Paul A. Josephus Jitta > Buren > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Buren Offices
WTC - Tower Seven Level 14
Strawinskylaan 1441
1077 XX Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Paul A. Josephus Jitta
Work Department
Corporate, Dispute Resolution, M&A and Private Equity, Spain/Latin-America
Position
Paul A. Josephus Jitta, partner and lawyer, specializes in (inter)national corporate law. He mainly advises national and international companies on (cross-border) M&A transactions. He also litigates on corporate law and trade disputes, often on the termination of international joint ventures and partnerships. Paul, who is also the honorary consul of Ecuador in Amsterdam, is co-head of BUREN’s Latin America desk.
Paul was one of the initiators of the Cancun case in 2009, an inquiry that led to groundbreaking case law of the Supreme Court in 2014 on directors’ and officers’ liability in joint ventures.
Paul graduated in 1993 in Dutch law from the University of Amsterdam, having taken minors at the University of Salamanca, Spain. In 2000 he completed the Business Law specialization course at Erasmus University.
Languages
Dutch, English, Spanish and German
Education
Paul graduated in 1993 in Dutch law from the University of Amsterdam, having taken minors at the University of Salamanca, Spain. In 2000 he completed the Business Law specialization course at Erasmus University.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Buren holds a unique position thanks to its offices in Amsterdam and The Hague, as well as in Beijing and Shanghai, enabling the firm to specifically represent both Chinese and Dutch companies in cross-border litigation. The firm has expanded its scope to include corporate governance disputes, shareholder litigation, and post M&A-related conflicts. Philip ter Burg, Jan Holthuis, and Paul Josephus Jitta jointly lead the practice. Li Jiao is also noted for her experience in insurance subrogation claims.
Netherlands > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The team at Buren has solid expertise in advising on joint ventures, restructurings, and domestic and international M&A transactions. The practice is led by the quartet of Paul Deloo, the ‘very strong‘ Paul Josephus Jitta, who has experience of corporate litigation, Steven van der Waal and Pieter van den Berg, who handles M&A deals, joint ventures and disposals.