Nikolai de Koning is a financial services and data protection lawyer (advocaat) based in Amsterdam. Nikolai advises on a wide range of regulatory and compliance aspects relevant to financial institutions, such as insurers, banks, investment firms, fund managers, custodians and payments institutions. He also advises on Dutch licence applications and notification requirements and assists companies in their licence or notification processes with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets and the Dutch Central Bank.

In addition, Nikolai advises on a variety of data protection matters. Examples of his data protection work include general corporate compliance, cross border privacy solutions and advising on bring-your-own-device programs. He is regularly involved in multi-jurisdictional data privacy projects and outsourcing matters.

Nikolai holds a Master of Law degree in Private Law from the University of Amsterdam and graduated cum laude from the Law Firm School.