Lawyers in Netherlands

Bram Schrijver

Attorney

Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V.

Bram Thomas Craemer

Lawyer, partner

Lexence

Bram Woltering

Lawyer

AKD

Branda Katan

Branda specialises in international litigation. Her fields of work include collective actions and complex contractual disputes, often with cross-border or regulatory aspects. She has acted in a broad spectrum of cases comprising ESG-related matters, industrial accidents and consumer rights cases, for clients in manufacturing, mining, tech, aviation and many others. Branda is Professor by Special Appointment for the Corporate Litigation chair at Leiden University. Please visit the Stibbe website for more details: https://www.stibbe.com/people/branda-katan.

Stibbe

Bregje Korthals Altes

Bregje Korthals Altes specialises in arbitration and commercial litigation. She is one of the leading arbitration specialists in the Netherlands. She has extensive experience in large, complex disputes, both in disputes conducted through established arbitration institutes (ICC, NAI) and in ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Bregje is involved in the largest and most complex commercial arbitrations in the Netherlands, with her client portfolio extending to major players in the energy sector, such as multinationals with a dominant presence in the Netherlands. Bregje has experience in various sectors (construction, transport, defence, shipbuilding, IT, pharmaceuticals). Bregje is characterised by her ability to work easily with lawyers from different disciplines, as well as with professionals with a more economic or technical background. The clients Bregje serves, and the enthusiasm and professionalism with which she does so, are a good fit with Van Doorne.

Van Doorne

Brendan Newitt

Senior associate

De Roos & Pen

Brigitte Spiegeler

Brigitte is the founding partner of Spiegeler International Attorneys-at-Law & Mediators / artist graduated in fine art at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague. Brigitte is an attorney-at-law in The Netherlands and France. She gained extensive experience in legal services to companies, non-profit organizations and (foreign) governments. From 2002 to 2008 she worked with the Ministry of Economic Affairs as a senior policy advisor on Intellectual Property. In this work she was leading research projects on intellectual property and she did negotiations in a national, European and international context at organizations such as the European Council, the European Commission, the World Intellectual Property Organization and several diplomatic conferences. She was also responsible for legislation in the field of Intellectual Property. In addition to her work as an attorney, Brigitte is also a qualified (international) business mediator. In this role, she assists parties in resolving business conflicts in a professional and neutral manner, without the intervention of the courts. Her legal expertise, combined with her mediation skills, ensures exceptional efficiency in resolving complex international disputes, where cultural and language differences often play a role. Brigitte is co-author of the Kluwer Lexplicatie volume ‘European and international trade mark law’ and ‘Enforcement of intellectual property rights for small and medium enterprises’, published by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs

Spiegeler International Attorneys-at-Law & Mediators

Brigitte Vleer

Partner

LXA Attorneys

Britt Beumer

Britt joined Fruytier Lawyers in Business in 2023 as a paralegal. From from 28 February 2024 she was sworn in as an attorney. In 2022, she completed her master’s degree in law at VU University Amsterdam. Here she combined the majors Private Law and Internet, Intellectual Property Law and ICT. During her bachelor, she spent a semester studying at Aberystwyth University in Wales and her interest in Intellectual Property Law was sparked. To deepen and develop further in this area of law, she gained relevant work experience at two firms specialising in Intellectual Property Law, among others. In her spare time, Britt enjoys spending time with friends and family. She also considers it important to keep fit, so you can often find her at the gym after work.

Fruytier Lawyers in Business

Bryan Hoogland

Bryan is legal counsel in het corporate transacties- en venture capital team van BJTK.

BJTK

Cara Pronk

Cara has become partner in the Employment Law practice as per 1 January 2023. Within the International Employment Law team Cara specialises in cross-border employment, collective and individual redundancies, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, flex workers and European employee representation.

Van Doorne

Carel Henderson

Partner

LXA Attorneys

Carel Raymakers

Advisor at JahaeRaymakers

JahaeRaymakers

Carel van Swaay

Carel van Swaay advises corporates and financial sponsors on national and cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and corporate governance matters. He has extensive experience with controlled auctions and national and cross border M&A transactions. Carel also regularly advises the Dutch government on state owned enterprises. He received his master’s degree in Financial Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam and completed a postgraduate programme in mergers and acquisitions at VU Amsterdam.

Pels Rijcken

Carlijn Tenge

Clifford Chance

Carlijn Tjoa

Carlijn Tjoa (1986) is a partner at Finch Dispute Resolution. Carlijn specialises in resolving corporate disputes. Carlijn focuses on company-law disputes, such as impaired shareholder relationships and dead-locks. Carlijn represents shareholders in squeeze-out and buy-out proceedings. She has extensive experience in conducting (urgent) inquiry proceedings at the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber. In addition, Carlijn is a specialist in the field of liability law, for example regarding misleading prospectuses and annual accounts. Previously, Carlijn worked at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where she was involved in complex (international) attachment proceedings.

Finch Dispute Resolution

Carlos Pita Cao

Managing Partner

AKD

Carola de Bruijn

Senior Associate

CMS

Carolien Brederije

Carolien Brederije, partner and lawyer at BUREN, advises entrepreneurs, companies and institutions across a wide range of sectors on employment law, employee participation law and governance matters. She also regularly represents senior employees, executives and statutory directors in these fields.

Buren

Caroline Lagendijk

Caroline advises and litigates in procurement law and competition law, including state aid law, acting for both public authorities and private parties. Caroline was the editorial secretary of the procurement law journal Tijdschrift Aanbestedingsrecht in the Period January 2013 until December 2016. She also publishes and lectures on a regular basis. In 2014, Caroline has succesfully completed the Grotius specialization course in European and Dutch Procurement Law.

Straatman Koster Advocaten

Caroline Mehlem

Senior Associate | Attorney at law

De Clercq Advocaten Notariaat

Caroline de Weerdt

Partner Employment law

La Gro

Caroline van Gent

Caroline specializes in employment law and civil service law. She has extensive experience on advising companies and individuals on labour law issues, conducting negotiations and litigating when appropriate. She makes assessments of and gives advice on (changes in) employment conditions and non-standard contractual provisions, such a non-compete clauses. On the area of public servants law, Caroline gives advice, conducts negotiations and litigates on a wide range of matters on behalf of (semi-) public administrative bodies and (semi-) public servants. Caroline is also the member of the Healthcare Industry Group of BarentsKrans.

BarentsKrans

Casper Haket

Partner

Dentons