Tom Claassens
Partner - Attorney at Law
Tom Claassens is a partner in Loyens & Loeff’s Litigation & Risk Management practice group.
Tom has more than 30 years of experience and is widely recognized and recommended as one of the leading Dutch lawyers in the field of arbitration and litigation. He represents a broad range of clients, including large corporations and sovereign states. He is one of the only 9 Dutch lawyers who are listed in Chambers Global Guide 2023, 2022 and 2021 for the category ‘Arbitration Counsel’ in the Netherlands. Tom is also included in The Arbitration Powerlist: Benelux 2022 of The Legal 500. Also, Tom is listed in Who's Who Legal - Litigation 2022 as ‘Global Leader’ among only 16 Dutch litigation peers. Further, since 2020 Loyens & Loeff's arbitration group, which is co-managed by Tom, is listed in the GAR 100 (i.e., the Global Arbitration Review's guide to law firms 'approved' for international arbitration). Finally, Tom is a member of both the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Executive Board of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA).
Contributions
Memberships
The Advisory Board of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI)
The Executive Board of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA)
Qualifications
Dutch Law, University of Leiden, 1991 (with honors)
Southern Methodist University Summer Program (Dallas, Texas) 1998
Tom Claassens
Partner - Attorney at Law
tom.claassens@loyensloeff.com
Rotterdam
Dutch, English, German
<p>Tom Claassens is a partner in Loyens & Loeff’s Litigation & Risk Management practice group.</p>
Tom has more than 30 years of experience and is widely recognized and recommended as one of the leading Dutch lawyers in the field of arbitration and litigation. He represents a broad range of clients, including large corporations and sovereign states. He is one of the only 9 Dutch lawyers who are listed in Chambers Global Guide 2023, 2022 and 2021 for the category ‘Arbitration Counsel’ in the Netherlands. Tom is also included in The Arbitration Powerlist: Benelux 2022 of The Legal 500. Also, Tom is listed in Who's Who Legal - Litigation 2022 as ‘Global Leader’ among only 16 Dutch litigation peers. Further, since 2020 Loyens & Loeff's arbitration group, which is co-managed by Tom, is listed in the GAR 100 (i.e., the Global Arbitration Review's guide to law firms 'approved' for international arbitration). Finally, Tom is a member of both the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Executive Board of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA).