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Jan Kromhout

Jan Kromhout

Europe 2026

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Career

Jan Kromhout is a partner and board member at AKD. He is an experienced transactional lawyer and specialised in international contracts connected with the offshore oil and gas and shipping industries. Jan provides comprehensive, specialist advice to clients in high value shipbuilding, EPC/EPIC work and major offshore and shipping projects.

Jan's clients include shipowners, shipbuilders, oil companies, oil and gas contractors, financiers and insurers. He advises them in every project phase, for example with regard to corporate structures, contract negotiations, delivery, installation and decommissioning.

Jan is also a specialist in the field of dry shipping. He handles cases relating to contracts of affreightment, bills of lading and other carriage contracts. Jan also advises owners and shipyards on all aspects of building, buying and selling a super yacht.

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Chambers European Guide

Transportation: Shipping - Netherlands

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Jan Kromhout's clients include shipyards and shipping companies. He specialises in contractual and transactional matters, such as bills of lading and affreightment, as well as advising on shipbuilding projects.

Strengths

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  • Jan knows what clients expect from him. He is a very smart lawyer with a great sense of humour.

    Transportation: ShippingChambers European Guide
  • You always want Jan Kromhout on your side. His strategic skills and eerie ability to know what is coming and what is going to be relevant are truly something else.

    Transportation: ShippingChambers European Guide

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