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Bastiaan Kemp

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+31 20 578 50 46 [email protected]

Position

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Career

Bastiaan Kemp, partner, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Amsterdam office. He focuses on corporate & securities litigation, arbitration and corporate governance.

Bastiaan works in high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation and corporate governance cases. His clients include private equity firms and funds, listed corporates and their Dutch based subsidiaries, investment firms, corporate service providers, and international joint ventures.

Recent matters that Bastiaan has worked on include representing:

• a market leading company active in the online food ordering and delivery market in ICC arbitration proceedings
• a specialty chemicals multinational in NAI arbitration proceedings
• an investment fund in post-M&A ICC arbitration proceedings with an European bank
• a specialist in building products in a post-M&A NAI arbitration proceedings
• the former CEO of Airbus SE in a Dutch class action regarding shareholders’ claims
• a collective of car dealers in various Dutch class actions against claim organisations relating to diesel emission devices in cars
• an event driven investor in litigation before the district court and Enterprise Chamber revolving around AkzoNobel
• a multilateral development bank in inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber
• a global leader in security technologies with shares traded in the US in inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber initiated by a minority shareholder
• a private equity fund in summary proceedings initiated against it by a (former) fund manager
• multiple global leaders in credit investing in summary proceedings against a large industrial regarding dividend distributions
• a global investment fund in restructuring litigation in the Netherlands, Germany and England, related to a plastics industrial
• acting for a shipping operator in restructuring litigation in the Netherlands
• a globally operating service provider on several liability claims in various Dutch court proceedings before district courts and courts of appeals
• the Muncipality of Rotterdam in a harbour dispute in the port of Rotterdam

Bastiaan also sits as an arbitrator.

In addition, Bastiaan is a Professor at Maastricht University. He also holds the position of vice-academic director of the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies, is the co-editor of the academic journal European Company Law, a member of the editorial board of the Dutch academic journal Corporate Law Monthly Review (Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht), a Fellow at the Zuidas Institute for Financial Law and Company Law of the Free University of Amsterdam and a Member of the corporate law advisory committee of the Dutch Bar Association and the Royal Association of Dutch Civil Law Notaries and a board member of the Dutch Corporate Litigation Association.

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Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

(Next Generation Partners)

Bastiaan Kemp – Loyens & Loeff

Loyens & Loeff‘s litigation and risk management practice group handles high-profile litigation often with international angles and cross-border elements. Class action litigation is a key focus of the team, alongside its strong commercial, corporate and financial litigation offering. The team is also accustomed to handling corporate restructuring and insolvency disputes and corporate criminal defense matters. The team is jointly led by litigation specialists Sidney Berendsen and Bastiaan Kemp from Amsterdam. Berendsen is a corporate disputes expert and is sought out by clients to represent them in disputes related to M&A, shareholder conflicts and supervisor liability. Co-lead Kemp has been active in corporate governance cases and multi-jurisdictional litigation. Marit Bosselaar is the go-to for ESG and finance-related litigation.

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: class actions

(Next Generation Partners)

Bastiaan Kemp – Loyens & Loeff

Loyens & Loeff‘s litigation and risk management practice has a sizeable team handling complex litigation, including class actions. Bastiaan Kemp leads the practice and is known for his expertise in corporate governance cases and multi-jurisdictional litigation. He is well versed in advising corporate clients, private equity funds and investment firms. He works closely together with Marit Bosselaar, who focuses her practice on class actions and commercial litigation, often advising on ESG-related issues and collective settlements. The wider litigation group is co-led by disputes expert Sidney Berendsen and also has a pro bono programme assisting with ESG and class action litigation.

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: arbitration

Loyens & Loeff’s arbitration team is based out of Amsterdam and Rotterdam and led by arbitration specialist Tom Claassens, who regularly assists in arbitration and in proceedings before the Dutch state courts and courts of the former Netherlands Antilles. Corporate and post-M&A disputes are a key pillar of the practice led by Bastiaan Kemp, including shareholder disputes. The team covers a mix of commercial, investor-state, construction and corporate disputes that are often multi-jurisdictional in nature. Arbitration-related court proceedings such as setting aside and enforcement proceedings are also handled by the team. Melle Boevink is noted for his knowledge in international and domestic arbitration.

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