Mr Mark Ziekman > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
CMS Offices
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Mark Ziekman
Work Department
Corporate/M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Mark Ziekman is the chair of our global Consumer Products Sector Group and a member of our firm’s Corporate / M&A Practice Area Group. He is active in the field of company law and specialises in cross-border mergers and takeovers and joint ventures. He focusses on the Consumer Products industry, as well as on the Insurance industry.
Languages
Dutch, English, German
Memberships
- Chair Consumer Products Group
- Head of China Desk
Education
- Dutch Law (Private Law), University of Groningen
- Dutch Law (Commercial and Social Economic Law), University of Groningen
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 > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The commercial, corporate and M&A team at CMS is very experienced in representing national and international clients, predominantly financial institutions, private equity firms and funds, in M&A deals, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Practice head Pieter van Duijvenvoorde has expertise in private equity matters, and Roman Tarlavski, who has ‘exceptional strategic acumen‘, is a key name for cross-border work. Mark Ziekman is well versed in advising on mergers and takeovers.
Netherlands > Industry focus: Food
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
- Industry focus: Food Netherlands
- Industry focus: retail Netherlands
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Netherlands
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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