
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Arbitrators

Tes Flapper
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Work Department
Arbitration and Litigation
Position
Partner (Arbitration and Litigation)
Career
Tes specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation. She has worked on a wide range of complex, high-stakes cases across various sectors and industries. Tes has advised and acted as counsel in arbitration proceedings under the ICC, NAI, LCIA, UNCITRAL and UNUM rules and in numerous disputes before national courts.
During a secondment to the global litigation department of Shell in The Hague, Tes spent a year working on the management of Shell's litigation portfolio and gaining in-house experience.
Before joining the litigation and arbitration practice, Tes was a member of De Brauw's corporate tax team.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
Seconded to Slaughter & May, London (2019)
Seconded to Shell, The Hague (2021/2022)
Education
University of California, Berkeley (LL.M.)
University of Amsterdam (LL.M., LL.B., LL.B. Tax Law)
University College Utrecht (B.A. Liberal Arts & Sciences with exchange to Università di Bologna)