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Andries Polkerman is partner and head of the Dispute Resolution practice area group of our firm in Amsterdam. He specialises in liability and contract law, procedural law and mass claims.
Andries advises and represents national and international companies in complex, often cross-border disputes. He is also active in the field of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
Strategic advice in dispute resolution
His expertise covers the full spectrum of dispute resolution: from strategic advice, interim relief and stakeholder management to settlement negotiations and multi-jurisdictional proceedings. He focuses both on preventing disputes and mitigating risks, as well as on resolving them. He litigates in summary proceedings, proceedings on the merits and appeals, and has extensive experience with evidence gathering, witness examinations, attachment and enforcement.
Andries has acted as lead counsel in numerous high-profile cases. These include international mass claims cases involving very significant financial interests, multidisciplinary disputes with a geopolitical dimension and highly sensitive cases in which careful reputation and stakeholder management is essential.
Andries has been with CMS since 2023; prior to that, he worked for twelve years as a lawyer within the litigation and arbitration practice at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (ranked Tier 1).
