BarentsKrans

Annelies van der Ploeg

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

Partner Corporate M&A

Jaap Bremer

Partner Intellectual Property & Technology

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

partner

Laurens de Graaf

Partner

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

partner

Philip Fruytier

Partner

Rhamsey Croes

Partner

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

Partner