Mr Hans van Wijk > 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

Position

Hans van Wijk has been with Pels Rijcken since 1990 and has more than 30 years of experience in the Supreme Court practice. He is a full-time Supreme Court litigator. Before joining the firm, Hans practised law in the Dutch Caribbean for a number of years. The cases he deals with cover a wide spectrum of civil law, particularly in the area of corporate law, insolvency law, government private law and liability law. He is also specialised in Caribbean affairs. Hans is often sought out as a lawyer’s lawyer, for example in appeal cases, especially in large and complex proceedings where much is at stake.

He graduated cum laude from the University of Utrecht in 1990. He has long chaired Pels Rijcken’s Supreme Court department as well as the Association of Civil Supreme Court Lawyers (VCCA). Hans serves as a deputy justice at the ‘s Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal. He has several academic publications to his name, especially on corporate law. Hans has long been in Band 1 of Chambers.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

(Leading partners)

Hans Van WijkPels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV

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.