Mr Leonard Böhmer > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Insurance & Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Leonard Böhmer specialises in insurance law, transport law and risk management. In particular, he advises national and international companies in insurance and other industries on risk management issues.

Leonard is head of the Litigation & Insurance Practice Group. He is a member of the advisory committee on civil procedures of the Netherlands Bar Association. He contributed to the Dutch chapter of Lord Justice Jackson’s preliminary report on costs.

Leonard is a lecturer for a number of postgraduate courses, and a regular speaker at seminars and conferences in the Netherlands and abroad. He is a former Dean of the Bar Association in the District of Utrecht and has been a member of the board of the Netherlands Bar Association.

Languages

Dutch, English, German

Education

  • Transport Law, Grotius Academy for Post-Graduate Law Studies
  • Dutch Law (International Law), Utrecht University

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Insurance

CMS‘ group is well-known for its abilities advising in the broad range of high-profile insurance cases, including those involving PI, D&O, and product liability and recall claims. Insurtech, cyber, and warranty and indemnity matters all feature prominently in the team’s workload. Bas Baks has expertise litigating in PI, D&O, financial lines and construction project-related work and ‘leads the team in a profound manner’ alongside experienced insurance litigator Leonard Böhmer. Oskar van de Weijer also has litigious expertise in both domestic and cross-border contexts.

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

CMS is known for its global reach, assisting international and multinational companies with litigation in the Netherlands. The team recently strengthened its practice with the addition of disputes specialists Andries Polkerman and Simon Polkerman, who were previously at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. The team handles a wide range of disputes, including commercial, corporate and financial litigation. Leonard Böhmer combines his litigation and insurance expertise to advise Dutch and European insurance companies, financial institutions and sovereign states in contentious matters. Peter Soede handles disputes involving liability law; Aukje Haan leads on ESG-related litigation; and Bart-Adriaan de Ruijter excels in corporate litigation for multinationals. All named lawyers jointly lead the dispute resolution practice.