Mr Jos van der Meché > AKD > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
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PO BOX 59280
1040 KG AMSTERDAM
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Mr Jos van der Meché
Work Department
Transport & Trade
Position
Partner
Career
Jos van der Meché is a lawyer and partner at AKD who is specialised in liability for damage to goods during transportation and storage. He mainly represents terminal operators, freight forwarders, multimodal carriers, logistics services providers and their insurers. His clients appreciate Jos for his strategic and often creative approach which is always aimed at resolving the case.
Jos primarily deals with cross-border cases. These include numerous cases relating to insurance law. In addition he regularly acts in cases on international disputes, for example with respect to ownership issues, arrests and liens.
Jos is a member of the Maritime & Transport Committee of the IBA. He is one of the authors of the CMR book entitled, ‘International Carriage of Goods by Road’ (2005).
Education
Jos obtained his master of law degree at the Rijks Universiteit of Groningen in 1989.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Transport
AKD boasts a broad expertise in aviation, logistics, international trade, and shipping, addressing issues like multimodal carriage of goods, commodities, customs, and marine accidents. Jan Kromhout, leading the transport and trade group, is a seasoned transactional lawyer advising entities like ship-owners and insurers in shipbuilding and offshore projects. Haco van der Houven van Oordt
, a litigation veteran in the shipping and offshore sectors, tackles marine accidents and ship-related disputes. Jos van der Meché specialises in resolving cargo claims, representing operators, carriers, and insurers. Annemieke Spijker brings her skills in drafting logistics contracts and litigation, and Sebastiaan Moolenaar advises and litigates on commercial contracts, often in cross-border disputes. Maaike Lustenhouwer is pivotal in the aviation team, while Michael Hajdasinski, who joined in March 2023, focuses on international commodities trade.
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Private equity
- Project finance and PFI
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Employment
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Tax