Lawyers in Netherlands

Sietske Brinskma

Sietske Brinksma was admitted to the Dutch Bar in September 2022 and has been working at Maverick Advocaten since December 2025. She has international experience in the field of competition and trade law and is specialised in Dutch and European competition law and FDI regulation. She completed both the Professional Training Programme for Lawyers and the Law Firm School programme. In 2020 and 2021, Sietske obtained her Master’s degrees in European Law and International Business Law from Tilburg University, graduating cum laude. In both programmes, she specialised in competition law, and her dissertations were awarded grades of 9 and 8.5 respectively. In 2020, she received a Certificate of Excellence in competition law from Tilburg University. Sietske is a member of the Competition Law Association, W@competition and the Investment Review Association.

Maverick Advocaten N.V.

Sijbren Kuiper

Practice Areas Sijbren is a specialist pension lawyer with a practice spanning both advisory and contentious work. He acts for pension funds, pension service providers, and Dutch and international employers across the full range of pension matters, including outsourcing and administration agreements, collective value transfers, scheme changes and de-risking, works council consultation processes, mandatory sector pension fund participation disputes, and regulatory compliance. He is a seasoned litigator with a track record in complex pension disputes. What sets Sijbren apart is his combination of deep technical knowledge with a practical, solution-oriented approach. His background in academia, financial services, and financial regulation gives him an unusually broad perspective on pension issues. He actively integrates AI tools into his practice to build and maintain comprehensive legal databases, enabling him to deliver faster, more precise, and thoroughly researched advice. Publications Sijbren is co-author of Tekst & Commentaar Pensioenwet, co-author of the ICLG Workplace Pensions 2026 guide, editor of Pensioen Jurisprudentie, and a frequent contributor to Dutch pension law journals. Key Sectors Pensions / Pension Funds

Van Doorne

Sijmen de Lange

Sijmen de Lange works as M&A expertise group leader in corporate law practice and specialises in: Mergers and acquisitions Management participations Shareholder litigation Corporate structures Due diligence

HVG Law B.V.

Sikke Kingma

Sikke Kingma has been with Pels Rijcken since 2006. He is a highly experienced Supreme Court litigator with more than 150 judgments to his credit. With his background as an all-round civil lawyer, he runs a broad Supreme Court practice for companies and public authorities. His proceedings often involve IP, insolvency law, property law or procedural law, but also contract law, company law and other civil law topics. Sikke is often sought out by lawyers from other offices to conduct Supreme Court proceedings, pre-judicial proceedings or to provide input in appeal proceedings. Sikke is also a specialised litigator and adviser in matters involving IP and media law. He litigates and regularly advises on subjects such as copyright and trademark law and (in Supreme Court appeal) patent law and trade secrets. In addition, Sikke represents clients in disputes about the legality of publications and statements on the Internet or in other media. Sikke received master’s degrees in both Dutch Civil Law and Chemistry from Leiden University, graduating cum laude in both programmes. He is a member of the Association of Civil Cassation Lawyers (VCCA) and the specialist association of IP lawyers (VIEPA). Sikke is deputy justice in the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal. He teaches, publishes regularly and is editor of the professional journal Mediaforum and principal editor of Cassatieblog, the weblog about civil cassation case law in the Netherlands.

Pels Rijcken

Silvia Gawronski

Partner

Van Traa Advocaten

Simon Boersen

Simon is a partner in our Dispute Resolution group. He is a determined and experienced litigator. He specializes in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on contractual and tort-law liability, and the enforcement of court orders and arbitral awards. His extensive experience includes cases involving fraud, contractual disputes, competition damages litigation, corporate-transaction disputes, arbitration and cross-border enforcement. Simon has a particular interest in private international law and procedural law. He regularly contributes to legal journals on these areas of law and also teaches in several post-academic programs for legal professionals.

Stek

Simon Sanders

Senior Counsel

CMS

Simon Tan

Attorney at law, partner

Ploum

Simon Tichelaar

From the beginning of his career, Simon has specialized in project development, contract law, environmental law and (European) procurement law. He writes and reviews agreements, including contracts for (large-scale) area and project development. This includes cooperation agreements, sale and purchase agreements, anterior agreements and other public-private agreements. Furthermore, he is a specialist in the field of (European) procurement law. He has extensive experience in guiding (complex) procurement processes as well as litigating about the outcome of procurement procedures. He acts for government agencies as well as for developers and entrepreneurs.

Straatman Koster Advocaten

Simon de Graaff

Attorney

Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V.

Simone Honig

Partner

NautaDutilh

Simone Hoogeveen

Simone is partner at Van Doorne and has a wealth of experience with Litigation and Insurance law. Simone specialises in the liability of accountants and tax consultants. She acts for accountants (organisations) who are or might be held liable in disciplinary or civil law proceedings. She is also well-versed in counselling companies or company directors in proceedings filed by investors. Following her law study Simon obtained a degree in economics

Van Doorne

Sina Wulder

Lawyer, at the Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation department

Stonewater

Sjef Janssen

Legal Director

Baker McKenzie

Sjoerd Kamerbeek

As corporate law specialist, Sjoerd advises and litigates for internationally renowned clients on M&A, warranty & indemnity (insurances), investment(-losses) and more generally commercial and corporate disputes. Sjoerd is specifically focussed on disputes between board members, shareholders', and other key stakeholders. In doing so, he frequently acts before the Enterprise Chamber of the Court of Amsterdam. He also acts for the largest international (hedge) funds on their shareholder activist campaigns in the Netherlands. Finally, he assists with strategic M&A in connection with takeover and shareholder disputes. Sjoerd frequently publishes articles on various corporate topics. Further, Sjoerd is regularly a guest lecturer on social entrepreneurship at Utrecht University. He is also a co-founder of and member of the advisory board to the Utrecht University Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.

Van Doorne

Sjoerd Meijer

Partner

NautaDutilh

Sjoerd Rutten

Partner

HabrakenRutten

Sjoerd Stokmans

Sjoerd specializes in Dutch and international tax law applied i.a. to reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions (both for corporates, including private equity, and management), international tax structuring, debt restructuring and acquisition financing, share/bond issues, real estate investments and partnerships.

Van Doorne

Sjors Kessels

As a specialist in corporate law, Sjors likes to clarify what is possible and what is impossible in terms of legal issues. He listens to his clients’ requirements, builds trust and gets down to work with ambition and efficiency. The variety in cases and clients means that he’s learning something new every day, both about the profession and about people. In this way, he is constantly bringing out the best in himself and in others. Sjors Kessels is involved in the Insolvency, Restructuring and Financing expert groups. In financing practice, he combines structure with freedom and risk mitigation with flexibility. This is how he adds the most value and achieves the best results for his clients. Sjors obtained a bachelor’s degree in Law from Maastricht University and a master’s degree in Dutch Law (specialising in Corporate Law) from Radboud University Nijmegen. During his studies, he was a member of the board of student organisation NSO Eques. Sjors has been working as a lawyer at Boels Zanders since 2020.

Boels Zanders Advocaten

Soeradj Ramsanjhal

Soeradj advises financial institutions in the Netherlands and abroad on a broad range of complex regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters. Soeradj is an all-round financial regulation lawyer advising on many (complex) subjects relating to market access, ongoing requirements for licensed institutions and enforcement-related issues. Soeradj has a particular focus on the payments market, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing and sanctions regulations, fintech, criminal and administrative law enforcement, internal investigations, fraud, market abuse, the trust sector, remuneration in the financial sector, general compliance and integrity, M&A in the financial sector, and dealing with regulators (including administrative litigation). Soeradj is part of both the Stibbe Financial Markets practice group and the Criminal Law practice group. Please visit the Stibbe website for more details: https://www.stibbe.com/people/soeradj-ramsanjhal.

Stibbe

Soo-Ja Schijf

Partner

Kennedy Van der Laan

Sophie Dingenen

Sophie has been advising the energy sector since 1999 on all corporate, projects and contract matters. After being involved in all the major energy transactions and regulatory changes during the privatisation of the Dutch energy market, her practice now mostly focuses on the structuring and, more specifically, the development and construction of national and international energy projects. Sophie has vast experience in drafting and negotiating key project agreements - for both conventional and renewable energy projects - which are often the basis for securing project financing. With a corporate background, Sophie also advises national and international (energy) companies on privatisations, cross border mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. In addition, Sophie has advised energy companies and financial institutions on the contractual and corporate issues related to legal consequences of the regulatory changes. She regularly advises on innovative structures such as Corporate PPAs enabling acceleration of the renewable energy transition. She was Nominated Euromoney's European Women in Business Law award 'Best in Energy' in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Before joining us, Sophie worked both for other international law firms and in house where she led the legal aspects of the development of projects. She has extensive experience in providing strategic & boardroom advice. Sophie is dual qualified in the Netherlands and in the UK. She is a member of a number of professional associations, including the Dutch Energy Law Association (NeVER), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the UK Society of Construction Law. Sophie speaks regularly on conferences and her numerous articles on energy-related subjects are published in both legal and industry magazines.

Bird & Bird

Sophie Gauquier-Rutgers

DLA Piper

Sophie Hendriks

Lawyer

AKD