Jurjan Geertsma > JahaeRaymakers > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

JahaeRaymakers
MONDRIAANTOREN
AMSTELPLEIN 40
1096 BC AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Attorney-at-law, Partner

Position

Partner at JahaeRaymakers. Practice areas: (cross-border) corporate/ white collar crime, Asset Tracing & Recovery, Internal Investigations, Regulatory Compliance and Reputational Issues

Specialized in disciplinary law, the law of sanctions and the reputational issues involved.

Career

Admitted to the Bar: 2004. Former Senior Counsel at BOEKEL (Dentons). Co-founder and Partner at JahaeRaymakers (2015). Additional: Jurjan has been a board member of the Amsterdam Bar Association since September 2022;

He teaches courses at institutions, for professional practitioners and for legal and compliance officers in the fields of Anti Money Laundering (AML), Anti Bribery & Corruption (ABC), International Sanctions Regulations and Compliance, Integrity, Client Confidentiality and Lawyer-Client Privilege, and organises interrogation and search (‘mock dawn raid’) training sessions. Until early 2005 Jurjan worked as senior counsel in Boekel de Nerée’s Fraud & Compliance practice group in Amsterdam. Together with Oscar Pluimer, he runs the Money Laundering section for the Journal of Sanctions Law & Business.

Languages

Dutch, English

Memberships

Jurjan Jurjan has been a board member of the Amsterdam Bar Association since September 2022. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Defence Counsel (NVSA) and of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA). He is also involved in the Corporate Responsibility & Anti-Corruption Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) .

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Fraud and white-collar crime

(Leading partners)

Jurjan Geertsma – JahaeRaymakers

With an excellent reputation for being ‘at the top of the white-collar crime attorneys’ pyramid‘, JahaeRaymakers is fully capable of handling a wide spectrum of white-collar criminal matters. Key areas of instruction for the group include anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, bribery and fraud issues. Cross-border investigations and sanctions are also prominent in the team’s workload, which is equally adept at advising on complex fraud matters, a core area of strength for Dian Brouwer. Jurjan Geertsma is a key contact for sanctions issues, and Cathalijne Van der Plas‘ practice takes in asset tracing and recovery work. Thom Dieben is well versed in cross-border criminal law issues, and Susanne van Breukelen is very experienced in advising on anti-money laundering and anti-corruption offences. All named lawyers co-head the practice.