Damiën Berkhout

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).

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.

Represented the Take Back Your Privacy Foundation in a class action claim against TikTok for infringement of privacy rights of Dutch children.

Represented eight multinational companies in a cartel damages claim against truck manufacturers, with a total damages claim in excess of EUR 1 billion.

Represented the management board of a leasing company in financial litigation against its banks, resulting in a settlement in which the company was granted an additional credit of EUR 250 million.

Represented the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. in the successful defense against a request for inquiry into the company affairs at the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam court of appeal.

Represented Mylan N.V. in its successful defense against Teva’s hostile bid for the company.

Represented the chairman of a listed company in a successful defenae against a class action claim in excess of EUR 1 billion, with the court deciding that the chairman was the only board member not liable.