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Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

BarentsKrans

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BarentsKrans‘ dispute resolution group consists of multiple teams - a key pillar of the practice is the corporate, commercial, and financial litigation group led by William Schonewille, who acts as counsel for claimants in mass damages cases and other class actions (including financial services cases). Martijn van Maanen leads the private enforcement side of the practice, often acting for claimants in infringement cases, while Rieme-Jan Tjittes heads up the arbitration practice and Supreme Court litigation team, where Philip Fruytier is another key contact. Marjolein van Rest focuses on preventing and settling disputes, Annelies van der Ploeg handles complex post-M&A litigation, and Roeland de Mol frequently represents high-net-worth individuals.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Martijn van Maanen and his team have an excellent reputation in the field of litigation. Martijn is always actively involved in his cases and has a lot of experience in the field of mass claims litigation. Another excellent lawyer is Rieme-Jan Tjittes.’

  • ‘Martijn van Maanen combines great legal and analytical skills with excellent mastery of legal language. His procedural documents read very well and are very convincing. Rieme-Jan Tjittes is always very personally involved in any case in which he and his team are required. He is very creative, and has long and vast experience in international litigation and arbitration.’

  • ‘The team members are very professional and responsive. Their knowledge and understanding of the case is very deep. The lawyers act proactively and anticipate developments in a clever way. The combination of legal and economic aspects makes our case extremely challenging and the team members handle it correctly.’

  • ‘Marjolein van Rest is dedicated and highly motivated to represent and help us on the case. The time and effort is never too much or too difficult for her. The sense of humour and team spirit help a lot along the way. They are always available and responsive, very confident and pleasant to work with.’

  • ‘BarentsKrans has a very good dispute resolution team with smart and sophisticated lawyers.’

  • ‘Rieme-Jan Tjittes is exceptional. He is a very sharp thinker, extremely experienced and a pleasure to work with. He has a great sense of humour and doesn't take himself too seriously. He is a legal do-it-all: professor, lawyer, arbitrator, judge and mediator.’

  • 'Annelies van der Ploeg is very knowledgeable, extremely practical and hands-on.'

Key clients

  • Claims Funding Europe
  • Macedonian Thrace Brewery
  • Stichting Massaschade & Consument
  • Winiwadiniwi B.V. (founder Happy Italy)
  • Mr. Carlos Ghosn
  • The Office of the Public Prosecutor Saint Martin
  • OmniBridgeway
  • BMW
  • Harbour
  • Prisma Capital

Work highlights

  • Represented Aviva et all, subordinated bondholders that were expropriated when SNS Bank was nationalised, before the Supreme Court.
  • Representing Geosolutions c.s. in proceedings pending before the Dutch Supreme Court relating to the setting aside of an arbitral award of USD 115.618.213 against, among others, Sina Hong Kong Limited.
  • Representing the interests of several hundred corporations, including multinationals HP, Unilever, Novartis, Ericsson, Philips, Canon and Motorola, in seeking compensation from the members of the air cargo cartel.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Rieme-Jan Tjittes

Rieme-Jan Tjittes

BarentsKrans

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.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Martijn van Maanen, Rieme-Jan Tjittes, William Schonewille

Other key lawyers

Philip Fruytier, Roeland de Mol, Annelies van der Ploeg, Marjolein van Rest, Tom Hoyer

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