Peter van Kippersluis > Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV > The Hague, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV
BEZUIDENHOUTSEWEG 57, 2594 AC THE HAGUE
PO BOX 11756
2502 AT THE HAGUE
Netherlands

Work Department

Corporate Law

Position

Peter van Kippersluis is a partner in our commercial and financial litigation practice. Peter advises and litigates about a wide range of contractual and non-contractual disputes, with a particular focus on the financial sector, cross-border disputes and professional liability.

Peter earned his master’s degree in Economics cum laude from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. He then went on to obtain his master’s degree in Dutch Law from Erasmus University. Peter has gained extensive international experience at renowned law firms in Germany and New York. He is fluent in English and has a good command of German and Spanish. He is a member of the Dutch Corporate Litigation Association, the Dutch Association for Procedural Law, the Dutch Association for Financial Law, and the German-Dutch Lawyers Association.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV represents a wide array of clients from multinationals to the Dutch state, major Dutch municipalities, and financial supervisory authorities. The team has a wealth of experience in cases before the Supreme Court, including corporate, commercial and financial litigation. The team is jointly led by dispute resolution specialists Hans van Wijk, Willem Heemskerk, and Wemmeke Wisman. Heemskerk leads on cases with international aspects and acts for largely corporate clients in liability and compensation cases. Van Wijk is a go-to for Supreme Court litigation related to corporate, public sector, and liability disputes. Leading litigator Wisman is often instructed on high-stakes civil proceedings. Sikke Kingma assists public authorities and listed and non-listed companies in Supreme Court cases alongside Gijsbrecht Nieuwland, who regularly acts for the Dutch state before the highest courts. Peter van Kippersluis focuses on financial sector and professional liability cases. Newly promoted partner Raimond Dufour specialises in cross-border civil disputes and class actions.