Mijke is a partner in the Amsterdam office, specialising in dispute resolution.
She has extensive experience in corporate law-related disputes, class actions and mass claims in the fields of consumer claims, ESG claims, competition claims, and securities litigation, as well as governance issues, JV-disputes and directors’ duties, and liabilities. Mijke has a strong track record, having represented clients in high-profile disputes before arbitral tribunals and Dutch courts, including the Enterprise Chamber and the Netherlands Commercial Court. She has also pleaded cases before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Mijke heads the Amsterdam litigation department and previously served as Chair of the Board of the Dutch Corporate Litigation Association (Vereniging Corporate Litigation). She also co-chairs the prestigious Grotius postdoctoral course on Corporate Litigation.
Mijke is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to corporate law disputes and mass claims.
Selected highlights include:
- Class Actions & Mass Litigation
- Defence counsel in several Dutch class actions (WAMCA, old regime, and individual test cases) concerning consumer claims against multiple claim vehicles related to diesel emission devices in VW vehicles.
- Represented clients in securities litigation, including shareholder class actions related to alleged misstatements, fraud, and regulatory violations (e.g., Airbus).
- Representation in ESG-related litigation, including ESG-related damages claims and advising on corporate liability risks related to sustainability and human rights. Notably, Mijke represented clients in a €2 billion claim concerning an oil spill.
- Defence counsel in competition-related mass litigation, involving claims of anti-competitive conduct and cartel damages (ethylene cartel, cardboard cartel, power cable cartel, stand-alone claims, and abuse of dominance).
- Defence counsel in several Dutch class actions (WAMCA) concerning alleged infringements of the GDPR (Adobe, Match/Tinder).
- Corporate & Commercial Disputes
- Counsel to a joint venture company in the food delivery sector in a multi-billion-euro arbitration concerning a joint venture dispute.
- Post-M&A claims, including warranty and indemnity claims. Attachment and enforcement litigation related to post-M&A disputes.
- Earn-out disputes.
- Private Equity & Shareholder Disputes
- Counsel to founding partners and cornerstone investors in litigation concerning controlling rights, management company removal, conflicts of interest, and the advisory board’s role in a private equity fund.
- Represented activist shareholder groups in litigation regarding hostile takeover discussions involving Akzo Nobel, a Dutch-listed company.
- Represented parties in litigation before the Enterprise Chamber regarding allegations of improper management (Nardinc Groep, Centric), de-merger (Reinier Haga hospitals), and joint venture disputes (ZED+).
- Resolved a joint venture dispute in Bugaboo with a successful M&A transaction involving private equity.
- Restructuring Litigation
- Advised and litigated on behalf of bondholder groups in international restructuring cases, including Steinhoff, IHC, and HEMA.
- Represented clients in complex restructuring and insolvency-related litigation, involving debt recovery, creditor disputes, and cross-border challenges (e.g., McDermott).
