Jan Willem leads Houthoff’s Litigation and Arbitration practice groups, and is a member of the firm’s International Board.
He specialises in corporate and commercial litigation, focussing on transaction-related disputes, post-public bid litigation, shareholder disputes, Enterprise Chamber proceedings and liability claims. He represents corporates, and national and international investment companies in complex proceedings often involving multiple jurisdictions. Jan Willem led Houthoff’s litigation teams in, among other cases, the multi-billion dollar take-over dispute Elliott/AkzoNobel, Sligro’s EUR 83 million take-over dispute with Jumbo and the massive Altice litigation regarding the majority shareholder’s public bid before the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber. He also headed the litigation team in Novamedia’s significant corporate governance dispute before the Enterprise Chamber with a minority stakeholder. Jan Willem has received Band 2 ranking from Chambers Global and Chambers Europe for his Dispute Resolution practice. Legal 500 has recognised him as a Leading Individual in the field of Commercial Litigation.
He is also part of a multidisciplinary team with experts in corporate governance, and regulatory and corporate litigation. The team conduct governance stress tests to improve and reinforce governance practices.
