Steven Wieffering

Attorney-at-law | Associate
Steven Wieffering

Steven works as a lawyer in the Competition Litigation practice group, focusing on cartel damage cases.

  • Represented Orbia and its subsidiary Vestolit in landmark civil damages proceedings before the Amsterdam District Court relating to the EU competition law ethylene infringement. In the first major damages proceedings involving four purchasers of ethylene, the claimants brought billion-euro claims alleging that the infringement had resulted in lower ethylene prices, causing them significant harm. The Court concluded that it was implausible that the infringement had caused any damage to the claimants and dismissed both claims in their entirety
  • LL.M. Private Law: Commercial Legal Practice (University of Amsterdam)
  • LL.M. International and European Tax Law (University of Amsterdam)
  • LL.B. Tax Law (University of Amsterdam)

Expertise

Competition Litigation / Private Enforcement
Damages claims resulting from violations of EU and national competition law play an increasingly prominent role in the context of company liability.