Loyens & Loeff
Loyens & Loeff is regularly sought out by clients within the financial sector for its expertise in high-profile corporate and financial litigation, including cases that involve major financial interests and class actions. Sidney Berendsen co-leads the practice and specialises in corporate disputes related to M&A transactions, shareholder conflicts, and supervisor liability. Co-head Bastiaan Kemp, who was promoted to partner in January 2023, focuses on multi-jurisdictional litigation and corporate governance cases (and also has experience sitting as an arbitrator). Insurance and liability expert Merel van Asch, Marit Bosselaar, and Abdel Attaïbi are also key to the team.
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Testimonials
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‘The Loyens & Loeff team combines a pragmatic and commercially astute approach with in-depth understanding of Dutch law. They are responsive and client-focused.’
‘Bastiaan Kemp is particularly responsive and helpful.’
‘Merel van Asch is intelligent, hands on and does a good job.’
‘We worked with Bastiaan Kemp for well over a year and were continually impressed by him. He is extremely dedicated, talented, and has an excellent team of junior lawyers. He is well versed in all important aspects of Dutch company law and we can rely on him to deliver high-quality work product in short timelines.’
‘Bastiaan Kemp is among the best in Europe. Clever, tactically excellent and lovely to work with. He is extremely knowledgeable and commercial, often finding a compromise or commercial way forward where others put up roadblocks. Highly recommend.’
‘Marit Bosselaar is clever and stands out from her peers.’
‘The Loyens & Loeff disputes team has proven a very pleasant team to work with. Dedicated, thorough legal insights and open to other views.’
'Diverse knowledge, client focused and pragmatic.'
Key clients
- A former CEO of Airbus
- ICAP plc and ICAP Europe Ltd
- Avenue Asset Management S.à r.l.
- Stichting Pensioenfonds Rail & Openbaar Vervoer
- Heineken Holding N.V.
- Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S. (EY Brazil)
- Pharmaceutical Research Associates Group B.V.
- PlantLab
- VvE ‘t Loon
Work highlights
- Acting for the former CEO of Airbus SE in a class action suit brought against it by Stichting Investor Loss Compensation, seeking compensation for alleged inflated share prices purported to have resulted from late or misleading disclosure of alleged fraud to the market.
- Defending ICAP plc and ICAP Europe Ltd in a class action suit brought against four international banks and ICAP in its role as a broker concerning the alleged manipulation of interest rate benchmarks.
- Representing Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S. in litigation against Chinese state-owned company COFCO, concerning EY’s audit of the financial statements of trading house Nidera, prior to its acquisition by COFCO.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sidney Berendsen, Bastiaan Kemp