Mrs Jikke Biermasz > Ploum > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
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Mrs Jikke Biermasz
Work Department
Customs
Customs, Trade & Logistics
Transport and Logistics
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
Position
Partner, attorney at law
Career
After graduating cum laude in both criminal and business law, Jikke started her career as a lawyer in 2004 with the international law firm DLA Piper, where she gained the necessary experience in all aspects of international trade, transport and insurance law. In addition, she specialized in customs law, export control and sanctions legislation.
In 2008, Jikke passed the specialist postgraduate Grotius Transport Law course, once more with distinction, and at the same time also successfully finished the post masters Customs Law at the European Fiscal Studies Foundation of Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
As of 1st May 2019 Jikke heads the International Trade, Customs & Logistics practice group at the Rotterdam law firm Ploum. Her team’s services include advising on and conducting civil, administrative and criminal litigation and corporate investigations in the areas of international trade, logistics, insurance, customs, export controls & sanctions and product compliance, including litigation before the Dutch Supreme Court. The team focuses in particular on the industry sectors Trade & Logistics, High Tech & Industry, Food & Agriculture and Life Sciences & Health.
Languages
Jikke is fluent in Dutch and English.
Memberships
- Lecturer customs law at FENEX
- Board member and founder of the GreenLane network (The Alliance of European Customs and Trade Lawfirms)
- Chairman of the examination board of KGH Douaneopleidingen Nederland
- Author for the column VAT and Customs van Kluwer Insights
- Member of AIJA (Association International des Jeunes Advocats)
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Transport
(Next Generation Partners)Ploum’s extensive range of services within the transport, logistics, and trade sectors encompasses corporate affairs and insurance, as well as civil, administrative, and criminal law. The Rotterdam-based team is under the joint leadership of Jikke Biermasz, who excels in both commercial advisory and litigation, specialising in anti-dumping, transport, customs, and trade-regulatory matters; Marijn van Tuijl, with expertise representing carriers, terminals, and forwarding agents, as well as warehousing companies and their insurers, particularly in compliance and supply chain disputes; and Albert Wiggers, skilled in managing transport and logistics sector M&A transactions. The bench was further strengthened in January 2023 with the addition of Jeroen Zandt, an experienced international trade and transport litigator and ‘expert in maritime law’, who joined from Codex Mulder Advocaten.