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Joost Schmaal

Joost Schmaal

Europe 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

IT

Career

Joost is a partner in the Technology team. He specializes in drafting and negotiating agreements with a technology-component. He is an experienced negotiator, assisting clients with complex outsourcings and large IT-procurement projects and is the go-to advisor to many of his clients for IT-sourcing related questions and disputes.

Another large part of his practice consists of handling IT disputes, cybersecurity incidents and litigations. Joost has a great track record of solving IT-disputes in the pre-litigation phase but has also often litigated on behalf of both suppliers and customers of IT-solutions.

He is part of the Cybersecurity team, where he helps clients deal with the immediate impact of a cybersecurity incident, but also with the aftermath, handling liability claims both defensively and offensively.

Joost is a pragmatic and responsive attorney, always focusing on what is really important for the client. As a result of his many secondments as an in-house counsel with several of his clients, Joost understands the importance of being concise and taking the broader business perspective into account.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

TMT: IT & IT Outsourcing - Netherlands

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Joost Schmaal assists clients with both contentious and non-contentious matters in the technology sector, representing clients in drafting IT contracts, as well as in disputes with suppliers regarding breaches of contract, failed system implementations and liability claims. Additionally, he advises on outsourcing of services and IT infrastructure, including cloud-based software delivery.

Strengths

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  • Joost Schmaal is a truly excellent IP/IT litigation lawyer who I recommend highly.

    TMT: IT & IT OutsourcingChambers European Guide
  • Joost Schmaal delivers a great level of service. He is always available and a very experienced lawyer.

    TMT: IT & IT OutsourcingChambers European Guide

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Netherlands

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