David Schreuders
Simmons & SimmonsThe crime, fraud and investigation team at Simmons & Simmons covers a broad spectrum of white-collar crime matters, including bribery and corruption, international sanctions, environmental crime litigation, and compliance. In addition to this, the firm has developed expertise in the area of cybercrime. David Schreuders leads the practice and is highly experienced in defending corporate crime matters with more than three decades of experience. Willemijn Warnaars is another key member of the team who represents both individuals and companies on a variety of offences under corporate criminal law with a particular focus on money laundering and cryptocurrencies.
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‘The team operates extremely close to the client, knows the relevant background and history and is able to scale up internally if necessary. They are reachable and fast.’
‘Both David Schreuders and Willemijn Warnaars have extensive knowledge in the field and go the extra mile if and when needed. They are proactive, fast and accurate. They have proven to be very reliable and resourceful.’
- 'David Schreuders is a very experienced criminal law lawyer. He is very nice to work with and very easy to reach out to.'
Key clients
- Delta Airlines Inc.
- Chelsea FC
- Binance Digital Limited
- GrondGoudZilver BV
- TATA Steel
- BlackRock
- Unilever plc
- Stichting Hippo Mundo Charity
- Tornado Cash developer
Work highlights
- Represented one of the developers of crypto mixer Tornado Cash in a money laundering investigation, the first of its kind against an IT programmer.
- Advised TATA Steel in the Netherlands on an environmental crime related issue regarding the production of cokes, as part of their steel manufacturing process.
- Advised English football club Chelsea FC on a compliance issue as regards the EU sanctions against Russia, prior to the sale of the club by the sanctioned individual and majority shareholder Mr. Roman Abramovich to an American investor.
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David Schreuders