DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Stek

Dispute Resolution

2 ranked lawyers

Band 4

Netherlands

Europe 2021 View ranking table

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What the team is known for

Acts for an impressive array of clients including international financial institutions and airlines. Expertise includes assisting with liability disputes and commercial litigation, as well as cases relating to corporate fraud and mismanagement. Particularly active on cartel follow-on disputes.

Strengths

The commercial understanding exhibited by the team is noted by clients, one praising it for maintaining "a business-savvy mindset."

Work highlights

Advised Samsung on a EUR2 billion civil damage claim in relation to the European Commission's finding of a cathode ray tube cartel.

Notable practitioners

Gerben Smit assists a broad clientele covering the TMT and aviation sectors. He advises on cartel damages claims, bankruptcy litigation and directors' liability. Clients underline his dexterity, one presenting him as "a quick and strategic thinker with outstanding litigation skills."

Jan Bart van de Hel acts for clients from the banking, logistics and electronics sectors on disputes encompassing shareholder litigation and antitrust cases. Market commentators commend him for his work on liability cases.

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Overview

Stek’s Dispute Resolution team represents clients in civil and administrative litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. The practice covers the entire range of commercial and corporate dispute resolution, with a focus on banking and finance litigation, shareholders disputes, director’s and professional liability, M&A related disputes and follow-on (cartel) damage claims. Stek advises various leading (listed) companies and financial institutions on corporate and obligatory issues and liability, including in litigation against regulatory authorities.