Midas Klijsen

Midas Klijsen has been a lawyer since 2017. Midas is involved in various cases in the field of administrative law and government liability law. He focuses in particular on advising and litigating on unlawful government acts, administrative compensation and lawfulness of legislation and regulations. Midas worked as a lawyer at A&O Shearman until 2025. There he focused on cases in the field of (economic) administrative law and European law. Midas obtained a master's degree in constitutional and administrative law at Leiden University (cum laude) and a master's degree in private law at the University of Amsterdam (cum laude). Midas has been a teaching and research assistant at Leiden University and still appears there as a guest lecturer. He is a member of the Administrative law association (VAR). · Pels Rijcken

NetherlandsAdministrative Law, Government Liability

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Midas Klijsen is a lawyer at Pels Rijcken in the Netherlands who has practised since 2017, focusing on administrative law and government liability, particularly advising and litigating on unlawful government acts, administrative compensation and the lawfulness of legislation and regulations. He previously worked as a lawyer at A&O Shearman until 2025, holds master's degrees (cum laude) from Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam, has been a teaching and research assistant and guest lecturer at Leiden University, and is a member of the Administrative Law Association (VAR).

Practice areas

Administrative LawGovernment LiabilityConstitutional LawEuropean LawRegulatoryEnvironment & Planning

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Netherlands

Pels Rijcken · Midas Klijsen has been a lawyer since 2017. Midas is involved in various cases in the field of administrative law and government liability law. He focuses in particular on advising and litigating on unlawful government acts, administrative compensation and lawfulness of legislation and regulations. Midas worked as a lawyer at A&O Shearman until 2025. There he focused on cases in the field of (economic) administrative law and European law. Midas obtained a master's degree in constitutional and administrative law at Leiden University (cum laude) and a master's degree in private law at the University of Amsterdam (cum laude). Midas has been a teaching and research assistant at Leiden University and still appears there as a guest lecturer. He is a member of the Administrative law association (VAR).

Netherlands

Expertise

Unlawful Government ActsAdministrative CompensationLawfulness of Legislation and RegulationsEconomic Administrative LawEuropean LawEnvironment & Planning

Education

Master's in Constitutional and Administrative Law, Leiden University (cum laude)
Master's in Private Law, University of Amsterdam (cum laude)