The team at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has expertise in the broad array of matters, including representing its internationally renowned clients in cases regarding copyright and trade mark infringements and licensing issues. Pan-European litigation is an area of focus of the team, which is also developing specialisms advising on such complex developing areas as software and AI, and greenwashing issues in advertising. Practice co-head Tobias Cohen Jehoram is an IP litigation expert who has represented clients before such courts as the Dutch Supreme Court and the ECJ, and co-lead Anne Marie Verschuur is a specialist is design, trade mark and copyright matters with particular expertise in tech-related cases. Selmer Bergsma‘s work includes handling contractual IP disputes, while Roos van der Poel advises on IP rights in transactional contexts.
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Lawyers
Hall of Fame
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Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Selmer Bergsma
Leading associates
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Roos van der Poel
Practice head
Tobias Cohen Jehoram; Anne Marie Verschuur
Other key lawyers
Yiyi Song; Renate Keijser; Florence Haverhals; Selmer Bergsma; Roos van der Poel