BarentsKrans

Annelies heads BarentsKrans’ Commercial Contracts team. She specialises in national and international commercial contract law and liability law with a focus on drafting and reviewing supply and purchase agreements (including standard documentation), (cross-border) distribution, franchise and agency agreements and general terms and conditions. Annelies is also a highly experienced litigation lawyer. She represents large Dutch and international companies in complex liability issues, post-M&A disputes and disputes on matters such as nonconformity and warranty claims, termination of long-term commercial contracts and the interpretation of contractual clauses.

Bart de Hek

Bart mainly assists employers in matters concerning restructurings (collective dismissals), collective labour agreements and unilateral amendments of employment conditions. His clients are mainly active in transport, industry and services. Bart also advises and litigates in disputes related to mergers and acquisitions, for example in connection with works council processes, transfer of undertakings (TUPE) and harmonisation of employment conditions.

Frank Dekker

Frank is an attorney-at-law at our Employment Law department. He advises companies and individuals on labour law issues and conducts negotiations and litigation when appropriate. Besides being an attorney-at-law, Frank is a PhD student at the University of Groningen.

Harry Rek

Harry has extensive experience with complex international transactions, often a combination of M&A and strategic commercial contracts. He led transactions in the Dutch telecoms, energy and waste management markets, and in and outside the Netherlands for IT and media companies, as well as hotel transactions. In the Dutch market he is also active in private equity transactions, from small investments in innovative companies to complex exit transactions. He also advises start-ups and young businesses on their structure and commercial contracts, and more established companies on their corporate governance. Clients praise him for his practical “hands on” attitude, combined with sound business judgment and a good understanding of the commercial objectives of his clients.

Jaap Bremer

Jaap specialises in trade mark, copyright and design (‘soft IP’) disputes and transactions, as well as in patent disputes. He represents clients from various industries, particularly the food, telecommunications, media/social media and automotive industries. He assists clients in negotiating on and arranging the transfer of trade mark and patent portfolios, collaboration and R&D agreements, licensing agreements and technology transfers.

Jeffrey Koenecke

Jeffrey has over 20 years of notarial experience in commercial real estate. Jeffrey and his team guide commercial real estate transactions ranging from portefeuilles to hotels. In addition, he has special expertise in the establishment of real rights (ground lease, easements etcetera) and complex developments, combined with financing. Jeffrey has a hands on mentality and is deal driven and as such greatly appreciated by his clients.

Joost Fanoy

Joost Fanoy is head of the EU & Competition practice group and a member head of the Cartel Damages team of BarentsKrans. He specialises in European law in general with a particular focus on European and Dutch competition, public procurement and state aid law and has considerable experience in assisting companies with European and Dutch cartel and state aid proceedings as well as merger and joint venture filings with the Dutch Competition Authority (ACM) and the European Commission. Furthermore, Joost consults and litigates extensively in cartel damages cases and on behalf of both contracting parties and contracting authorities in public procurement matters.

Laurens de Graaf

Laurens de Graaf is a partner in our Employment Law department. He counsels many national and international companies in organizational restructurings, collective dismissals, employee consultation processes and individual employment matters. Laurens is an experienced litigator, who has argued high-profile cases at every court level, including the Supreme Court. Some of Laurens’ most notable clients are active in the aviation, energy, IT, and (international) transportation industries. Laurens regularly publishes articles in the field of employment law and is a lecturer for PALA, a post-academic specialisation for employment lawyers.

Lisanne Vissers

Lisanne has broad experience in Dutch corporate and company law. Her expertise and experience focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, the legal structuring of family owned businesses and succession planning. By combining corporate and company law on the one hand and matrimonial property law and succession law on the other, Lisanne is able to provide comprehensive advice to entrepreneurs and businesses.

Marc Elshof

Marc is an expert in the field of data and technology. He advises clients on (the set-up of) their data strategy, both with regard to personal data and other valuable business data, and assists clients with national and cross-border privacy and cyber security issues. In addition, Marc assists clients in negotiations for IT agreements and outsourcing. He also advises on e-commerce.

Marjolein van Rest

Marjolein has been working with BarentsKrans as a lawyer since April 2012. Her work focuses on preventing and settling national and international disputes within and between companies and/or joint ventures (Corporate and Commercial Litigation). This covers disputes within companies (internal struggles between shareholders/directors) as well as directors’ and officers’ liability, takeover disputes and trade disputes. Marjolein is a litigation expert: she has extensive experience conducting proceedings before the Netherlands Enterprise Chamber and in provisional relief proceedings. Her approach is characterised by consistently setting out a clear and pragmatic (procedural) strategy in consultation with her clients.

Martijn van Maanen

Martijn van Maanen heads the Corporate Litigation practice group. His practice covers the full spectrum of corporate and commercial disputes, including M&A, antitrust damages, fraud on the market, parent and directors’ liability, and insolvency. Most of his work involves multiple jurisdictions. His international client base includes large corporates, banks and executives. Many US and UK law firms seek him out as litigation counsel for complex disputes.

Max Keulaerds

Max Keulaerds works for BarentsKrans since 1983 (partner since 1986) and he is specialised in Employment Law. Max has extensive experience in drafting contracts, contract templates and regulations, litigation and advice on works councils, non-competition clauses, severance plans, equal treatment and non-discrimination, the position of directors, business transfers, occupational disability, working conditions, collective agreements, severance pay and pensions law.

Michiel Martin

Michiel specialises in (i) corporate law with an emphasis on M&A, buy-ins, buy-outs, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, (ii) finance (LMA) as borrower’s counsel, (iii) restructuring and (iv) shareholder’s disputes.

Philip Fruytier

Philip is a partner in BarentsKrans’s Supreme Court department, specialising in civil Supreme Court litigation. Both national and international clients have been trusting in him for years with complex civil procedures. Acting as a Supreme Court attorney for, among others, real estate developers and investors, insurance companies, government authorities and international organisations, Philip has been handling complex matters for clients for many years. He litigates in various areas of law including property and liability law, government liability law, tenancy law, civil procedural law and international and European law. He has also litigated before the European Court of Justice on many occasions. In addition, he advises lawyers on the structure of their briefs in appeal proceedings with a view to maximising their chances of success and preparing them for proceedings before the Supreme Court. He also advises on the structure of their briefs after the Supreme Court refers cases back to the appeal courts.

Rhamsey Croes

Rhamsey Croes is a lawyer since 2004 and joined BarentsKrans in 2015, where he became partner in 2016. He is specialized in corporate law with a special focus on mergers and acquisitions. He acts, amongst others, on behalf of both strategic and private equity parties (for the selling and the purchasing parties), for start-ups and on behalf of the management. Nationally and internationally. He advises clients on restructurings and a wide range of corporate law issues that companies face on a daily basis.

Rieme-Jan Tjittes

Rieme-Jan is a very experienced litigation and arbitration attorney (‘advocaat’). He is considered to be one of the leading authorities in (international) commercial contracts in The Netherlands. His clients are national and international companies, which are confident to let him handle their most complex and high risk disputes to reach satisfactory solutions. His litigation and arbitration work encompasses a wide array of legal topics and business activities, such as post M&A warranty and indemnity disputes, the termination of distribution and licensing agreements, gas and electricity supply contracts, high tech and construction contracts and setting aside (international) arbitral awards. Rieme-Jan is frequently asked to be arbitrator in national and international institutional arbitrations (NAI, ICC, AAA) as well as ad hoc arbitrations.

Roeland de Mol

Roeland de Mol is partner of the Corporate Litigation practice group. His practice covers complex litigation and advice on matters such as professional liability (including directors, lawyers and civil notaries), disputes between shareholders, M&A disputes and termination of negotiations. Roeland has extensive experience in both first instance and appeal litigation. He regularly represents national and international clients before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. He also has exceptional expertise in healthcare, telecommunications and IT. From 2018 until 2022 Roeland was member of the board of the Bar Association of The Hague.

William Schonewille

William has been practising law since 1996 and had been a partner at BarentsKrans since 2001. William is a specialist in the field of Financial Litigation. He acts on behalf of investors and consumers as well as for financial institutions. William has extensive experience in complex litigation, both on an individual as class action basis. He is reputed for his work in high-profile class action litigation cases in banking and securities law, such as Via Claim, Leaseverlies (share leasing schemes) and most recently Verliespolis (information and costload of unit-linked life insurance). William also advises on the development of new financial products. William joined the board of BarentsKrans in 2006 and was managing partner from January 2008 to December 2013.

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