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William Schonewille

William Schonewille

Europe 2026

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BarentsKrans
 BarentsKrans

Ranked in 1 practice area

Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly Plaintiffs

Netherlands

2 years ranked

About

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Europe

Practice Areas

* Financial Litigation

* Mass Litigation

* Commercial Litigation

Career

William Schonewille is a partner at BarentsKrans and a lawyer since 1996. William specialises in Financial Litigation. He acts on behalf of investors and consumers as well as for financial institutions. William has extensive experience in complex litigation, both on an individual as class action basis. He is involved and has been involved in several high-profile class actions in banking and securities law, such as Via Claim, Leaseverlies (share leasing schemes), DSB Bank N.V. and Verliespolis (information and costload of unit-linked life insurance). Currently, William’s involvement includes the WAMCA proceedings against Airbnb and various other class actions. He is regularly asked by various national and international litigation funders to advise on (optimising) opportunities of complex (collective or individual) proceedings. William also advises in relation to the development of new financial products.

From 2006 to 2013, William served on the board of BarentsKrans. From 2008 to 2013, he was chairman of the board.

Professional Memberships

* Co-author of Collectieve acties in de financiële sector

* Chairman of the board of Ars Donandi

* Board member of Voedselbank Haaglanden

* Member of the Financial Law Association (Vereniging voor Financieel Recht)

* Member of the Commercial Law Association (Vereniging Handelsrecht)

* Member of the Dutch Lawyers Association (Nederlandse Juristen Vereniging)

* Member of the Corporate Litigation Association (Vereniging Corporate Litigation)

* Various teaching and author positions

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly Plaintiffs - Netherlands

Band 3
Individual Editorial

William Schonewille is noted for his skill in handling sizeable class actions for plaintiffs, as well as financial litigation cases.

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Strengths

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  • I am very impressed by his professionalism, knowledge and expertise, as well as the way he tackles matters and manages to bring them to success.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide

  • I can really rely on William Schonewille. He is very experienced and I can always reach out to him whenever I need to ask him something.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide

  • He has never let me down. In fact, he has consistently exceeded my expectations.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide

  • William Schonewille is a very competent and trustworthy attorney.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide

  • William Schonewille is one of the few litigators who is both a litigation veteran and can do his maths, which enables him to take on very complex financial litigation.

    Litigation: Mass Torts: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers European Guide

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Netherlands

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