 2 for Banking & Finance Regulatory and for FinTech by Chambers & Partners. Clients admire her “very flexible, pragmatic approach,” as well as her “deep knowledge of financial regulation.” She is also recognised in the Hall of Fame for FinTech and as a Next Generation Partner in Regulatory – Financial Services by The Legal 500. Additionally, Who’s Who Legal recommends her as a Global Leader in Banking – FinTech.
Master of law (ULB), 1998
Master degree in EU law (ULB), 2000
Member of the Brussels bar since 2000
Rankings
EU REGULATORY: PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION
Joan Carette, Emmanuel Cornu and Eric De Gryse | Practice Heads
Maïka Bernaerts | Other key lawyer
A commentator reported that "In the regulatory field there are few firms that truly know what they are doing, this team is definitively on top of things."
Joan Carette | Hall of Fame
Philippe De Prez | Leading Partner
Thomas Derval | Other Key Lawyer
A commentator reported that "The level of service is consistently outstanding and their integrated approach makes their firm stand out on the market."
Joan Carette | Next Generation Partner
Philippe De Prez | Next Generation Partner
Thomas Derval | Other Key Lawyer
A commentator reported that "The team are extremely knowledgeable, fast and client-friendly, and they deliver what clients need."
Joan Carette keeps its excellent ranking in Band 2
Philippe de Prez in recognised in Band 2
Simont Braun is delighted to be ranked seven years in a row in Band 1 in FinTech by Chambers & Partners. The team is praised for "offering insights into the nuanced requirements of the regulator that you cannot learn from reading the regulations"
Philippe De Prez | Band 1
"Philippe is very responsive. He has industry knowledge at his fingertips and always goes above and beyond"
Joan Carette | Band 1
"Joan Carette is super solution-oriented. She has this capacity to bring things to their simplest elements to make them work"
Thomas Derval | Up and Coming
"Thomas knows exactly what is happening in the market and he has very good skills in terms of communication. He makes sure everyone is on the same page"
Simont Braun is delighted to be ranked Tier 1 in Financial services regulatory by IFLR 1000.
Praised for its responsiveness, clarity, and deep regulatory expertise, Simont Braun’s financial services team delivers high-quality, practical advice with a strong client focus.
Joan Carette is rated as Highly regarded.
Philippe De Prez is rated as Notable Practitioner.