Ms Aukje Haan > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
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PARNASSUSWEG 737
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Ms Aukje Haan
Work Department
Commercial Law
Position
Partner
Career
Aukje Haan has been a qualified advocaat since 1990, and since then has been working for the Commercial section of CMS in Utrecht. Aukje is chair of the CMS International Commercial Group.
Aukje’s specialist area is commercial law, including drawing up various kinds of commercial contracts such as distribution and agency agreements, franchise agreements, manufacturing contracts, SLA’s and cooperation agreements. Her field of work also extends to product liability. She also has an extensive (international) litigation practice in the above areas of the law and is also a certified mediator.
Aukje Haan is regularly invited to speak at seminars and inhouse legal trainings about commercial and corporate contracting.
Languages
Dutch, English, German, French
Memberships
- Supervisory Board member of Avedon Capital Partners
Education
- New Board Program, Nyenrode Business University
- Company and Commercial Law, Grotius Academy for Post-Graduate Law Studies
- Dutch Law, Utrecht University
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Industry focus: retail
CMS maintains a broad practice, assisting retailers with such matters as commercial contracts, brand protection, advertising and product liability issues. The team has also placed a growing focus on ESG matters under the leadership of practice co-head Aukje Haan, who spearheads the firm’s ESG efforts in the Netherlands, and is also sought after by clients seeking to implement new sales and distribution models. Alongside her is Mark Ziekman, who chairs the firm’s consumer products team and advises retail clients on cross-border mergers and joint ventures.
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
As a part of CMS‘s pan-European dispute resolution team, the practice is skilled at handling multi-jurisdictional cases, especially within the ESG space. The team is split into domestic and international groups and takes a sector-focused approach, specialising in banking, insurance, real estate, and energy. Leonard Böhmer leads the litigation and insurance team with Peter Soede, who focuses on liability law. ESG task force head Aukje Haan handles related litigation and mediation. Bart-Adriaan de Ruijter chairs the corporate litigation and arbitration practice and regularly represents multinationals in corporate disputes. Petra Heemskerk is sought out for her public law litigation expertise, while Anita Canta handles franchising disputes. Andries Polkerman and Simon Polkerman both joined from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in March 2023, strengthening the practice’s commercial litigation capabilities.
Netherlands > Industry focus: Food
(Leading individuals)A part of the wider consumer products team, food and beverages at CMS assists producers, retail, suppliers, and investors with cross-border and local food law related issues. Recently the firm has been focusing on ESG risk management and disputes on top of its established expertise in tech and energy sectors. Matters typically handled by the team include product liability, contamination and recall, product launches, labelling, IP, and data protection. Aukje Haan and Mark Ziekman co-lead the team, Haan is at the forefront of ESG-related matters, while Ziekman specialises in cross-border M&A and joint ventures. Litigator Rogier de Vrey advises on international patent and trade mark issues and Edmon Oude Elferink is the main contact for competition law issues such as abuse of dominance.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Netherlands > Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Food Netherlands
- Industry focus: retail Netherlands
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation Netherlands
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Firm Rankings
- Fintech
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Energy
- Environment and planning
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: retail
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Tax
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights