Bastiaan Kemp
Partner - Attorney at Law
Bastiaan Kemp, partner, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Amsterdam office. He focuses on corporate & securities litigation, arbitration and corporate governance.
Bastiaan works in high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation and corporate governance cases. His clients include private equity firms and funds, listed corporates and their Dutch based subsidiaries, investment firms, corporate service providers, and international joint ventures.
Recent matters that Bastiaan has worked on include representing:
• a market leading company active in the online food ordering and delivery market in ICC arbitration proceedings
• a specialty chemicals multinational in NAI arbitration proceedings
• an investment fund in post-M&A ICC arbitration proceedings with an European bank
• defence counsel for the former CEO of Airbus SE in a Dutch class action regarding shareholders’ claims
• a specialist in building products in a post-M&A NAI arbitration proceedings
• an event driven investor in litigation before the district court and Enterprise Chamber revolving around AkzoNobel
• a multilateral development bank in inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber
• a global operating service provider on several liability claims in various Dutch court proceedings before the district court and court of appeals
Bastiaan also sits as an arbitrator.
In addition, Bastiaan is a Professor at Maastricht University. He also holds the position of vice-academic director of the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies, is the co-editor of the academic journal European Company Law, a member of the editorial board of the Dutch academic journal Corporate Law Monthly Review (Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht), a Fellow at the Zuidas Institute for Financial Law and Company Law of the Free University of Amsterdam and a Member of the corporate law advisory committee of the Dutch Bar Association and the Royal Association of Dutch Civil Law Notaries.
Work highlights
Contributions
Memberships
Dutch Bar Association
Ius Commune Research School
Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies
Dutch Commercial Law Association
The Dutch Corporate Litigation Association
The Dutch Civil Procedure Law Association
Qualifications
Thesis (PhD), "Shareholder responsibility: The position and role of the shareholder and the shareholders meeting", Maastricht University, 2015
Dutch law, Maastricht University, 2013 (cum laude)
Bastiaan Kemp
Partner - Attorney at Law
bastiaan.kemp@loyensloeff.com
Amsterdam
Dutch, English
<p>Bastiaan Kemp, partner, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Amsterdam office. He focuses on corporate & securities litigation, arbitration and corporate governance.</p>
Bastiaan works in high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation and corporate governance cases. His clients include private equity firms and funds, listed corporates and their Dutch based subsidiaries, investment firms, corporate service providers, and international joint ventures.
Recent matters that Bastiaan has worked on include representing:
• a market leading company active in the online food ordering and delivery market in ICC arbitration proceedings
• a specialty chemicals multinational in NAI arbitration proceedings
• an investment fund in post-M&A ICC arbitration proceedings with an European bank
• defence counsel for the former CEO of Airbus SE in a Dutch class action regarding shareholders’ claims
• a specialist in building products in a post-M&A NAI arbitration proceedings
• an event driven investor in litigation before the district court and Enterprise Chamber revolving around AkzoNobel
• a multilateral development bank in inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber
• a global operating service provider on several liability claims in various Dutch court proceedings before the district court and court of appeals
Bastiaan also sits as an arbitrator.
In addition, Bastiaan is a Professor at Maastricht University. He also holds the position of vice-academic director of the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies, is the co-editor of the academic journal European Company Law, a member of the editorial board of the Dutch academic journal Corporate Law Monthly Review (Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht), a Fellow at the Zuidas Institute for Financial Law and Company Law of the Free University of Amsterdam and a Member of the corporate law advisory committee of the Dutch Bar Association and the Royal Association of Dutch Civil Law Notaries.