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Damiën Berkhout

Damiën Berkhout

Europe 2026

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Practice Areas

Damiën Berkhout is one of the founding partners and the managing partner of the firm Lindenbaum. He has extensive experience in coordinating and resolving complex litigation, with a focus on class actions, antitrust litigation, commercial disputes and corporate litigation (such as takeover battles, post-M&A disputes and mismanagement disputes).

Career

Before co-founding Lindenbaum, Damiën Berkhout founded and led a Dutch office for an international plaintiff litigation firm, led a litigation department at an international law firm, and worked as a lawyer at Paul, Weiss in NYC and Stibbe in Amsterdam.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly Plaintiffs - Netherlands

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Damiën Berkhout is regularly instructed by consumer representative organisations and plaintiff groups to act on WAMCA cases and antitrust follow-on damages claims. He advises on issues surrounding privacy breaches, cartels, abuses of dominance and consumer law.

Strengths

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  • He thinks the matters through in a strategic and efficient manner.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide
  • Damiën Berkhout is strategically very strong, does not miss any new developments and sees the economic realities on both sides of the conflict.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide
  • Damiën Berkhout is a skilled and seasoned lawyer.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide
  • Damiën Berkhout is a very talented lawyer.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide
  • Damiën Berkhout is very strong on the commercial aspects and a great advocate for his clients' interests.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide

Ranked Individuals at Lindenbaum (2)

Netherlands

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