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Jonathan Birenbaum

Jonathan Birenbaum

Jonathan’s practice focuses on complex acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financings, and general corporate law matters, primarily in the energy and infrastructure sectors. His experience includes deals involving numerous renewable and gas-fired projects, battery storage projects, transmission facilities, and pipelines. He is recognized in, among others, Chambers Global, Chambers USA and The Legal 500 U.S. and has been named a "Hall of Fame" lawyer by both The Legal 500 U.S. and Lawdragon.He regularly represents both strategic and financial clients and has played a primary role in many complex transactions involving a wide variety of structures and assets. These transactions have included acquisitions and dispositions of companies, projects and portfolios, and project financings, including tax-oriented, preferred and other equity investments, and senior secured and subordinated loans. His experience extends to a wide variety of projects, including: renewable energy projects (particularly solar and wind); battery storage projects; thermal (primarily gas-fired) generating plants; transmission assets; natural gas liquefaction (LNG) facilities; and oil and gas pipelines and related facilities.
Oscar David

Oscar David

Regularly recognized as one of the country's top attorneys in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, and joint venture work, Oscar is a co-chair of the firm's Consumer Products Industry Group, and he was formerly chair of the firm’s M&A, Securities, and Corporate Governance practice. He serves as a trusted, strategic advisor to his clients and their C Suite executives and boards of directors on their most sensitive matters. His clients include major public and privately-held businesses and private equity funds.Oscar has extensive experience in transactions that range from middle market to complex, cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate finance and governance matters.He is recognized as a leader in M&A law by prestigious publications, including Chambers USA, where his clients report that he “combines deep legal knowledge with a very practical, solution-oriented approach.”His clients cross a number of industries, including technology, manufacturing, financial services, and pharmaceuticals, and include: Corning Incorporated; Motorola Solutions, Inc.; PNC Financial; Abbott Laboratories; FreightCar America; Koppers Inc.; Organon & Co.; Loop Capital Markets LLC; Oridian Capital Partners; and Waud Capital Partners.
Charlotte Garnitsch

Charlotte Garnitsch

Charlotte Garnitsch is a partner in our IP team, with an impressive track record in both advising and litigation. With deep expertise across various areas of intellectual property, Charlotte first honed her skills in patent law, where she achieved remarkable results, before transitioning back to her roots in industrial design law — an area she originally began her career with and continues to find immensely rewarding. In addition, Charlotte co-leads the team’s regulatory practice, providing strategic advice on a wide array of issues — from product labeling and marketing authorizations to navigating intricate regulatory landscapes. Charlotte excels in creating tailored legal strategies that help clients stay compliant and competitive. She advises both national and international companies, with a focus on the sectors life sciences and retail. Her commitment to excellence and her enthusiasm for her work ensure that clients receive the highest level of service. Charlotte, alongside Margot van Gerwen, represented Kwantum in the landmark ECJ case Kwantum/Vitra, a legal journey that spanned over a decade. This major case highlights Charlotte’s expertise in navigating complex and long-running IP disputes with finesse. She is a co-author of the bookThe Enforcement Directive: Enforcement of IP Rights in the Netherlands, alongside Wim Maas and Carreen Shannon. This publication cements her standing as a thought leader in the field of IP law, sharing valuable insights on the enforcement of IP rights. Expertise Brands & advertising Copyright & media law Commercial & consumer contracts Healthcare regulatory Regulatory enforcement Advertising & unfair competition Green advertising
Marnix Geraerts

Marnix Geraerts

Marnix advises on mergers and acquisitions, international expansion and private fundraisings. He acts for clients across a broad range of sectors but has a particular focus on the technology, energy, life sciences and leisure industries. Marnix is a dealmaker pur sang, focusing on M&A, Venture Capital and Private Equity transactions. Since 2018, he has guided around 20 deals annually for various investors, scaleups and corporates. In addition to traditional deals, Marnix is regularly active in emerging markets and involved in successful frontrunners in areas such as AI and Fintech. Clients regard him as sharp, efficient and innovative. Expertise Corporate/M&A & capital markets Private equity Venture capital Projects, energy & infrastructure Corporate finance General corporate
Bart Hunnekens

Bart Hunnekens

Bart is Co-Head of Taylor Wessings Employment, Pensions and Mobility team in the Netherlands. He has over a decade of experience supporting Dutch and overseas companies with employment issues including litigation. Clients appreciate his energetic attitude and commitment. Bart regularly works with North American and European businesses and entrepreneurs as they set up in the Netherlands. He is a member of the American Bar Association. Bart's clients go to him for advice on contentious and non-contentious employment issues relating to restructurings and redundancies, insourcing and outsourcing, transfer of undertakings, and employee benefit issues arising out of transactions. He regularly supports overseas companies as they enter the Dutch market, including on immigration work. Bart will ensure you start with a strong foundation to launch your business and grow in the Netherlands. Expertise Multi-service Environmental, social & governance (ESG) Immigration & mobility Employment Pensions Trade secrets Employee incentives
Antony Jonkman

Antony Jonkman

Antony advises on mergers and acquisitions, international expansion and private fundraisings. He acts for clients across a broad range of sectors but has a particular focus on the technology, energy and life sciences industries. Antony has both a big firm and a boutique background and previously worked for various quality firms (including De Brauw and deBreij). Antony has considerable experience in the field of corporate law and strongly focuses on M&A, Venture Capital and Private Equity transactions for the benefit of investors, companies and “qualifying scaleups”. Antony is a true entrepreneur himself. Clients consider him to be smart, solution-driven and “new school". Expertise Corporate/M&A & capital markets Private equity Venture capital Projects, energy & infrastructure Corporate finance
Vera Jurgens

Vera Jurgens

Vera is a partner in our Disputes & Investigations team with over 15 years' experience as a litigator. She has a strong focus on contractual liabilities and financing and securities, and her experience covers both the national courts of the Netherlands and national and international arbitration institutes. Vera also regularly advises on commercial contracts and financing/security documents. A commercially-minded advisor, Vera will work closely with you to achieve the best possible result. She enjoys helping clients protect their interests in and out of court, and will help guide you through legal proceedings. Alongside her work as a litigator, Vera serves as a trainer at the Financial Training Institute, contributing to the FOI's training platform by developing training courses and authoring legal articles. Expertise Disputes & investigations Commercial & consumer contracts International arbitration
Nick Kampschreur

Nick Kampschreur

Nick is a member of the Dispute Resolutions group and his experience as a litigator spans over a decade. His experience covers both the nationals courts of the Netherlands and (inter)national arbitration institutes. Nick’s experience covers several litigation and dispute resolution areas including commercial contracts, tort law disputes, product liability, financial disputes, professional liability, insolvency related disputes and corporate liability. If disputes arise Nick knows how to protect his clients and will help you reach the maximum outcome. Expertise Commercial & consumer contracts Corporate crime & compliance Disputes & investigations Insurance & reinsurance disputes Product liability & product safety
Maria Kenny

Maria Kenny

Maria focuses on counseling public and private companies, private equity clients, and management teams on a variety of employee benefits and executive compensation matters.Maria has experience advising clients on various employment and executive compensation issues, including internal policy reviews, structuring incentive equity and non-equity incentives, employee benefits guidance, and ERISA compliance.She serves as corporate counsel advising on the employment, labor, compensation, and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions, advising on all stages of a transaction lifecycle that impact management and employees. Maria also assists clients with executive employment agreements, severance agreements and plans, equity and compensation arrangements, non-qualified retirement plans, and welfare benefit plans.
Scott Landau

Scott Landau

Since 2012, Scott has been ranked in The Legal 500 US for employee benefits and executive compensation. Clients interviewed have described him as “an excellent specialist in executive compensation” and said, “the brilliant Scott Landau has a superior command of issues and the current state of the market, as well as incredible negotiation skills.” Notably, Scott has handled the EBEC aspects of transactions in more than 50 countries around the world.Co-chair of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice, Scott focuses on representing private equity clients and public companies in acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings within the U.S. and cross-border. He has experience structuring LLC profit interests as management incentives; negotiating limited liability company, shareholder, and employment agreements; counseling compensation, pension, and savings plan committees; advising on issues relating to Internal Revenue Code Section 409A compliance for domestic and foreign plans; designing executive compensation and nonqualified plan agreements; and counseling with respect to corporate governance matters.Scott served as in-house counsel at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), where he led the domestic and international Employee Benefits and Compensation Legal Group. He also served as secretary and lead counsel to the BMS Pension and Savings Plan Committees.
Justin Levy

Justin Levy

https://www.winstontaylor.com/people/justin-levy Justin focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, with an emphasis on representing private equity sponsors in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, and general corporate matters. He has a diverse corporate practice with an emphasis on representing private equity sponsors in connection with a wide range of investment and liquidity strategies and general corporate matters across multiple industries. He also represents public and private companies (including the portfolio companies of private equity funds), credit funds, secondary funds, and family wealth offices. Justin is also Co-Chair of the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group and has extensive experience in behavioral health, physician practice management, home health, wellness, and other healthcare services businesses. In addition to his healthcare and life sciences experience, Justin has deep expertise across a variety of industries including industrial and business services, aerospace and defense, environmental services, food and beverage, consumer products, marketing and media, technology, transportation and logistics, financial services, construction, and hospitality.
Martijn Loth

Martijn Loth

Martijn Loth is a partner with a legal and a technical background. He specialises in technology-related commercial contracting and negotiations, dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration), advising on new technologies, and assisting with regulatory compliance with data protection and telecommunication laws and regulations.  Martijn has an affinity for intricate information systems, whether that be law or technology. Before pursuing a career in law, he gained extensive experience as a computer programmer, general open source enthusiast and *nix system administrator. He has built his career as a lawyer on being able to understand, advise and litigate about law and technology in a clear and simple way from this unique perspective. Clients – both vendors and customers – seek Martijn out to guide them through contract negotiations, software licensing deals, transformational projects relating to technology and data, and regulatory advice regarding data protection and telecommunications compliance. Where necessary, Martijn stands ready as an experienced litigator. Expertise Data & cyber Information technology Commercial & consumer contracts Copyright & media law Artificial intelligence Tech Litigation GDPR compliance Cyber security & data breaches Data Governance External Policies & Practices HR Data Health Data Data Exports New Digital Products & Data Privacy Agreements & Transactions Data Subject Rights Dealing with DPAs ePrivacy (cookies) Marketing & Data
Wim Maas

Wim Maas

Wim is a partner and heads our Intellectual Property team and Disputes & investigations team. Wim specializes in complex intellectual property disputes across the Netherlands and Europe. With extensive experience in high-stakes patent litigation, he represents multinational corporations, innovative scale-ups, and technology leaders in sectors including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and engineering. Renowned for his strategic approach and advocacy skills, Wim provides clients with insightful legal guidance in contentious patent matters, including infringement proceedings, validity challenges, and cross-border disputes. His expertise extends to litigation before all divisions of the Unified Patent Court, the Dutch courts, international arbitration tribunals and the European Patent Office, making him a sought-after advisor for clients seeking to protect knowhow and assert their patents rights. Wim has been instrumental in securing landmark decisions in high-profile cases, particularly in the life sciences and telecom industries. His deep technical knowledge and commercial awareness enable him to offer pragmatic solutions tailored to the specific needs of his clients. Expertise Patent litigation and enforcement Cross-border IP disputes Life sciences and pharmaceutical patents Telecommunications and technology patents FRAND disputes Trade secrets and regulatory exclusivity Publications & Speaking Engagements The author of several books and articles on Patent Litigation and Evidence. Speaker at industry conferences on pharmaceutical and telecom patent litigation. Guest lecturer at legal and technical universities on patent enforcement strategies.
David Mulder

David Mulder

David predominantly focuses on multi jurisdiction patent cases and matters with both an intellectual property rights and competition law aspects. He heads our China group in the Benelux and advises Chinese companies on the legal aspects of their business activities in the Netherlands. David’s work covers the entire range of intellectual property law, and while he specialises in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation, he also regularly acts in matters related to competition law and public procurement law. David provides clients with both sound advice on procedural law and useful insights in the judiciary. Expertise Patents & innovation Copyright & media law Brands & advertising Competition, EU & trade
Bram Nijhof

Bram Nijhof

Bram heads our Competition, EU and Trade team in the Netherlands and is a member of our European competition law team that operates from our Brussels office. Known for getting to the heart of matters quickly, Bram advises and litigates on all aspects of competition law, public procurement and state aid. He is also one of few Dutch experts on the competition law components of standard essential patents and FRAND. Expertise Information technology Competition, EU & trade Environmental, social & governance (ESG) Compliance Tech Litigation
Zabdaj Pollen

Zabdaj Pollen

Zabdaj is head of our Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets team. He is a dedicated transaction lawyer, fully focused on successfully closing the deal. He has been active in the legal profession for more than 20 years, with more than 15 years of M&A practice experience. Zabdaj advises national and international clients on acquisitions, investments and transactions. His clients include buyers and sellers, both in exclusive (one-on-one) negotiation processes and in controlled auctions. Zabdaj's transaction support extends to all phases of the transaction process. He is a sparring partner in the preliminary phase of the transaction when the deal strategy is drawn up, directs due diligence investigations, conducts contract negotiations, and ensures proper post-closing attention. He combines a unique mix of legal expertise and financial insight, building on his Executive MBA at RSM, and his ultimate goal is to manage transactions in-line with clear and actionable milestones for his clients, while driving all project members towards the finish line. Expertise Corporate/M&A & capital markets Private equity Venture capital Projects, energy & infrastructure Corporate finance General corporate Joint ventures
Maarten Rijks

Maarten Rijks

Maarten is an experienced litigator, with a particular focus on trademarks, copyright, design rights and patents. Clients describe him as an attentive and trusted advisor who gives commercial, practical advice. He has considerable experience in litigation and IP contracting (including license agreements, R&D agreements and confidentiality agreements), as well as advertising and media law. Expertise Brands & advertising Copyright & media law Environmental, social & governance (ESG) Patents & innovation Green advertising
Laurae Rossi

Laurae Rossi

With more than 20 years of experience, Laurae represents both lenders and sponsors in energy project financings, energy tax equity partnerships, tax credit transfer purchase transactions, and energy acquisitions, particularly in connection with projects involving renewable energy and storage. She is not only consistently recognized for her ability to lead highly sophisticated and novel debt transactions, but also for the sheer volume of deals she undertakes.She has worked on a number of renewable energy projects involving wind, solar, and geothermal power and storage projects throughout the country. She is a prominent player in renewable energy and storage project finance and is highly regarded for her work representing lenders, institutional investors, and sponsors in not only energy and storage project financings, but also energy tax equity partnerships throughout the country.She also has experience in complex transactions involving back-leverage financings (including hybrid financings that contain a floating and fixed rate tranche of debt), tax equity financings, inverted leases, sale-leaseback transactions, holdco and mezzanine financings, portfolio financings, solar distributed generation asset financings, community solar financings, storage financings, equipment safe harbor loans, residential solar portfolios, bridge financings for the Investment Tax Credit and financings regarding the Production Tax Credit. Laurae has represented solar developers, sponsors, and lenders (including financial institutions and institutional investors). She has also represented lenders with respect to some of the first solar hedge transactions done in the market. She can create structural solutions in financing transactions to allow parties to successfully close deals in an efficient manner.
Hendrick Jan Schimmel

Hendrick Jan Schimmel

Hendrik Jan is a corporate real estate expert. He also specialises in general corporate matters, and regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and capital market transactions. Hendrik Jan's practice focusses primarily on corporate real estate transactions, particularly the purchase and sale of commercial real estate (asset deals) and property companies (share deals). He also covers other aspects of corporate real estate, including fund structuring, project development and forward funding turnkey transactions. Expertise Real estate & construction Environmental, social & governance (ESG) Projects, energy & infrastructure Structured real estate Real estate development Real estate acquisition & investment Real estate finance General corporate Joint ventures Equity capital markets Data Centre Expertise
Roos Seesing

Roos Seesing

Roos is a partner and a litigator. She has extensive employment law experience due to a wide variety of cases and clients. Roos practices all aspects of employment matters, and is a member of the Dutch Emplyoment Lawyers Association (VAAN). Roos has over 9 years’ of experience and is described by clients as competent, trustworthy and practical. Roos also has experience as an in-house lawyer. She loves her work and will apply the right strategy to help her clients resolve their matters successfully. She enjoys working with her clients, and she is not only assisting them from a legal perspective, but is able to think commercially and from a business perspective. Expertise Employment, pensions & mobility Multi-service Immigration & mobility Employment Pensions Trade secrets
Otto Sleeking

Otto Sleeking

Otto heads our Technology & Data team in the Netherlands and has over a decade of experience in guiding clients through major IT projects and digital and technology transformations. Otto will help you with more than just the legal paperwork. He is a commercial advisor with over 15 years of experience who will work with you to select the right vendors for your technology project, and to negotiate the most competitive contracts possible before implementation. Otto also specialises in public procurement law and will apply the best practices in that field to your selection process. He enjoys helping clients in the application of new technologies and digitalisation of their business. If technology-related disputes arise, in or out of court, Otto knows how to protect his clients and will help guide you through. Expertise Information technology Data & cyber Tech Litigation GDPR compliance Cyber security & data breaches Data Governance External Policies & Practices Data Exports New Digital Products & Data Privacy Agreements & Transactions Dealing with DPAs ePrivacy (cookies) Marketing & Data Data Centre Expertise
Flávia Stievani

Flávia Stievani

Flávia concentrates her practice on corporate governance, fund formation, securities laws, and compliance. Flávia is a member of the firm’s corporate department and Winston’s Brazilian Affiliate. Flávia has extensive experience advising public and private companies and private equity firms on corporate governance matters, securities laws, and corporate reorganizations. Flávia has also advised investors in securities class action suits. She is admitted both in New York and in Brazil.
Nick Storrs

Nick Storrs

Nick is a partner specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation. He regularly represents clients in arbitrations under institutional rules, including under the rules of the LCIA and ICC, and in ad hoc proceedings. Nick also has extensive experience of conducting proceedings before the English High Court including obtaining freezing injunctions and managing enforcement proceedings.   Nick represents clients in international disputes across a wide range of industry sectors, including natural resources, aviation and banking and financial services. He regularly advises on shareholder actions, joint venture disputes, disputes arising out of complex financing arrangements, and fraud and asset tracing claims. Many of his cases concern interests held in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (including Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Georgia) as well as interests held in off-shore jurisdictions such as the BVI and Cayman Islands.
Huub Stroom

Huub Stroom

Huub is a civil-law notary and head of our Real Estate & Construction team in the Netherlands. Clients value his experience and knowledge of the market. Huub can advise you in all areas of real estate, including real estate transactions, property law, and apartment rights. He works with clients from a wide range of industries, including real estate funds, supermarket chains, and chemical companies. Expertise Real estate & construction Private client Tax Construction & engineering Structured real estate Private investment & family owned businesses Data Centre Expertise Notary services
Nick Strous

Nick Strous

Nick is a counsel in the Competition, EU & Trade practice group. He has a special focus on consumer and competition law related matters, operating in a wide range of sectors, such as healthcare, retail and food. His practice is focused on proceedings before the EU and Dutch competition (and other) authorities and judiciary, as well as advisory work, regarding the application of the EU and Dutch competition law rules (cartel prohibition, prohibition on abuse of a dominant position and merger control) and other matters relating to EU law (eg foreign direct investments and consumer law matters). Nick is also frequently involved in the coordination of multi-jurisdictional merger filings before competition authorities in and outside the European Union. His other areas of expertise include supervision of competition and healthcare authorities, compliance and corporate investigations Expertise Competition, EU & trade Environmental, social & governance (ESG) Brands & advertising Competition compliance Competition disputes, including cartel damages disputes Competition law in the digital economy EU law & EU procedural law State aid Green advertising
Marc Van Gelder

Marc Van Gelder

Marc van Gelder is a member of the Global Board, Managing Partner for the Netherlands and Belgium, and head of our Employment, Pensions & Mobility team in the Netherlands. He advises national and internal companies in aspects of employment law with an emphasis on reorganisations and employee benefits. He is highly specialised in union negotiation, salary arbitration, employee benefits, dismissal and restructuring. Expertise Corporate crime & compliance Employment, pensions & mobility Immigration & mobility Employment Pensions Sanctions Japan group
Margot van Gerwen

Margot van Gerwen

Margot is a counsel in the Intellectual Property practice group. She specialises in copyright-, trademark-, and design protection and advises high-profile clients in the life sciences sector on regulatory issues. Margot is an expert in product design, medical devices and media law. Global pharmaceutical and life sciences clients trust her in guiding them to meet regulatory requirements. In addition, she advises on advertisement related topics, such as misleading and comparative advertising and labelling matters As a skilled litigator, Margot will represent and guide you in complex disputes. She regularly litigates in both Dutch and international courts – including the Court of Justice of the European Union – and handles opposition and nullity proceedings before the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Negotiating and drafting license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, collaboration agreements and R&D agreements is part of her daily activities. Down to earth and thorough, Margot is able to convert in-depth legal advice to practical solutions. Clients especially value her ability to truly listen to their business needs and deliver quickly in the high-paced retail- and life sciences world. Expertise Brands & advertising Copyright & media law Patents & innovation Advertising & unfair competition Green advertising Healthcare regulatory Regulatory enforcement
Bas Berghuis van Woortman

Bas Berghuis van Woortman

Bas is a partner in the Netherlands. With more than 25 years of experience advising clients across the full spectrum of intellectual property law, he focuses in particular on technically complex patent and technology‑based litigation.Bas advises clients in the telecommunications, life sciences (including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotech), electronics, and high‑tech sectors. He acts before national and international courts and has been involved in several UPC‑relevant cases.He provides strategic insight alongside practical solutions, not only in contentious matters but also in relation to licensing strategies, prosecution advice, research and development collaborations, and the protection of trade secrets and know‑how.Bas serves as an Advisory Board Member of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association), where he contributes to developments within European IP law. He is also recommended by Chambers, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, and IP Stars.