Roderick Watson
Expertise
Roderick works in the Financial Law Team of NautaDutilh. The team has consistently received Tier-1 rankings of Chambers Europe and Legal500 in the past decade, and assists clients throughout the financial sector, including banks, insurance companies, investment fund managers, investment firms, payment institutions, e-money institutions, financial services providers and FinTechs.
Roderick advises on a broad range of regulatory topics and has vast experience in approval processes with financial regulators. He assists banks, insurers, credit providers, fund managers and payment service providers with ongoing regulatory and AML-related matters. Roderick is often involved in M&A transactions in the financial sector.
In 2018, Roderick was a co-author of a book on the Headlines of the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (Hoofdlijnen Wft), including fund regulation, which is relied upon by industry experts as an authority in Dutch regulatory law.
Roderick advises on a broad range of regulatory topics and has vast experience in approval processes with financial regulators. He assists banks, insurers, credit providers, fund managers and payment service providers with ongoing regulatory and AML-related matters. Roderick is often involved in M&A transactions in the financial sector.
In 2018, Roderick was a co-author of a book on the Headlines of the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (Hoofdlijnen Wft), including fund regulation, which is relied upon by industry experts as an authority in Dutch regulatory law.
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Qualifications
Roderick obtained his LL.M in civil law from Leiden University in 2009. In 2015 Roderick took part in the specialisation course Securities law of the Grotius Academy; he graduated with honours. He is admitted to the Bar in Amsterdam.
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What others say
"Roderick has a keen understanding of financial law. He is very approachable and combines his legal knowledge with a pragmatic approach." (The Legal 500, 2021)
"Roderick is one of the most impressive people." (The Legal 500, 2021)
"Roderick quickly gained a full understanding of the proposed operating model, which he then successfully tuned so that it became acceptable to the regulator." (IFLR1000, 2020)