Haarlem-based firm Pot Jonker Advocaten‘s commercial litigation team is led by litigation expert Floris Diepraam and public procurement specialist Babette Blaisse-Verkooijen. The team mainly handles civil proceedings and is well versed in directors’ and officers’ liability cases. Oscar van der Pol aids clients in cases related to civil and administrative law, including public procurement disputes. Robbert Boesveld is an expert in government liability law and is a Supreme Court litigator.
Testimonials
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‘They are very approachable and know how to quickly get to the main point and make it very clear. Through experience, they often know how to estimate the outcome, but also how to sketch out possible scenarios.’
‘Pragmatic and very strong in terms of content. The client is central and it is all about how they can best be represented.’
‘Hands-on lawyers with good knowledge of the business and excellent litigation skills in the commercial legal field, particularly Floris Diepraam.’
‘Legally very sound and good in litigation. Open to finding the best possible practical solutions. Good communicators.’
‘With Oscar van der Pol, we are dealing with a very knowledgeable and skilled person. He is very pleasant to deal with, easy to approach and well informed about what is going on in the industry. It is very clear what Oscar is going to do for us and what the outcome will be.’
'The team are very pleasant to work with - they are quick in responding, provide up-to-date, quality advice, they know their client and billing is competitive.'
Key clients
- ABN AMRO Bank
- Ballast Nedam
- BEL Combination (organisational combination of the Blaricum, Eemnes and Laren municipalities)
- Centraal Beheer
- Dutch Flower Group
- Municipality of Haarlem
- Municipality of Haarlemmermeer
- Klooster Euphrasia/Zusters van O.L.V. van Liefde van de Goede Herder
- PreZero
- Q-Park
- Randstad
- Royal Ahold Delhaize (Albert Heijn, Etos, Gall & Gall)
- Royal BAM Group
- Royal PostNL Group
- Selmers Group
- Snap-on Tools
- Vattenfall
- VBM Ontwikkeling
- Municipality of Zandvoort
Work highlights
- Represented the Congegratie van OLV van de Goede Herder in multiple cases in the Netherlands related to several women who started proceedings against the Congregate claiming to have been the victims of forced labour during the time in their youth the Congregate took care of them.
- Assisted the Royal PostNL group with a wide range of civil proceedings.
- Assisted a client in the infrastructure sector with a large European public tender, with respect to possible litigation.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Floris Diepraam, Babette Blaisse-Verkooijen