Eric—serial entrepreneur and founder of Plus Ultra Legal Translations, Publishing & Legislation—is a multilingual lawyer versed in the laws of the United States of America, Netherlands and European Union. Areas of focus: bank, fund and securities regulation and litigation, as well as multilingual legal research and writing, case briefs, document review, etc.

Eric is an alumnus of the Boston University School of Law and Amsterdam University School of Law admitted to the New York State Bar. He is not only trained in U.S. law (specializing in banking, securities and fund regulation) but also in the laws of the E.U. and Netherlands. As such, he has a thorough knowledge of the laws and regulatory framework of both the U.S. and E.U.

In his years of experience, in the U.S. and overseas, he developed a variety of legal skills, including strong analytical, writing and organization skills. He worked for the American Antitrust Institute on antitrust research. In addition, he has drafted, corrected, updated, and reviewed templates for frequently used agreements and terms and conditions as well as other legal documents. Eric has researched, drafted, and (co)authored articles that were subsequently published in Europe and the U.S. (click here for U.S./E.U. comparative analysis). He has researched and written extensively on civil, administrative and criminal litigation involving global banks, securities and commodities fraud, dark pools, as well as high-frequency trading (Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act, Securities Exchange Act, etc).

Eric is the author of a Dutch-language book (ISBN: 978-90-830057-0-6, “Duistere handelsplatforms en het recht van Amerika”) on dark pools and U.S. law with an in-depth discussion of dark pools, their history, regulation and all major regulatory and civil actions involving dark pools. Topics also include exchanges, off-exchange trading, market making, best execution, fiduciary duties, market crashes, as well as high-frequency trading.

Additionally, Eric has a native-level command of English, Spanish and Dutch and extensive experience as a multilingual certified lawyer-linguist for clients worldwide in international cases such as banks, law enforcement authorities, law firms and investment funds. As such, he has worked closely with governments and international organizations. Through this work Eric developed a keen understanding of international aspects of matters and acquired outstanding writing and drafting skills and full familiarity with a vast array of financial matters and legal documents. In this capacity he translated many laws of the Netherlands into English and Spanish. This experience combined with his legal knowledge allows Eric to engage in complex, multilingual legal research and analysis. This in turn facilitates understanding and explaining cross-border issues involving various jurisdictions that he can convert into plain and accurate advice.

To sum it up: Eric offers U.S., Netherlands and E.U. law, specialization in banking, securities and fund regulation, a native-level command of English, Dutch and Spanish with excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong analytical skills from the perspective of both the common law and civil law.