Simmons & Simmons

Andrada joined Simmons & Simmons in 2010 and specialises in commercial law and project development. She is a specialist in the field of contract law focusing on commercial contracts, including contracts regarding the provision of goods and services, CAPEX and OPEX contracts, distribution- and agency contracts as well as general terms and conditions. She assists and represents clients during the whole “life-cycle” of a commercial contract, starting from contract negotiations, drafting (complex and bespoke) contracts and advising in respect of contract law issues such as pre-contractual liability, the interpretation of a contract and termination. She also represents clients in court litigation in the event of a commercial dispute. In addition, Andrada has extensive experience in the (re)development and realization of complex large-scale projects. This includes industrial production facilities, infrastructure, renewables and office space. Andrada regularly publishes on contract law topics, amongst others as a contributor to Rechtspraak Contractenrecht (a leading Dutch legal journal on commercial contracting) and as an author of the SDU Comments to the Dutch Civil Code articles 7:9 – 7:19a (legal duties and obligations of the seller) and articles 7:20 – 7:25 (particular effects of a non-performance by the seller).

Annemarie Elenbaas-van den Berge

Annemarie has gained experience in all major areas of employment law including advising employment issues in relation to sales forces and agency workers. She has particular expertise in advising on corporate related matters including advising on employment law issues that relate to the mergers and acquisition practice (e.g. employees’ representation and consultation, transfer of undertaking, applicability of collective labour agreements, harmonisation of benefits, position managing directors, compliance aspects etc. and data protection (privacy) matters). Annemarie litigates frequently on behalf of clients, in employment courts as well as appellate courts. Her litigation work includes staff terminations as well as applying for interlocutory relief and injunction orders.

Bart Koolhaas

Bart Koolhaas has provided clients with advice on matters relating to power and utilities, transmission and distribution, carbon capture and storage, oil & gas (up, mid and downstream and LNG) and climate change. Over the last ten years Bart Koolhaas has built a practice focusing on renewable energy, with a specific focus on solar projects and (off shore) wind. He has worked on more than 25 solar projects among which the biggest solar projects in the Netherlands and the first floating solar project. He has advised on three offshore wind projects. Bart is a member of the Netherlands Association of Public Law, the Netherlands Environmental Lawyers Association (VMA) and the Dutch Energy Law Association (NeVER).

Bas Berghuis van Woortman

Bas is advocaat and the national head of the IP practice in The Netherlands. For more than 25 years, Bas’ practice covers the full range of intellectual property activities with a focus on patent and technology based litigation. Bas and his team have a particular expertise in the life sciences sector, handling matters regarding medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotech, and in the TMT sector, acting in matters regarding electronics, telecoms and software. Described by clients as "business-oriented, responsive and proactive", Bas acts before national and international courts, as well as the Dutch and European Patent Offices. As advocaat he has been involved in all aspects of litigation, as well as other IP related issues such as licensing, prosecution strategy, negotiation of research and development agreements and the protection of trade secrets and know-how. Bas is Advisory Board Member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyer’s Association. Bas is a registered representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which became operational on 1 June 2023.

Bob van Els

Bob van Els is a Supervising Associate who is based in our Amsterdam office. He works in our corporate department and specialises in mergers and acquisition, including corporate real estate, energy and natural resources related transactions, private equity transactions, corporate restructurings and joint ventures. He has assisted a variety of corporate clients, investment funds and private equity firms in several transactions.

Daisy Termeulen

Daisy is a supervising associate in our Dispute Resolution team, based in our Amsterdam office. Daisy specialises in intellectual property law. She practices all areas of intellectual property law with a particular focus on patent litigation. In addition, she practices in civil commercial disputes and regulatory enforcement disputes. Daisy represented various clients in the TMT sector. Daisy’s experience also covers litigation and regulatory disputes in the life sciences sector, acting in matters regarding medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotech. She is a member of Vereniging De Jonge Balie in Amsterdam (the Dutch young bar association) and AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property). In addition, she is part of the editorial board of the EPLaw Patent Blog for The Netherlands.

David Shearer

David is a specialist in financial and economic criminal law and is a highly experienced defence counsel in corporate crime litigation matters. Apart from being an excellent litigator, he is a strong advocate for the preparedness of companies and advises boards on compliance issues, designs or upgrades corporate compliance programs and conducts internal investigations for proactive remediation. He has a very broad experience in white collar crime, in a wide range of fraud matters (including complex accounting, banking, securities, environmental and tax), as well as in compliance and regulatory issues for companies, board members or higher level management. He and his team are also experienced in advising on company policies including Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) due diligence, cybersecurity and cybercrime resilience, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, safety & health and trade sanctions. David’s practice has a strong international focus and is marked by multi-disciplinary aspects of law. David is a partner in Amsterdam and works closely with other specialists of Simmons & Simmons internationally. He has built up a large international network of specialist peers over the years, which enables him to offer the client an optimum of knowledge and high level experience if there is also an extended scope outside his practice. David has over 30 years’ experience in high profile litigation matters. He has been a partner since 1998 in leading domestic (boutique) and international law firms. David has a long list of publications to his name and is co-author of the Dutch Defence Counsel Handbook (on Tax Fraud) and of the book Financial Law Compliance (on money laundering and crypto currencies). Furthermore, David regularly lectures about Corporate Compliance, Financial Crime and Cybercrime related topics.

Edwin van der Velde

Edwin van der Velde is a litigation associate in the Amsterdam office of Simmons & Simmons LLP. He represents clients in national and international disputes and specialises in complex civil litigation. His fields of expertise include commercial disputes, financial liability, general tort claims, defamation, seizures, intellectual property, parallel trade and unfair commercial practices. Edwin also represents a natural person who is the victim of a slander campaign initiated by two Dutch top500 companies and their owner.

Elise Boehmer

Elise specialises in corporate law, focusing on mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and other corporate transactions. Elise is a supervising associate in the firm’s corporate and commercial group in Amsterdam. She focuses on corporate law and is particularly skilled at advising private equity sponsors and private equity owned portfolio companies on M&A. She has a background in all aspects of corporate and civil law. With experience in the private equity sector, clients Elise has worked with include Gilde Equity Management (one of Benelux’s major private equity houses). Working with such clients has given Elise a strong overview of the market, making her a crucial member of the team in Amsterdam. This makes her able to think about more than just the immediate legal issues at stake, meaning she can act in the best interest of the client and provide the most effective legal solutions.

Emrecan Karacaoglu

Emrecan is a supervising associate in the Financial Markets team in Amsterdam. He advises a broad range of (inter)national corporations and financial institutions on cross-border banking and securities transactions, relating to amongst others, debt financing, real estate finance, project finance, acquisition finance and structured loans. Emrecan also has experience working on capital markets transactions and advises public and private parties that are dealing with insolvency.

George Driessen

George is a partner in our Dispute Resolution group in Amsterdam. He and his team represent clients in various industry sectors at all stages of domestic and international arbitration and litigation, including ICC, NAI, NCC, ECHR and the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. George has a wide experience advising on commercial disputes arising out of a variety of agreements, including joint venture, shareholder, post-M&A, licensing, distribution, technology transfer and construction agreements. Additionally, he counsels on sensitive matters of corporate governance. Such matters involve disputes about contractual and statutory obligations of shareholders and board members, including inquiry proceedings on (mis)management, corporate control and distressed intracompany relations. George regularly publishes in legal journals. He is co-author of a leading handbook on civil litigation and attachment and responsible for the Dutch Chapter for Thomson Reuters Practical Law on the topics 'Attachment Order', 'Rules of Evidence' and 'Settlement of Disputes'.

Harmen Wielens

Harmen has extensive experience counseling fund managers (including AIFMD/EUVECA/UCITSD), investment firms, pension funds and other financial institutions. He provides clients with integrated legal and financial regulatory advice regarding fund formation and restructuring, fund M&A, investment joint ventures, license applications, investment services and delegation arrangements. He also has expertise in the areas of operational management and governance of regulated undertakings, asset segregation (including depositary and custody arrangements), pension fund outsourcing and the cross-border marketing of financial markets products and services.

Iris Dingemans

Iris specialises in transactional, advisory and regulatory work in the asset management and investment fund sector. Her clients include (international) fund managers operating under the AIFMD and UCITS regime and institutional investors. She has an extensive background in (Dutch) corporate law, contract law and financial market regulations. In her daily practice she combines this knowledge with her practical expertise and experience to advise fund managers and investors on the full range of investment funds and asset management matters. Iris has solid experience in advising clients on the structure of investments, fund formation, the marketing of funds, as well as license application processes and topics related thereto in various jurisdictions.

Ivo van Dijk

Ivo is a partner in our banking and finance practice in Amsterdam. His wide-ranging experience covers, amongst others, matters from general corporate financings to leveraged buy outs and real estate financing transactions. He has a particular focus on syndicated lending, multi-jurisdictional (secured) financing arrangements, real estate finance, warehouse financings and loan portfolio transactions. Ivo regularly advises sponsors, corporate borrowers, financial institutions and strategic investors in connection with financing transactions across the credit spectrum.

Jeroen Bos

Jeroen specialises in capital market transactions with a focus on asset-backed transactions such as securitisations, covered bonds and supply chain financing. He represents financial institutions in their capacity as originator, lender, investor, sponsor, arranger or dealer. He has also been involved in numerous loan portfolio sales, acting for both sellers and buyers.

Johan Renes

Johan has over 30 years of experience in life science, and is a partner in our Intellectual Property practice. Since his industry start in the late eighties he has been continuously involved in international patent litigation in various courts. From small molecules to PCR, from proteins (hormones, cytokines, antibodies) to medical devices Johan has litigated (and coordinated) in e.g. the Netherlands, Japan, UK, Sweden, USA , Australia and at various patent offices. Johan is also experienced in the commercial and strategic aspects of life science. He has guided companies from inception to IPO and beyond, negotiating licensing and collaboration deals, securing investments and implementing aligned R&D, business and IP strategies. His latest assignments were an IPR for a gene therapy client, a Dutch and Belgian high visibility lawsuit on a cancer drug, a licensing deal between two pharmaceutical companies and implementing an R&D/IP strategy for a company developing a treatment for infectious diseases of the airways.

Koen van Leeuwen

Koen works in the financial markets group and is based in our Amsterdam office. He specialises in financial markets regulation and has particular experience in relation to asset management, other investment services and crypto services. He also has experience advising on derivatives regulation and documentation. Since joining Simmons & Simmons in 2019, Koen has advised leading global financial institutions on a broad range of financial services regulations. He is also experienced in application procedures with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). Furthermore, he regularly negotiates documentation for derivatives, lately in particular with respect to the initial margin requirements.

Laurie Kuijpers

Laurie is a partner in employment, incentives and pensions practice and has more than 10 years of experience in employment and employee benefit matters, with a specialisation and strong focus on Dutch and European pension law. She represents pension funds, insurance companies and large national and international companies on pension related issues. Laurie’s ample experience includes, amongst others, involvement of (international) harmonisation and de-risking of pension schemes, liquidation and consolation of pension funds, duty of care issues, M&A transactions, the technical and financial aspects of the complex implementation contracts and mandatory participation in mandatory industry-wide pension funds. She also regularly advises and litigates on high-profile and contentious pension disputes. Furthermore, Laurie has significant experience in representing clients in consultation and negotiation procedures with works councils and unions, dismissal of managing directors and remuneration structures and sector-specific regulations on remuneration in the financial sector. She is a frequent speaker at seminars and courses on pension law aspects and regularly publishes articles on employment- and pension law matters in professional journals. Laurie is a member of the association for pension lawyers, IPEBLA and ViiP, a professional network for women in financial (pension) institutions and registered as a certified pension lawyer (CPL).

Leo Verhoeff

Leo specialises in corporate law with an emphasis on private equity, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate governance. He heads the practice group Company & Commercial and the private equity group in the Netherlands. His client base includes European and US private equity firms, banks, and international and domestic corporations among others active in consumer goods, the manufacturing industry, food and packaging. Leo has developed a consistent and impressive track-record in assisting private equity firms and management teams in buy-outs.

Luc Cohen

Luc is a real estate specialist with a focus on real estate transactions, lease and asset management. Luc is advising sellers and purchasers of real estate, acting for a variety of clients, ranging from investment funds, corporates and retail companies. His work includes both contentious and non-contentious matters. Luc is also a construction specialist. His wide experience in the construction and engineering sectors allows him to bring a commercial and pragmatic approach to contract procurement, project support and dispute resolution, whether by litigation or by arbitration. Finally, Luc is known as a specialist in procurement, with a special focus on the Life Sciences sector, representing pharmaceutical companies in their aim to win mandates.

Machteld Hiemstra

Machteld is a civil liability and regulatory law specialist with a specific focus on highly regulated sectors or products and services, in particular the Life Sciences sector. She is a litigator and advises clients in civil and administrative courts from first instance up to the supreme court or before the European courts. Typically, companies call her for assistance on issues in relation to judicial review, enforcement actions, market access, product liability and commercial conflicts. Her expertise also includes highly significant legal areas, including GDPR and the AI Act. Machteld furthermore has a wealth of experience in handling SPC litigation (Patent Supplementary protection Certificates) which is a niche legal expertise in the cross-over of patent law and medical regulatory law. Due to the nature of the clients, cases very often require technical affinity and deep understanding not just of the law, but especially also of the product or services at stake. Her sector knowledge is deep and practical and includes industry experience having been a global inhouse counsel at Akzo Nobel for several years and fulfilling several interim positions as well. In recent years she advised and represented clients in cases with regard to data protection and trade secrets, open government, GDPR, consumer protection, pharmaceutical and medical devices legislation advertising and promotion, product pricing and reimbursement, pharma and medical devices tender disputes, market access, authorisation and withdrawal proceedings and product liability cases. Machteld speaks, teaches and writes regularly on topics relevant to her fields of expertise.

Marline Hillen

Marline is a supervising associate in the Financial Markets team in Amsterdam. She specialises in banking and capital markets work, including asset-backed finance. She advises a broad range of corporations and financial institutions on cross border (re)financing transactions.

Monique van Herksen

Monique is a partner specialising in transfer pricing, dispute resolution and related international tax issues. Her practice includes advising multinational enterprises on global audit compliance, audit management and risk assessment related to transfer pricing, permanent establishment exposure and business restructurings in the jurisdictions where they do business. Monique handles audit settlements, advance pricing agreements and competent authority requests. She provides hands-on assistance and strategic advice on tax and transfer pricing audits and discussions with tax authorities and local tax counsel, where she is able to call on her experience with leading controversy teams and working for the US Internal Revenue Service. Monique also serves as transfer pricing expert on the Subcommittee on Transfer Pricing of the UN Tax Committee and assists the United Nations’ Financing for Development Office with training and materials for tax authorities in developing countries. She has conducted trainings for organisations such as the Inter-American Centre of Tax administrations (CIAT) and the African Tax Authorities Forum (ATAF). She also has been teaching transfer pricing at leading universities for over 20 years.

Oscar Lamme

Oscar is a partner in the IP practice in the Netherlands. He has over 15 years experience and specialises in international patent and trade secret litigation, tech licensing and other technology-related matters. Having a background in engineering, Oscar is well placed to represent a wide variety of multinational clients active in telecom, electronics, biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry. His cases are mostly cross-jurisdictional and he often works on the convergence of different areas of law, such as patent law and competition law. Oscar regularly publishes on patent law topics, such as the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent, and frequently speaks at national and international congresses. He is also a member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyer’s Association.

Paul Tjiam

Paul Tjiam is a litigation partner in the Amsterdam Office of Simmons & Simmons. His practice focuses on national and international complex civil litigation related to (geopolitical) commercial disputes, antitrust, general tort claims, liability of financial institutions, defamation, seizures and IP. Paul has worked on high profile international litigation matters, including an ownership dispute of the Stolichnaya brand against the Russian State, representing fintech companies in financial liability claims, representing a global beverages brand with the dismantlement of an international operating counterfeit syndicate and a commercial ownership dispute against the Turkish State following the alleged coup d’état. Paul also assists a natural person who is the victim of a slander campaign initiated by two Dutch top500 companies and their owner. Paul devotes a significant portion of his practice to pro bono service, representing UNICEF Nederland, Doctors without Borders and PILP in legal matters.

Peter Voorhees

Peter is a partner in the Financial Markets group based in the Amsterdam office. Peter is a US-qualified international capital markets lawyer who specialises in advising investment banking, governmental and corporate clients on multi-jurisdictional debt and equity transactions pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the US Securities Act. His specific experience includes advising on medium-term note, commercial paper and structured finance programmes, bond issues, liability management transactions and equity-related issues. Peter is further an expert in ESG finance, acting for the leading issuers of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds across the Dutch market. Peter's client base includes several of the most significant issuers and underwriters active in the Dutch and international capital markets. He has been recognised in various legal guides, including Chambers Global, The Legal 500 and the IFLR1000, as a leading capital markets practitioner. Peter is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Surdna Foundation, a major New York-based philanthropic foundation that seeks to foster sustainable communities in the United States - communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by healthy environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures.

Pim Duteweert

Pim provides pragmatic corporate tax advice to asset managers, investment funds and corporates. He is specialising in fund structuring, acquisitions and disposals of investments and related corporate matters including management participations and restructurings. Pim is a managing associate based in our Amsterdam office. In 2022 he completed a secondment to a Dutch independent private market fund manager where he worked on a wide variety of matters including fund raising, acquisitions and disposals, asset management and co-investment structures.

Rezah Stegeman

Rezah is a partner specialising in financial services regulation, derivatives and clearing. On the financial regulatory side, he covers a wide range of regulatory issues, including cross-border operations in the Netherlands, acquisitions of interests in financial firms, but also negotiations of investment management agreements. His recent work focussed on Brexit relocations and repapering. On the derivatives and clearing side, he covers trade documentation (ISDA/GMRA/GMSLA/EFET MNA etc.), regulatory aspects (such as EMIR, MiFID and CSDR) and legal opinions under CRD. He currently advises clients on initial margin documentation. His experience includes advising asset managers, pension schemes, banks, fund managers and other financial institutions, as well as the Dutch government and regulators. He has a background at the Dutch Central Bank, where he was involved in the creation of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act.

Rob Hendriks

Rob has over 30 years’ experience practicing corporate law and advising on structuring and transactions in the investment- and private equity funds market. Rob is very active within the asset management and investment funds sector (AMIF) and has done some large and significant deals in the previous years which were frequently covered by (inter)national press. As a sub sector focus, Rob advises investment and private equity funds and asset managers on complex structuring and investments in the (renewable) energy area and corporate real estate/development portfolio share structured investments and transactions.

Rosa Temminghoff

Rosa is an associate in the financial markets group and is based in our Amsterdam office. She specialises in asset-backed finance transactions and (debt) capital markets transactions including medium-term note, commercial paper and structured finance programmes. Rosa advises a broad range of (multinational) corporations and financial institutions on both domestic and cross-border transactions and associated regulatory matters.

Siemkje Batenburg

Siemkje Batenburg is a real estate notary; her practice consists of working on all aspects of commercial real estate and real estate-related transactions. Siemkje advises a wide variety of clients on (commercial) real estate transactions, (re-) financing and real estate development; she also advises on divisions into apartment rights, the establishment of leasehold constructions and any other possible ownership rights in relation to (the legal structuring of) existing properties, (unbuilt) plots of land and solar/wind farms. Siemkje acts for investment funds, private equity funds, institutional investors, banks and debt-funds, who are active/investing in (the (re-)financing) of various real estate asset classes (mainly retail, business, residential, leisure, logistics and energy).

Vincent Engel

Vincent is a managing associate in the Amsterdam Financial Markets group. He specialises in asset-backed finance transactions and transactional banking and advises a broad range of (international) corporations and financial institutions, such as issuers, arrangers, agents, lenders and borrowers on both public and private transactions, including structured notes, covered bonds, securitisations, warehouse financing arrangements and lending platforms as well as acquisition finance, real estate finance and loan portfolio sales.

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