Mr Maurice Verhoeven > Ploum > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Ploum Offices
BLAAK 28, 3011 TA ROTTERDAM
PO BOX 711
3000 AS ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Maurice Verhoeven
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Attorney at law, partner
Career
Maurice specializes in commercial litigation and corporate litigation, including shareholder disputes, inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber of the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam, take over disputes and M&A disputes. He also advises and litigates regularly in the field of D&O liability and professional liability, in particular liability of accountants, tax law and corporate finance advice, lawyers and civil law notaries. He frequently assists the major accountancy firms and is often engaged by insurers for his expertise in D&O claims and professional liability claims. Also Maurice is frequently asked by the insurers to act as monitoring counsel in D&O liability matters.
In 2001, Maurice completed the post-graduate Company and Corporate Law specialization program at the Grotius Academy with distinction. Maurice is a member of the Dutch Association for Corporate Litigation. He teaches in the field of Civil Procedural Law and speaks regularly at seminars on D&O liability and professional liability. Maurice is individually ranked as lawyer in the Chambers Europe Editions 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the field of Insurance and as Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 2017.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
Dutch Association for Corporate Litigation
Education
Maurice graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1995, majoring in Private Law and Company Law. He also studied law at Thames Valley University in London. Maurice joined Ploum in 2003 and became a partner in 2005. Before joining Ploum, he worked as a lawyer at Trenité Van Doorne and subsequently at Simmons & Simmons Trenité.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Insurance
Ploum acts for both insurers and insureds on a variety of coverage matters, with notable strength in issues centred on health and safety, environmental (HSE) and construction. Insurance practice head Natalie Vloemans‘ practice is built around advising policyholders on HSE claims and design and construction issues, while Maurice Verhoeven, who leads the firm’s corporate litigation team, specialises in professional and D&O liability disputes, primarily acting for insurers.
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Ploum mainly acts for clients in insurance, contractual, product liability, and insolvency-related disputes. Health and safety issues are also a focus of the firm, which combines expertise from multiple practice areas such as criminal, insurance, and real estate to assist on these matters. Practice head Maurice Verhoeven is engaged by clients for cases related to professional and D&O liability, as well as shareholder disputes. Insurance specialist Natalie Vloemans handles all related contentious matters. Michel Jacobs and Dorine ten Brink are also noted.