Team

Sophie Peeters

Sophie’s background is one of a financial regulatory lawyer. She practiced financial regulation for almost ten years at Linklaters. The last three years of her time there she started focusing on FinTech and payments, assisting – mainly consortia of banks – with the regulatory issues of their joint innovative payment products.

Determined to contribute to bringing about innovation in the sector, she left the bar to become an independent consultant advising FinTechs in the payments sector on the regulatory issues they face in operating their business in Belgium. Her status as independent consultant allows Sophie to get to know the payments sector from inside out while at the same time being in control of her agenda as a mother.

In her consultancy role, she assisted A78 (the former federation of Belgian TPPs) in their interactions with the Belgian banks and the National Bank of Belgium on the implementation of the PSD2. From the observation that there was a need for a representation of the Belgian payments industry more broadly, she co-founded PayBelgium. As board member of PayBelgium she is actively involved in developing and defending common policy positions on behalf of the payment service providers in Belgium.

Accordingly, Sophie combines a deep financial regulatory expertise and innovative new thinking with the ecosystem partners in her fintech network.

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Elke Stroobants

Elke is a true expert in commercial contracting (including outsourcing), intellectual property and data protection law. She has been providing specialist legal services in those domains for over ten years as a lawyer, in-house counsel and independent legal consultant (including as a Capco sub-contractor). She provides pragmatic specialist advice on the basis of a clear understanding of, and interest in, our clients’ business.

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