Maverick Advocaten

Firm profile Chambers 2023 – Maverick Advocaten N.V. 

Managing Partners: Diederik Schrijvershof, Martijn van de Hel, Cyriel Ruers

Number of partners: 3 Number of lawyers: 8

Languages: Dutch, English, German 

Firm Overview:  

Maverick Advocaten is the independent and leading competition law firm in the Netherlands. The team has vast experience at the top of the Dutch legal profession. The lawyers provide advice on Dutch and EU competition law, including cartels, abuse of dominance, (second phase) merger control, public procurement and cartel damage claims. They also frequently advise clients on economic regulation, consumer law and EU law (including state aid and unfair competition). The team regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Dutch and EU courts, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets, the European Commission and the Dutch Healthcare Authority. Maverick Advocaten represents clients in a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agri and food, FMCG, energy, transport, retail, fintech, media and communications.

Recent Work: 

• Representing FMN in civil proceedings against the Dutch State for the proposed awarding of the main rail network concession to the incumbent railroad company NS and in a complaint procedure with the European Commission about the rail regulation
• Successfully representing 200 hundred GPs in preliminary relief proceedings against healthcare insurer Zilveren Kruis for a higher reimbursement of GP care 2022/2023
• Successfully representing Funda fending of an abuse of dominance complaint of a rival at the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets
• Representing KLM in proceedings against a fine imposed by the Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate)
• Successfully representing a landlord of retail premises in a dispute with department store Hudson’s Bay regarding an alleged cartel
• Successfully representing MKB Multifunds in proceedings against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets before the Rotterdam court related to a violation of the Public Enterprises (Market Activities) Act by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
• Assisting Decathlon with the obtainment of acommitment decisionof the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets, regarding potentially misleading sustainability claims in the clothing industry
• Assisting the shareholder of Scholle IPN with the sale of Scholle IPN to SIG Combibloc
• Advising Stichting De Bevlogen Huisartsen (Foundation of Inspired General Practitioners) on the Integraal Zorgakkoord (Integral Care Agreement)
• Successfully representing an association of distributors of background music in a claim for abuse of dominance against the Dutch collective management organization Buma/Stemra
• Advising a software company on the first application of the Dutch Investment Screening Bill to potential future participations by (foreign) investors
• Representing a large mental healthcare provider claiming cost-covering reimbursement of acute mental healthcare in 2020 and 2021
• Assisting real-estate traders with a damages claim against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets after annulment of a fine by the highest court for alleged collusion
• Successfully representing Midac in a damages claim against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets after annulment of a fine by the court for alleged price-fixing involving forklift truck batteries
• Winning a case of a rental agency before the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal in challenging an order subject to a penalty imposed by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets
• Assisting SPIE with the notification of the acquisition of Strukton Worksphere to the European Commission
• Successfully representing an energy supplier in appealing a fine of EUR 1.25 million imposed by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets
• Successfully respresenting an HIS/EHR supplier in a preliminary relief proceeding against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets before the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (‘CBb’)
• Successfully submitting enforcement requests against Zilveren Kruis en VGZ to the Dutch Healthcare Authority on behalf of several healthcare providers

Key Clients:  

Achmea, ADG, ALLRAIL, Arkin, Asker, Decathlon, DHL, Eneco, Erasmus MC, FMN, Funda, GGNet, Gimv, KLM, Mediq, Midac, De Nederlandse GGZ, Nordian, Parnassia Groep, Standard Investment, SPIE, Van Loon Groep, Vion, Waterland

Contacts:  

■Martijn van de Hel  

Tel: +31 20 238 2002  

Email: [email protected]  

■Diederik Schrijvershof  

Tel: +31 20 238 2003  

Email: [email protected]  

■Cyriel Ruers  

Tel: +31 20 238 2015  

Email: [email protected]