Paul A. Josephus Jitta

Practice Areas

Paul A. Josephus Jitta, partner and lawyer at BUREN, specializes in (inter)national corporate law. He mainly advises national and international companies on (cross-border) M&A transactions. He also litigates on corporate law and trade disputes, often on the termination of international joint ventures and partnerships. Paul, who is also the honorary consul of Ecuador in Amsterdam, is co-head of BUREN’s Spain&Latin America desk.

Paul was one of the initiators of the Cancun case in 2009, an inquiry that led to groundbreaking case law of the Supreme Court in 2014 on directors’ and officers' liability in joint ventures.

Career

Paul graduated in 1993 in Dutch law from the University of Amsterdam, having taken minors at the University of Salamanca, Spain. In 2000 he completed the Business Law specialization course at Erasmus University.

Professional Memberships

Amsterdam Bar, IBA Closely Held and Business Enterprises Committee (CHAGBE), IBA Latin American Forum (LARF).