Michael Huertas takes on new role at Dentons
25 February 2019 Frankfurt
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Michael Huertas has been appointed as co-head of Dentons鈥� financial institutions regulatory sector group in Europe, effective early February.
Along with Marcin Bartczak in Warsaw, he will steer the strategy and development of the group, while serving as the first point of contact for financial regulatory issues.
In addition to his new role, he will continue to coordinate Dentons鈥� Eurozone Hub, which focuses on helping clients navigate EU and Banking Union-specific regulatory requirements.
As well as this, he will provide specialist European Central Bank (ECB) experience and transactional support, notably in securities financing, derivatives and structured finance.
Additionally, Huertas will help drive the expansion of Dentons鈥� Regulatory practice in Europe and globally, in close cooperation with colleagues in London, Brussels, Paris, Madrid and Milan.
This also includes respective banking and finance global heads in New York and global financial regulatory co-heads in Chicago and Sydney.
According to Huertas, Dentons is seeing a steady flow of instructions on multi-jurisdictional regulatory projects on both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, as well as Brexit projects for financial services firms and market infrastructure providers.
To respond to the growing demand, Dentons is looking to expand the Europe regulatory team in key markets such as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and other jurisdictions.
Commenting on his appointment, Huertas said: 鈥淭he announcement took effect early February. I鈥檓 delighted at how we鈥檙e developing the entire team across the EU and wider Europe and helping our clients navigate regulatory challenges and seize opportunities in this period of fast-paced regulatory change and much sharper supervisory scrutiny.鈥�
Along with Marcin Bartczak in Warsaw, he will steer the strategy and development of the group, while serving as the first point of contact for financial regulatory issues.
In addition to his new role, he will continue to coordinate Dentons鈥� Eurozone Hub, which focuses on helping clients navigate EU and Banking Union-specific regulatory requirements.
As well as this, he will provide specialist European Central Bank (ECB) experience and transactional support, notably in securities financing, derivatives and structured finance.
Additionally, Huertas will help drive the expansion of Dentons鈥� Regulatory practice in Europe and globally, in close cooperation with colleagues in London, Brussels, Paris, Madrid and Milan.
This also includes respective banking and finance global heads in New York and global financial regulatory co-heads in Chicago and Sydney.
According to Huertas, Dentons is seeing a steady flow of instructions on multi-jurisdictional regulatory projects on both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, as well as Brexit projects for financial services firms and market infrastructure providers.
To respond to the growing demand, Dentons is looking to expand the Europe regulatory team in key markets such as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and other jurisdictions.
Commenting on his appointment, Huertas said: 鈥淭he announcement took effect early February. I鈥檓 delighted at how we鈥檙e developing the entire team across the EU and wider Europe and helping our clients navigate regulatory challenges and seize opportunities in this period of fast-paced regulatory change and much sharper supervisory scrutiny.鈥�
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