Frank Kroes > Baker McKenzie > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
CLAUDE DEBUSSYLAAN 54
1082 MD AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 2720, 1000 CS AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Frank Kroes is proficient in complex commercial litigation and national and international arbitration.

Frank has extensive experience in general commercial litigation, securities litigation, class actions and competition litigation, and litigation before the Supreme Court. He represents clients from a wide variety of industry sectors before the state courts and in national and international arbitration administered by a range of leading arbitration institutes. His work also covers the energy, construction, chemicals, technology and financial sectors, class actions and competition litigation. Frank appears before the courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice.

Languages

Dutch; English; French; German

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

(Leading partners)

Frank KroesBaker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie‘s dispute resolution team is co-led by litigation experts Frank Kroes and Itse Oosterhoff. The team advises on corporate litigation, including post-M&A disputes, shareholder and joint venture cases, and issues relating to insolvency and restructuring. Advising the energy sector on construction disputes is another area of expertise of the team. Other than construction disputes, the team also advises energy sector clients on cartel damages and commercial litigation. Kroes and Oosterhoff are supported by a strong team of disputes-focused associates, including Sjef Janssen, Joris Oudelaar and Rutger Doorduyn.

Netherlands > EU and competition

At Baker McKenzieFrank Kroes is very experienced in advising on contentious competition matters involving damages claims; he co-heads the practice with Frans Muller, who is well versed in handling compliance cases, merger control, cartel investigations and antitrust matters. Derk Christiaans has ‘great analytical skills‘, and advises across a wide range of competition and regulatory issues, with a particular focus on compliance matters.