Anna WYRZYKOWSKA

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k.

Treasurer
Honorary

Anna is a Partner in WKB, Wierciński, Kwieciński Baehr, Poland. Anna’s practice is focused on real estate, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. She heads Real Estate & Property Development practice, and also co-heads French desk in WKB. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the School of American Law at the Centre for American Law Studies (a joint initiative between the University of Florida and the University of Warsaw), Anna also completed postgraduate studies in French and European Business Law at the University of Poitiers in France (D.E.S.S. du droit français et européen des affaires) and a postgraduate programme at the Warsaw School of Economics entitled ‘The Legal Basis of the Construction Process’. In addition, Anna attended an internship organised for foreign advocates by the Paris Bar as part of the EFB (Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d'Appel de Paris). Anna is also a lecturer on real estate and company law at Warsaw advocate’s bar.

Janine REUDT-DEMONT

Niederer Kraft Frey AG

National Representative
National Representatives Committee

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Samir BOUFADISS

Samir joined Tesla in 2014 and currently heads the EMEA Legal team. He is based in Amsterdam and works on all legal matters in the EMEA region, ranging from commercial matters (including procurement, retail development, charging infrastructure), consumer matters (including marketing, statutory warranty), regulatory matters (financial services, insurance and privacy) and litigation. Over the last 8 years Tesla has significantly expanded his operation in the EMEA region adding many new countries where it does business and sells new products and services both in the automotive and energy storage space directly to consumers. In addition, Tesla is in the process of opening its first European factory near Berlin. Prior to joining Tesla, Samir acquired his master's degree in Dutch law in 2005 and started working for the Dutch law firm Houthoff in the same year. He worked in Houthoff’s real estate department and the corporate M&A department.

Aurelio ASSENZA

EMLEX - EVA MASCHIETTO MASSIMO MAGGIORE

Aurelio earned his law degree in 2007 at “Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi” of Milan. Since then he has been working the law firm and in 2016 became their partner. He deals with intellectual property, competition and commercial practices, commercial contracts, media, information technology and e-commerce, advertising, product compliance. He is an academic fellow of Bocconi University, where as contract professor he lectures on legal issues in marketing. Aurelio also regularly serves as contract professor at the Milano Fashion Institute’s master on fashion law. He is author of several articles on intellectual property, competition and advertising. He is a member of the Milan bar.

Evelina LEVENSON

Rittershaus Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Evelina Levenson is senior associate at RITTERSHAUS, Germany and advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property rights, in particular trade mark and unfair competition law. Other focal points are patent law and e-commerce law. She supports clients from various industries, inter alia, automotive industry including vehicle and vehicle parts manufacturers in trademark and litigation matters. She studied at the University of Constance and graduated there with her first state exam. After the legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe and her second state exam, she was admitted to the German bar in 2017.

Gustavo PAPESCHI

Estudio Beccar Varela

Gustavo specializes in corporate advice, banking and financial institutions, anti-corruption and compliance. He also has extensive experience advising on distribution and franchising agreements, and on private international law matters.

Anton OLSSON

Anton Olsson is a partner at MAQS in Sweden. Anton is head of MAQS’ Automotive group and works regularly with major agreement structures and M&A. Anton has particular experience in electrification, autonomous driving, connectivity, car-sharing, sourcing, and development collaborations. Anton studied in Gothenburg, Sweden as well as in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Daniela HANGARTER

Hangarter | Legal

Regional Representative
National Representatives Committee

Daniela is an Attorney-at-Law (German bar) and Certified Specialist Employment Lawyer based in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to starting her career as an attorney, Daniela gained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at the University of Christchurch, New Zealand, and worked as an immigration advisor in Christchurch. From 2009 until 2020, she worked in the employment law team of Greenfort in Frankfurt, from 2017 as an Associated Partner. In 2020, Daniela founded Hangarter | Legal, a boutique law firm specialised in employment and labour law ad-vice for companies and executives. Already in its first year of existence, Hangarter | Legal was recognized as one of Germany’s top law firms for employment law by Wirtschaftswoche, and Daniela was awarded “Lawyer of the Year” by Handelsblatt. Daniela advises and represents German and international companies of all industries and sizes. She is very experienced in handling international projects. The focus of her current work are restructuring projects and ensuing employment litigation, negotiations with works councils and employee data privacy matters. Daniela is also a lecturer for employment law at a private university and author of various publications on employment law. She is also a co-initiator of #stayonboard, an initiative which successfully advocated a change of statutory law allowing board members and managing di-rectors to take a break from their office in case of pregnancy, parenthood, illness or care for relatives. Daniela has been an AIJA member since 2016 and is currently the Regional Representative for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

Irina KOSTINA

SIA “ZAB Ellex Klavins”

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Teresa WAIDMANN

Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Teresa Waidmann has been a member of Schoenherr's employment team in Vienna / Austria since 2014 and has more than ten years of experience in the field of employment law. She advises clients in a wide range of industries on all contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She has strong experience in HR matters arising in connection with M&A transactions and has advised key clients during extensive personnel and management restructurings.

Marco S. MEIER

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG

Marco S. Meier is a senior associate in the firm’s Zurich office and member of the ICT & Digital group and MLLStart!. His practice focuses on data privacy law, technology law, banking and finance law and regulatory matters in the digital economy, in particular in the retail, luxury, tourism, tech, financial services and healthcare sector. In addition, he regularly advises national and multinational companies on IT/IP M&A-Transactions. He was named rising star in 2020 and 2021 by Legal500 in the field of data protection and is a certified international privacy professional (Europe). Alongside his studies, Marco S. Meier worked in the legal department of a private bank in Zurich. He subsequently joined a leading business law firm in Zurich as a junior associate and then worked for a Big Four firm. Marco S. Meier was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 2017. He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Lucerne/UIC (Chicago) and a bachelor’s degree in business law from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Piotr ZAWADZKI

Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasinski Kancelaria Prawna Sp. J.

Piotr Zawadzki, attorney-at-law, patent&trademark attorney, supports clients from the most innovative sectors, such as the pharmaceutical industry, media, advertising, IT and electronics, clients from the banking and finance sector, as well as energy, construction, automotive, film and food processing industries, in matters of intellectual property, new technologies and personal data protection law. Piotr primarily focuses on trademark and patent law, copyright law, e-commerce regulations, internet domain protection, advertising law, protection of trade secrets, as well as personal data law and non-personal data regulations (including Big Data). His experience includes representing clients in disputes before the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), state courts and arbitration tribunals, as well as advising on IT/software contracts, cloud computing solutions, know-how transfer/licensing agreements, R&D contracts, as well as on GDPR implementation, data transfers outside the EEA and processing of sensitive data. He was also involved in numerous commercial transactions related to the acquisition, transfer and contribution of intellectual property rights, including on the real estate market, as well as M&A deals. Piotr is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. He also completed a course in Italian and European law organised by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Catania and postgraduate studies in new technologies law at the Koźminski University. Apart from his membership in AIJA, Piot is also a member of the Association for the Protection of Industrial Property – Polish Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Kaj SEIDL-NUSSBAUMER

Probst Partner AG

Kaj Seidl-Nussbaumer advises, litigates and lectures in all technology-related fields with a focus on latest developments such as Industry 4.0 / Digitalization, data based business models and e-commerce. He is well experienced in all ICT-, Software- and IP-law related issues. He also advises companies in IT-outsourcings and counsels companies in data protection matters.

Isabel OEST

COMMEO Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB

President
Antitrust

Isabel Oest is a partner with the competition law boutique COMMEO, based in Frankfurt, Germany. She advises on all aspects of German and European competition law, with an emphasis on merger control and cartel proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission.

Martijn BURGERS

Pact advocaten LLP

Co-Chair
Human Rights Committee

Martijn Burgers has been a lawyer since 2003. He completed the specialist course Employment Law at the Grotius Academy in 2006, and publishes and teaches regularly on employment law topics. He excels as an advisor and business partner to his clients. Martijn has a no-nonsense approach. He is goal-oriented and mindful of timelines. His expertise enables him to offer his clients enormous added value in brainstorming solutions to complex problems. He knows how to reanimate stalled negotiations and assist commercial clients in making strategic decisions. Speed, dedication and efficiency are his trademarks.

Anna WYRZYKOWSKA

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k.

Treasurer
Honorary

Anna is a Partner in WKB, Wierciński, Kwieciński Baehr, Poland. Anna’s practice is focused on real estate, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. She heads Real Estate & Property Development practice, and also co-heads French desk in WKB. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the School of American Law at the Centre for American Law Studies (a joint initiative between the University of Florida and the University of Warsaw), Anna also completed postgraduate studies in French and European Business Law at the University of Poitiers in France (D.E.S.S. du droit français et européen des affaires) and a postgraduate programme at the Warsaw School of Economics entitled ‘The Legal Basis of the Construction Process’. In addition, Anna attended an internship organised for foreign advocates by the Paris Bar as part of the EFB (Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d'Appel de Paris). Anna is also a lecturer on real estate and company law at Warsaw advocate’s bar.

Krzysztof PAWLAK

Schoenherr Halwa sp.k.

M&A and corporate law expert. Over 19-year experience in M&A transactions across various industries, often with a cross-border element. Partner at Schönherr's Warsaw office.

Aymeric DE MOL

Aramis Avocats

Aymeric de Mol is a Counsel in the Corporate/M&A team of Aramis. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. Aymeric de Mol acts for French and foreign companies and investment funds, active in various sectors, with a special focus on the mobility, new technology and commodity sectors.

Clara GORDON

WOLF THEISS Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG

Co-Chair
National Representatives Committee

Clara Gordon is a partner at Wolf Theiss in Vienna, Austria.
She focuses on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate structuring. She advises large Austrian and international corporations as well as medium-sized companies and investment companies from a broad range of industries.
Clara is the author of a book and several articles on corporate law subjects.

Adam SALKIN

Herzog, Fox & Neeman

National Representative
National Representatives Committee

Adam Salkin is an M&A and VC partner at Herzog, Fox & Neeman law firm in Tel Aviv and focuses his practice in the area of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on cross-border M&A, private fundraisings and complex international joint ventures. Adam works with both multinationals and emerging growth companies and, in recent years, has had a particular focus on businesses operating in the gaming, adtech, digital health, biotech and cyber security sectors. Before joining Herzog, Adam trained and worked in London at the international law firm, Pinsent Masons LLP. Adam is qualified to practice law both in Israel and England and Wales and currently serves as the National Representative for Israel at AIJA.

Lorna CELA

Bonnard Lawson Genève SA

Lorna Cela is a Swiss attorney-at-law working in the corporate and M&A department of Bonnard Lawson, a Swiss law firm with offices in four leading foreign jurisdictions. Her practice focuses on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions both in cross-border and domestic matters. She advises clients in all aspects of commercial law, including corporate governance matters, commercial contracts, employment law, corporate restructuring, shareholders and investors relations, as well as commercial litigation.

Adriana BERGLUND

Head of Legal at Voi Technologies AB

Karin LANG

Karin Lang, Head of Legal foodora Leading the legal team of foodora (a part of Delivery Hero), the leading online food delivery service in the Nordics.

Henrik DAHLGREN

Gothenburg born, pun-loving (naturally), inhouse counsel with 14 years focus on market expansion, sales and product development within the payments industry at one of Europe's fastest growing and highest valued unicorns.

Adriana BERGLUND

Head of Legal at Voi Technologies AB

Paulo NASSER

M Nasser Dispute Resolution

Vice-President
Insolvency

Paulo Nasser is an AIJA member since 2017 and is VP of the Insolvency Commission. Paulo has extensive expertise in cross-border litigation and arbitration, advising clients in complex cases involving business and commercial matters. He is the founding partner of M Nasser Dispute Resolution, in Sao Paulo. Nasser was educated at the Catholic University of Sao Paulo, where he obtained his masters in Private Law (Direito Civil) and his Ph.D. in Procedural Law and Arbitration. He also holds a LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics (LSE).”

Christoffer MANGELUS

Advokatfirman Delphi i Göteborg KB

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Anna EIDVALL

MAQS Advokatbyrå AB.

Anna Eidvall specialises in data protection and has extensive experience on implementation and management of data protection and privacy programs. Although her practice is general, she has extensive experience from working with privacy and data protection issues in the automotive, retail and regulatory sector. Anna works cross-industry and with her solid experience of the old and new data protection regulations, she provides practical and tangible advice on a complex regulatory framework based on the unique conditions of every business and with respect to privacy.

Annika BRANDT

Advokatfirman Lindahl KB

Member
Executive Committee

Annika Brandt, specialist counsel at Advokatfirman Lindahl, Sweden, specializes in M&A with a special focus on energy-related transactions.

Madeleine EDQVIST

Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB

Madeleine is specialised in energy and environmental law and has a broad experience of energy related projects, especially in the renewable energy sector, and regulatory matters related to energy and environmental law.

Marco GARDINO

RP Legal & Tax Associazione Professionale

Vice-President
Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL)

Senior Associate at R&P Legal He mainly focuses on commercial and corporate law. He regularly assists Italian and foreign companies. He graduated cum laude in 2011 at the University of Torino with a dissertation on “Controlled Foreign Companies Legislation”, after having attended study programs with Maastricht University, San Diego University and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (GeorgeTown University). In 2017 he attended a specialization course in energy law with Università LUISS Guido Carli of Rome. He is an active member of AIJA – International Association Young Lawyers. He is a member of the International Affairs Commission of the Turin Bar Association.

Christian VISTI LARSEN

NewBanking Aps

Christian Visti Larsen, CEO NewBanking - International Keynote Speaker- Expert in RegTech and AML regulation Christians experience from the highly regulated financial sector makes him a valued advisor for law firms and other companies now required to comply with the AML regulations. As the CEO of an innovative RegTech company, he can also shed light on how new technologies can ease the burden of KYC and CDD procedures to create value for companies and their customers.

Michael EITLE

Scope Law AG

Member
Executive Committee

Michael is a partner at Scope Law in Zurich, Switzerland advising clients in various sectors with a focus on venture capital, domestic and international M&A and private equity transactions, as well as asset finance and corporate finance transactions (including acquisition and other structured finance). He regularly assists start-ups, investors, entrepreneurs, financial intermediaries and other nationally and internationally active companies in corporate and commercial matters.

Petronella HALLBERG

Advokatfirman Vinge KB

Petronella is a senior manager in Advokatfirman Vinge’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice group in Gothenburg. Her main areas of practice include mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions for international and Swedish clients. She also assists in company law matters, e.g. in connection with capital raising, restructuring and incentive programs as well as employment law matters.

Martijn BURGERS

Pact advocaten LLP

Co-Chair
Human Rights Committee

Martijn Burgers has been a lawyer since 2003. He completed the specialist course Employment Law at the Grotius Academy in 2006, and publishes and teaches regularly on employment law topics. He excels as an advisor and business partner to his clients. Martijn has a no-nonsense approach. He is goal-oriented and mindful of timelines. His expertise enables him to offer his clients enormous added value in brainstorming solutions to complex problems. He knows how to reanimate stalled negotiations and assist commercial clients in making strategic decisions. Speed, dedication and efficiency are his trademarks.

Anna WYRZYKOWSKA

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k.

Treasurer
Honorary

Anna is a Partner in WKB, Wierciński, Kwieciński Baehr, Poland. Anna’s practice is focused on real estate, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. She heads Real Estate & Property Development practice, and also co-heads French desk in WKB. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the School of American Law at the Centre for American Law Studies (a joint initiative between the University of Florida and the University of Warsaw), Anna also completed postgraduate studies in French and European Business Law at the University of Poitiers in France (D.E.S.S. du droit français et européen des affaires) and a postgraduate programme at the Warsaw School of Economics entitled ‘The Legal Basis of the Construction Process’. In addition, Anna attended an internship organised for foreign advocates by the Paris Bar as part of the EFB (Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d'Appel de Paris). Anna is also a lecturer on real estate and company law at Warsaw advocate’s bar.

Lukas WIESER

ZFZ Zeiler Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Lukas Wieser is a specialist in labour, employment and transportation law, as well as employment and commercial litigation with Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich. Lukas has extensive experience advising clients in all aspects of labour and employment law and representing clients in employment litigations and trials before Austrian courts. He represents clients especially in cases of employment termination challenges as well as in discrimination and (sexual) harassment claims. His work also includes advising foreign and national clients in drafting various types of employment agreements, such as employment contracts and shop agreements, and advising in restructuring processes and transactions. He assists employers in the full range of industrial relations law, from representing them against unions and works councils, to representation against individual works council members. He also assists international and national clients in global mobility and employee immigration scenarios. Hiring and performance management as well as drafting contracts with executives are another focus of Lukas’ expertise. Lukas also advises clients on data protection, focusing especially on employees’ data. He further advises and represents clients in disputes arising from franchise, distribution & agency agreements. Lukas’ practice further includes the constant support of clients in the transport and logistics sector. He also assists clients in commercial disputes and represents them before domestic courts. Lukas supports his clients with in-house training in the form of in-house seminars and workshops on all labour law topics, from the implementation of new technical working methods (keyword: algorithmic management) to (better) termination management. Lukas regularly lectures on employment law at national and international conferences and seminars, and has authored several publications in his field. Additionally, he is a lecturer on HR-issues at the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna. He was admitted to the Austrian bar in 2016, is a graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2009) and the University of Barcelona (LL.M. 2015). Lukas works in English (fluent) and German (native).

Brian VAN EGMOND

Conway & Partners

Brian is an internationally operating lawyer based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His practice is focused on contracting, litigation & arbitration both domestically and abroad. As Brian is based in one of Europe's biggest seaports, he often deals with maritime, transport, industry and trade related cases. Apart from that, Brian is a big sportsfan. His passion for both law and sports perfectly combines together in his own sportslaw blog: www.sportslaw.blog.

Hari KRISHNA

Nimble Legal

Hari Krishna is the CEO of Nimble Legal, a UAE-based law firm he founded in 2016. Hari is a specialist maritime law practitioner who has been based in Dubai since 2007. He is an alumnus of Tulane University where he received an LLM in Admiralty (with distinction). While at Tulane, he was a Maritime Law Center Fellow and Harry F Stiles Scholar in maritime law.

Jan HERMELING

TIGGES Rechtsanwälte

Regional Representative
National Representatives Committee

Salary Partner at TIGGES Rechtsanwälte, Dusseldorf/Germany, Attorney at Law and Certified Specialist for International Business Law, Areas of practice: Transportation law, insolvency law, litigation, Member of Extended Committee Transport Law Commission, Regional Representative

Morgane ROUSSEL

Morgane Roussel is registered at the Marseille Bar and is admitted to intervene before all French courts. She holds a Master Degree in Business Law (Bordeaux, FR).

Morgane advises and handles litigation in all matters in connection with the maritime, insurance and international trade practice and represents various shipowners, charterers, freight forwarders, P&I Clubs, and Civil liability and H&M insurers.

She has also developed an expertise in Corporate law.

Morgane is Member of Young CMI, WISTA, AFDM (Association Française de Droit Maritime) and AIJA.

Morgane intervenes regularly as speaker at Young CMI, YMLA and AIJA conferences and is a member of the CMI working group on the COVID-19 Pandemic questionnaire.

Dharshini BANDARA

FLEET HAMBURG

Dharshini Bandara is a commercial lawyer providing a wide spectrum of legal assistance to her clients. She assists clients with all the legal aspects of cross-border buying and selling of goods and services, to include drafting standard form and specialist sales and service contracts, and the resolution of commercial disputes. Being qualified in England and Wales, Dharshini conducts litigation in the English high courts, and arbitration pursuant to all the major institution rules. Dharshini serves the maritime industry, in relation to legal issues arising from charterparties, bill of lading, cargo claims, insurance disputes and casualties. She is a ranked lawyer in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, and Fleet Hamburg is recognized in both publications as a tier/band 1 firm for transport law in Germany.

Francesco GASPARINI

STUDIO LEGALE MORDIGLIA

Francesco is a dispute resolution and advisory lawyer specialised in matters relating to yachting, insurance law and international trade. Francesco often advises shipyards and owners on multiple aspects of yachts and superyachts, from construction or purchase to operational matters such as granting mortgages or negotiating refits, repairs, and chartering agreements, also assisting clients in relevant court and/or arbitration proceedings. Francesco cooperates with the specialist magazine Diritto Marittimo (Maritime law) and is author of articles and publications in national and international magazines.

Rory DUNCAN

Clyde & Co Europe LLP

Rory is an English-qualified maritime lawyer based in Clyde & Co's Hamburg office, after joining from another international law firm in 2019. Rory deals with all aspects of shipping litigation, specialising in charterparty, bill of lading, shipbuilding, yachting and marine insurance disputes as well as salvage, general average and total loss incidents. Rory acts for shipowners, operators, managers, charterers and their insurers on a range of contentious shipping matters in London maritime arbitration and the English High Court. On the advisory side, Rory assists clients with the drafting and negotiating of various contracts including charterparties, sale and purchase contracts, refit/repair contracts and insurance policies. Rory also advises shipping companies and their insurers on the application of UK/European sanctions. Rory has strong industry connections in the U.K., Germany and Greece.

Philip VAGIN

Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich LLP

Philip Vagin is an associate at the London office of Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, with a strong focus on charterparty and commodity disputes, as well as security actions and asset investigations. He concentrates his work on acting for shipowners, charterers and traders in London and US arbitrations involving strings of charterparties or sale contracts. Philip also regularly advises clients on sanctions, recovery of assets and enforcement, particularly in the United States. His professional interests also include general commercial arbitration and bunker supply disputes. In addition to his New York license, Philip is qualified to practice Russian law.

Anna FALK

Clyde & Co Europe LLP

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Duncan GRIEVE

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Duncan Grieve is an special counsel in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, resident in the London office. He conducts pre-acquisition anti-corruption due diligence in relation to investments into foreign jurisdictions and advises clients on compliance with trade sanctions and economic embargoes. He also advises a range of organizations, including multinationals, both on internal corporate investigations and during investigation or prosecution by regulatory bodies including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He has deep experience in dealing with international investigations involving issues in foreign jurisdictions, including Brazil, Portugal and Lusophone Africa as well as Russia, China, India, Romania, the Czech Republic, Canada and Japan. Duncan also represents individuals subject to internal, regulatory and criminal investigation. Duncan also represents individuals subject to internal, regulatory and criminal investigation. He has acted for clients in relation to Parliamentary Select Committee appearances. Duncan was recognized as a rising star – and is one of only four lawyers listed as “most highly regarded” – in European investigations by Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders in 2020 and as a Global Leader noted for his “adept handling of corporate and internal investigations” in 2021. He was listed in GIR 100 2020, Global Investigations Review’s annual guide to the world’s leading cross-border investigations practices and Legal 500 UK in both the 2020 and 2021 guides.

Dianah IGATI

Dianah Igati is a legal, compliance and governance practitioner. She is the Founder of Dianah &Associates, a boutique firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is also the General Counsel, Chief Compliance and MLRO and Company Secretary for SCFM Limited. She has extensive experience in financial law, corporate governance, legal & regulatory compliance, financial crime and data protection laws, having worked in different capacities both in the public and private sector. Dianah is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, having obtained her Bachelor of Law from Kenyatta University. She is also a Certified Public Secretary (CS) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (CISI)(UK). She holds a Master’s of Science (MSC) Degree in Finance and Financial Law at the SOAS University of London

Martijn BURGERS

Pact advocaten LLP

Co-Chair
Human Rights Committee

Martijn Burgers has been a lawyer since 2003. He completed the specialist course Employment Law at the Grotius Academy in 2006, and publishes and teaches regularly on employment law topics. He excels as an advisor and business partner to his clients. Martijn has a no-nonsense approach. He is goal-oriented and mindful of timelines. His expertise enables him to offer his clients enormous added value in brainstorming solutions to complex problems. He knows how to reanimate stalled negotiations and assist commercial clients in making strategic decisions. Speed, dedication and efficiency are his trademarks.

Anna WYRZYKOWSKA

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k.

Treasurer
Honorary

Anna is a Partner in WKB, Wierciński, Kwieciński Baehr, Poland. Anna’s practice is focused on real estate, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. She heads Real Estate & Property Development practice, and also co-heads French desk in WKB. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the School of American Law at the Centre for American Law Studies (a joint initiative between the University of Florida and the University of Warsaw), Anna also completed postgraduate studies in French and European Business Law at the University of Poitiers in France (D.E.S.S. du droit français et européen des affaires) and a postgraduate programme at the Warsaw School of Economics entitled ‘The Legal Basis of the Construction Process’. In addition, Anna attended an internship organised for foreign advocates by the Paris Bar as part of the EFB (Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d'Appel de Paris). Anna is also a lecturer on real estate and company law at Warsaw advocate’s bar.

Janine REUDT-DEMONT

Niederer Kraft Frey AG

National Representative
National Representatives Committee

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Krzysztof PAWLAK

Schoenherr Halwa sp.k.

M&A and corporate law expert. Over 19-year experience in M&A transactions across various industries, often with a cross-border element. Partner at Schönherr's Warsaw office.

Aymeric DE MOL

Aramis Avocats

Aymeric de Mol is a Counsel in the Corporate/M&A team of Aramis. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. Aymeric de Mol acts for French and foreign companies and investment funds, active in various sectors, with a special focus on the mobility, new technology and commodity sectors.

Lukas WIESER

ZFZ Zeiler Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Lukas Wieser is a specialist in labour, employment and transportation law, as well as employment and commercial litigation with Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich. Lukas has extensive experience advising clients in all aspects of labour and employment law and representing clients in employment litigations and trials before Austrian courts. He represents clients especially in cases of employment termination challenges as well as in discrimination and (sexual) harassment claims. His work also includes advising foreign and national clients in drafting various types of employment agreements, such as employment contracts and shop agreements, and advising in restructuring processes and transactions. He assists employers in the full range of industrial relations law, from representing them against unions and works councils, to representation against individual works council members. He also assists international and national clients in global mobility and employee immigration scenarios. Hiring and performance management as well as drafting contracts with executives are another focus of Lukas’ expertise. Lukas also advises clients on data protection, focusing especially on employees’ data. He further advises and represents clients in disputes arising from franchise, distribution & agency agreements. Lukas’ practice further includes the constant support of clients in the transport and logistics sector. He also assists clients in commercial disputes and represents them before domestic courts. Lukas supports his clients with in-house training in the form of in-house seminars and workshops on all labour law topics, from the implementation of new technical working methods (keyword: algorithmic management) to (better) termination management. Lukas regularly lectures on employment law at national and international conferences and seminars, and has authored several publications in his field. Additionally, he is a lecturer on HR-issues at the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna. He was admitted to the Austrian bar in 2016, is a graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2009) and the University of Barcelona (LL.M. 2015). Lukas works in English (fluent) and German (native).

Brian VAN EGMOND

Conway & Partners

Brian is an internationally operating lawyer based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His practice is focused on contracting, litigation & arbitration both domestically and abroad. As Brian is based in one of Europe's biggest seaports, he often deals with maritime, transport, industry and trade related cases. Apart from that, Brian is a big sportsfan. His passion for both law and sports perfectly combines together in his own sportslaw blog: www.sportslaw.blog.

Clara GORDON

WOLF THEISS Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG

Co-Chair
National Representatives Committee

Clara Gordon is a partner at Wolf Theiss in Vienna, Austria.
She focuses on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate structuring. She advises large Austrian and international corporations as well as medium-sized companies and investment companies from a broad range of industries.
Clara is the author of a book and several articles on corporate law subjects.

Adam SALKIN

Herzog, Fox & Neeman

National Representative
National Representatives Committee

Adam Salkin is an M&A and VC partner at Herzog, Fox & Neeman law firm in Tel Aviv and focuses his practice in the area of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on cross-border M&A, private fundraisings and complex international joint ventures. Adam works with both multinationals and emerging growth companies and, in recent years, has had a particular focus on businesses operating in the gaming, adtech, digital health, biotech and cyber security sectors. Before joining Herzog, Adam trained and worked in London at the international law firm, Pinsent Masons LLP. Adam is qualified to practice law both in Israel and England and Wales and currently serves as the National Representative for Israel at AIJA.

Lorna CELA

Bonnard Lawson Genève SA

Lorna Cela is a Swiss attorney-at-law working in the corporate and M&A department of Bonnard Lawson, a Swiss law firm with offices in four leading foreign jurisdictions. Her practice focuses on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions both in cross-border and domestic matters. She advises clients in all aspects of commercial law, including corporate governance matters, commercial contracts, employment law, corporate restructuring, shareholders and investors relations, as well as commercial litigation.

Hari KRISHNA

Nimble Legal

Hari Krishna is the CEO of Nimble Legal, a UAE-based law firm he founded in 2016. Hari is a specialist maritime law practitioner who has been based in Dubai since 2007. He is an alumnus of Tulane University where he received an LLM in Admiralty (with distinction). While at Tulane, he was a Maritime Law Center Fellow and Harry F Stiles Scholar in maritime law.

Jan HERMELING

TIGGES Rechtsanwälte

Regional Representative
National Representatives Committee

Salary Partner at TIGGES Rechtsanwälte, Dusseldorf/Germany, Attorney at Law and Certified Specialist for International Business Law, Areas of practice: Transportation law, insolvency law, litigation, Member of Extended Committee Transport Law Commission, Regional Representative

Morgane ROUSSEL

Morgane Roussel is registered at the Marseille Bar and is admitted to intervene before all French courts. She holds a Master Degree in Business Law (Bordeaux, FR).

Morgane advises and handles litigation in all matters in connection with the maritime, insurance and international trade practice and represents various shipowners, charterers, freight forwarders, P&I Clubs, and Civil liability and H&M insurers.

She has also developed an expertise in Corporate law.

Morgane is Member of Young CMI, WISTA, AFDM (Association Française de Droit Maritime) and AIJA.

Morgane intervenes regularly as speaker at Young CMI, YMLA and AIJA conferences and is a member of the CMI working group on the COVID-19 Pandemic questionnaire.

Samir BOUFADISS

Samir joined Tesla in 2014 and currently heads the EMEA Legal team. He is based in Amsterdam and works on all legal matters in the EMEA region, ranging from commercial matters (including procurement, retail development, charging infrastructure), consumer matters (including marketing, statutory warranty), regulatory matters (financial services, insurance and privacy) and litigation. Over the last 8 years Tesla has significantly expanded his operation in the EMEA region adding many new countries where it does business and sells new products and services both in the automotive and energy storage space directly to consumers. In addition, Tesla is in the process of opening its first European factory near Berlin. Prior to joining Tesla, Samir acquired his master's degree in Dutch law in 2005 and started working for the Dutch law firm Houthoff in the same year. He worked in Houthoff’s real estate department and the corporate M&A department.

Aurelio ASSENZA

EMLEX - EVA MASCHIETTO MASSIMO MAGGIORE

Aurelio earned his law degree in 2007 at “Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi” of Milan. Since then he has been working the law firm and in 2016 became their partner. He deals with intellectual property, competition and commercial practices, commercial contracts, media, information technology and e-commerce, advertising, product compliance. He is an academic fellow of Bocconi University, where as contract professor he lectures on legal issues in marketing. Aurelio also regularly serves as contract professor at the Milano Fashion Institute’s master on fashion law. He is author of several articles on intellectual property, competition and advertising. He is a member of the Milan bar.

Evelina LEVENSON

Rittershaus Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Evelina Levenson is senior associate at RITTERSHAUS, Germany and advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property rights, in particular trade mark and unfair competition law. Other focal points are patent law and e-commerce law. She supports clients from various industries, inter alia, automotive industry including vehicle and vehicle parts manufacturers in trademark and litigation matters. She studied at the University of Constance and graduated there with her first state exam. After the legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe and her second state exam, she was admitted to the German bar in 2017.

Gustavo PAPESCHI

Estudio Beccar Varela

Gustavo specializes in corporate advice, banking and financial institutions, anti-corruption and compliance. He also has extensive experience advising on distribution and franchising agreements, and on private international law matters.

Anton OLSSON

Anton Olsson is a partner at MAQS in Sweden. Anton is head of MAQS’ Automotive group and works regularly with major agreement structures and M&A. Anton has particular experience in electrification, autonomous driving, connectivity, car-sharing, sourcing, and development collaborations. Anton studied in Gothenburg, Sweden as well as in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Adriana BERGLUND

Head of Legal at Voi Technologies AB

Karin LANG

Karin Lang, Head of Legal foodora Leading the legal team of foodora (a part of Delivery Hero), the leading online food delivery service in the Nordics.

Henrik DAHLGREN

Gothenburg born, pun-loving (naturally), inhouse counsel with 14 years focus on market expansion, sales and product development within the payments industry at one of Europe's fastest growing and highest valued unicorns.

Adriana BERGLUND

Head of Legal at Voi Technologies AB

Dharshini BANDARA

FLEET HAMBURG

Dharshini Bandara is a commercial lawyer providing a wide spectrum of legal assistance to her clients. She assists clients with all the legal aspects of cross-border buying and selling of goods and services, to include drafting standard form and specialist sales and service contracts, and the resolution of commercial disputes. Being qualified in England and Wales, Dharshini conducts litigation in the English high courts, and arbitration pursuant to all the major institution rules. Dharshini serves the maritime industry, in relation to legal issues arising from charterparties, bill of lading, cargo claims, insurance disputes and casualties. She is a ranked lawyer in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, and Fleet Hamburg is recognized in both publications as a tier/band 1 firm for transport law in Germany.

Francesco GASPARINI

STUDIO LEGALE MORDIGLIA

Francesco is a dispute resolution and advisory lawyer specialised in matters relating to yachting, insurance law and international trade. Francesco often advises shipyards and owners on multiple aspects of yachts and superyachts, from construction or purchase to operational matters such as granting mortgages or negotiating refits, repairs, and chartering agreements, also assisting clients in relevant court and/or arbitration proceedings. Francesco cooperates with the specialist magazine Diritto Marittimo (Maritime law) and is author of articles and publications in national and international magazines.

Daniela HANGARTER

Hangarter | Legal

Regional Representative
National Representatives Committee

Daniela is an Attorney-at-Law (German bar) and Certified Specialist Employment Lawyer based in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to starting her career as an attorney, Daniela gained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at the University of Christchurch, New Zealand, and worked as an immigration advisor in Christchurch. From 2009 until 2020, she worked in the employment law team of Greenfort in Frankfurt, from 2017 as an Associated Partner. In 2020, Daniela founded Hangarter | Legal, a boutique law firm specialised in employment and labour law ad-vice for companies and executives. Already in its first year of existence, Hangarter | Legal was recognized as one of Germany’s top law firms for employment law by Wirtschaftswoche, and Daniela was awarded “Lawyer of the Year” by Handelsblatt. Daniela advises and represents German and international companies of all industries and sizes. She is very experienced in handling international projects. The focus of her current work are restructuring projects and ensuing employment litigation, negotiations with works councils and employee data privacy matters. Daniela is also a lecturer for employment law at a private university and author of various publications on employment law. She is also a co-initiator of #stayonboard, an initiative which successfully advocated a change of statutory law allowing board members and managing di-rectors to take a break from their office in case of pregnancy, parenthood, illness or care for relatives. Daniela has been an AIJA member since 2016 and is currently the Regional Representative for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

Irina KOSTINA

SIA “ZAB Ellex Klavins”

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Teresa WAIDMANN

Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Teresa Waidmann has been a member of Schoenherr's employment team in Vienna / Austria since 2014 and has more than ten years of experience in the field of employment law. She advises clients in a wide range of industries on all contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She has strong experience in HR matters arising in connection with M&A transactions and has advised key clients during extensive personnel and management restructurings.

Paulo NASSER

M Nasser Dispute Resolution

Vice-President
Insolvency

Paulo Nasser is an AIJA member since 2017 and is VP of the Insolvency Commission. Paulo has extensive expertise in cross-border litigation and arbitration, advising clients in complex cases involving business and commercial matters. He is the founding partner of M Nasser Dispute Resolution, in Sao Paulo. Nasser was educated at the Catholic University of Sao Paulo, where he obtained his masters in Private Law (Direito Civil) and his Ph.D. in Procedural Law and Arbitration. He also holds a LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics (LSE).”

Christoffer MANGELUS

Advokatfirman Delphi i Göteborg KB

E-mailed separately.

Rory DUNCAN

Clyde & Co Europe LLP

Rory is an English-qualified maritime lawyer based in Clyde & Co's Hamburg office, after joining from another international law firm in 2019. Rory deals with all aspects of shipping litigation, specialising in charterparty, bill of lading, shipbuilding, yachting and marine insurance disputes as well as salvage, general average and total loss incidents. Rory acts for shipowners, operators, managers, charterers and their insurers on a range of contentious shipping matters in London maritime arbitration and the English High Court. On the advisory side, Rory assists clients with the drafting and negotiating of various contracts including charterparties, sale and purchase contracts, refit/repair contracts and insurance policies. Rory also advises shipping companies and their insurers on the application of UK/European sanctions. Rory has strong industry connections in the U.K., Germany and Greece.

Philip VAGIN

Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich LLP

Philip Vagin is an associate at the London office of Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, with a strong focus on charterparty and commodity disputes, as well as security actions and asset investigations. He concentrates his work on acting for shipowners, charterers and traders in London and US arbitrations involving strings of charterparties or sale contracts. Philip also regularly advises clients on sanctions, recovery of assets and enforcement, particularly in the United States. His professional interests also include general commercial arbitration and bunker supply disputes. In addition to his New York license, Philip is qualified to practice Russian law.

Marco S. MEIER

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG

Marco S. Meier is a senior associate in the firm’s Zurich office and member of the ICT & Digital group and MLLStart!. His practice focuses on data privacy law, technology law, banking and finance law and regulatory matters in the digital economy, in particular in the retail, luxury, tourism, tech, financial services and healthcare sector. In addition, he regularly advises national and multinational companies on IT/IP M&A-Transactions. He was named rising star in 2020 and 2021 by Legal500 in the field of data protection and is a certified international privacy professional (Europe). Alongside his studies, Marco S. Meier worked in the legal department of a private bank in Zurich. He subsequently joined a leading business law firm in Zurich as a junior associate and then worked for a Big Four firm. Marco S. Meier was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 2017. He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Lucerne/UIC (Chicago) and a bachelor’s degree in business law from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Piotr ZAWADZKI

Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasinski Kancelaria Prawna Sp. J.

Piotr Zawadzki, attorney-at-law, patent&trademark attorney, supports clients from the most innovative sectors, such as the pharmaceutical industry, media, advertising, IT and electronics, clients from the banking and finance sector, as well as energy, construction, automotive, film and food processing industries, in matters of intellectual property, new technologies and personal data protection law. Piotr primarily focuses on trademark and patent law, copyright law, e-commerce regulations, internet domain protection, advertising law, protection of trade secrets, as well as personal data law and non-personal data regulations (including Big Data). His experience includes representing clients in disputes before the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), state courts and arbitration tribunals, as well as advising on IT/software contracts, cloud computing solutions, know-how transfer/licensing agreements, R&D contracts, as well as on GDPR implementation, data transfers outside the EEA and processing of sensitive data. He was also involved in numerous commercial transactions related to the acquisition, transfer and contribution of intellectual property rights, including on the real estate market, as well as M&A deals. Piotr is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. He also completed a course in Italian and European law organised by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Catania and postgraduate studies in new technologies law at the Koźminski University. Apart from his membership in AIJA, Piot is also a member of the Association for the Protection of Industrial Property – Polish Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Anna EIDVALL

MAQS Advokatbyrå AB.

Anna Eidvall specialises in data protection and has extensive experience on implementation and management of data protection and privacy programs. Although her practice is general, she has extensive experience from working with privacy and data protection issues in the automotive, retail and regulatory sector. Anna works cross-industry and with her solid experience of the old and new data protection regulations, she provides practical and tangible advice on a complex regulatory framework based on the unique conditions of every business and with respect to privacy.

Annika BRANDT

Advokatfirman Lindahl KB

Member
Executive Committee

Annika Brandt, specialist counsel at Advokatfirman Lindahl, Sweden, specializes in M&A with a special focus on energy-related transactions.

Madeleine EDQVIST

Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB

Madeleine is specialised in energy and environmental law and has a broad experience of energy related projects, especially in the renewable energy sector, and regulatory matters related to energy and environmental law.

Anna FALK

Clyde & Co Europe LLP

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Kaj SEIDL-NUSSBAUMER

Probst Partner AG

Kaj Seidl-Nussbaumer advises, litigates and lectures in all technology-related fields with a focus on latest developments such as Industry 4.0 / Digitalization, data based business models and e-commerce. He is well experienced in all ICT-, Software- and IP-law related issues. He also advises companies in IT-outsourcings and counsels companies in data protection matters.

Isabel OEST

COMMEO Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB

President
Antitrust

Isabel Oest is a partner with the competition law boutique COMMEO, based in Frankfurt, Germany. She advises on all aspects of German and European competition law, with an emphasis on merger control and cartel proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission.

Duncan GRIEVE

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Duncan Grieve is an special counsel in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, resident in the London office. He conducts pre-acquisition anti-corruption due diligence in relation to investments into foreign jurisdictions and advises clients on compliance with trade sanctions and economic embargoes. He also advises a range of organizations, including multinationals, both on internal corporate investigations and during investigation or prosecution by regulatory bodies including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He has deep experience in dealing with international investigations involving issues in foreign jurisdictions, including Brazil, Portugal and Lusophone Africa as well as Russia, China, India, Romania, the Czech Republic, Canada and Japan. Duncan also represents individuals subject to internal, regulatory and criminal investigation. Duncan also represents individuals subject to internal, regulatory and criminal investigation. He has acted for clients in relation to Parliamentary Select Committee appearances. Duncan was recognized as a rising star – and is one of only four lawyers listed as “most highly regarded” – in European investigations by Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders in 2020 and as a Global Leader noted for his “adept handling of corporate and internal investigations” in 2021. He was listed in GIR 100 2020, Global Investigations Review’s annual guide to the world’s leading cross-border investigations practices and Legal 500 UK in both the 2020 and 2021 guides.

Dianah IGATI

Dianah Igati is a legal, compliance and governance practitioner. She is the Founder of Dianah &Associates, a boutique firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is also the General Counsel, Chief Compliance and MLRO and Company Secretary for SCFM Limited. She has extensive experience in financial law, corporate governance, legal & regulatory compliance, financial crime and data protection laws, having worked in different capacities both in the public and private sector. Dianah is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, having obtained her Bachelor of Law from Kenyatta University. She is also a Certified Public Secretary (CS) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (CISI)(UK). She holds a Master’s of Science (MSC) Degree in Finance and Financial Law at the SOAS University of London

Marco GARDINO

RP Legal & Tax Associazione Professionale

Vice-President
Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL)

Senior Associate at R&P Legal He mainly focuses on commercial and corporate law. He regularly assists Italian and foreign companies. He graduated cum laude in 2011 at the University of Torino with a dissertation on “Controlled Foreign Companies Legislation”, after having attended study programs with Maastricht University, San Diego University and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (GeorgeTown University). In 2017 he attended a specialization course in energy law with Università LUISS Guido Carli of Rome. He is an active member of AIJA – International Association Young Lawyers. He is a member of the International Affairs Commission of the Turin Bar Association.

Christian VISTI LARSEN

NewBanking Aps

Christian Visti Larsen, CEO NewBanking - International Keynote Speaker- Expert in RegTech and AML regulation Christians experience from the highly regulated financial sector makes him a valued advisor for law firms and other companies now required to comply with the AML regulations. As the CEO of an innovative RegTech company, he can also shed light on how new technologies can ease the burden of KYC and CDD procedures to create value for companies and their customers.

Michael EITLE

Scope Law AG

Member
Executive Committee

Michael is a partner at Scope Law in Zurich, Switzerland advising clients in various sectors with a focus on venture capital, domestic and international M&A and private equity transactions, as well as asset finance and corporate finance transactions (including acquisition and other structured finance). He regularly assists start-ups, investors, entrepreneurs, financial intermediaries and other nationally and internationally active companies in corporate and commercial matters.

Petronella HALLBERG

Advokatfirman Vinge KB

Petronella is a senior manager in Advokatfirman Vinge’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice group in Gothenburg. Her main areas of practice include mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions for international and Swedish clients. She also assists in company law matters, e.g. in connection with capital raising, restructuring and incentive programs as well as employment law matters.

Martijn BURGERS

Pact advocaten LLP

Co-Chair
Human Rights Committee

Martijn Burgers has been a lawyer since 2003. He completed the specialist course Employment Law at the Grotius Academy in 2006, and publishes and teaches regularly on employment law topics. He excels as an advisor and business partner to his clients. Martijn has a no-nonsense approach. He is goal-oriented and mindful of timelines. His expertise enables him to offer his clients enormous added value in brainstorming solutions to complex problems. He knows how to reanimate stalled negotiations and assist commercial clients in making strategic decisions. Speed, dedication and efficiency are his trademarks.