Mr Edmon Oude Elferink > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS‘ multidisciplinary consumer products team assists a range of clients, including producers, retailers, investors and regulators with matters concerning product liability, contamination, recalls, IP and data protection. Aukje Haan and Mark Ziekman are the key names for corporate and commercial matters and Rogier de Vrey handles patent and trademark disputes. Head of the antitrust, competition and trade team Edmon Oude Elferink focuses on cartel, abuse of dominance and merger control matters.

Advising on antitrust, competition and trade matters, CMS is active in merger control, cartel cases, state aid and FDI controls, representing clients before the ECJ, EC, ACM and domestic courts. The firm also has a dawn raid team servicing both Dutch and international clients. Led by Edmon Oude Elferink, the team handles merger notifications, state aid, cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings, as well as follow-on litigation. Elferink has a particular focus on the intersection of competition and data protection.

Chair of CMS‘s international commercial group and head of the Dutch company law team Aukje Haan is a key contact in the retail practice, advising well-known consumer products and retail companies on new sales and distribution models. Haan focuses on drawing up commercial contracts, including distribution, agency and franchise agreements and is experienced in litigation concerning product liability. Mark Ziekman assists clients in M&A transactions and Rogier de Vrey is an experienced IP litigator. Edmon Oude Elferink  demonstrates the depth of the practice with expertise in EU competition and data protection law. Counsel Anita Canta is a specialist in dealing with disputes concerning franchisors and franchisees.

CMS’s privacy and cybersecurity team has a robust cyber incident management practice. Erik Jonkman heads the practice, advising cyber insurers on data theft and ransomware. Head of the TMC sector group Katja van Kranenburg-Hanspians is a key contact for contract matters relating to technology and data, while Edmon Oude Elferink and senior counsel Simon Sanders are other key members of the team, assisting on competition issues related to data protection violations and the privacy aspects of innovative technology systems, respectively.