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SOPHIALAAN 8-10
1075 BR AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Louis Berger
Position
Partner
Career
Louis Berger is partner and founder of bureau Brandeis.
Louis is a recognized litigator specialized in: complex cross border and domestic ligation, class actions, antitrust damages litigation, corporate and commercial litigation.
After graduating from the University of Amsterdam, Louis Berger was admitted to the bar in 1997. Prior to Louis cofounded bureau Brandeis in 2014, he was partner at Spigt Litigators.
Louis Berger is admitted to the Dutch Bar Association and is among others member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Dutch Association for Corporate Ligation.
Louis Berger is editor of Cartel Damages Quarterly the bureau Brandeis’ journal on cartel damage competition case law.
An important part of Louis Berger’s practice regards class action and antitrust damages litigation. In these complex cases Louis’ long-term expertise in litigation come to its own right. Currently, Louis is involved in several antitrust damages cases, among others the so-called Trucks Cartel Case. In many of his cases Louis works together with funders.
Another part of his practice consists of shareholder disputes. Louis advises shareholders and directors in order to prevent litigation, but if needed also represents them in proceedings.
Recent work includes:
Retained by several oil companies in cross border litigation cases;
Regularly retained by one of the biggest Dutch hotel chains in commercial litigation;
Retained by a Swiss listed company regarding its dispute with its joint venture partner, a Belgian listed company;
Retained by the bankruptcy trustee of the former main Dutch meat producers in a multi million euro dispute against KPMG;
Retained by the former director of the board of several Dutch real estate investment funds in proceedings against bond holders and a compensations foundation;
Retained in several class actions and by claim funders.
Retained in Aircargo Cartel Case.
Languages
Dutch, English
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: class actions
bureau Brandeis‘s class action practice specialises in representing plaintiffs and is active in the diesel scandal, privacy-related class actions, and truck cartel issues. It is also known for its expertise in climate change litigation. The practice is led by hedge fund activism specialist and plaintiff litigator Frank Peters, Louis Berger who has been key to ‘Dieselgate’ cases, and Hans Bousie who focuses on antitrust damages litigation.
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
The corporate litigation practice at bureau Brandeis is notable for its experience in climate change litigation and ESG-related cases, as well as acting for foundations in class actions and handling shareholder disputes. The team is accustomed to taking over cases at the appeal stage and acting as co-counsel. Frank Peters and Louis Berger jointly lead the practice; Peters is heavily involved in hedge fund activism and climate change litigation, and Berger is engaged by clients for his skills in collective redress procedures. Floor Eikelboom is the go-to for shareholder disputes, while Wesley Vader handles liability cases.
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- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: telecoms
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Data privacy and data protection