Loyens & Loeff appoints 4 new counsel in the Netherlands
Amsterdam, 23 January 2020 – Loyens & Loeff has appointed Pjotr Heemskerk, Jelmer Kalisvaart, Marieke Kolsters and Maureen te Poel as counsel.

Bram Linnartz, Managing Partner Loyens & Loeff: “First of all, I want to congratulate our 4 new counsel on their promotion! With all 4 of them highly experienced in either core or niche practices, they strengthen our ambition to always offer all our clients pragmatic and tailor-made advice. Secondly, I would like to add that we consider it an important part of our firm’s mission to recognise our people for their high-quality client work while also encouraging them to chart their own professional course.”
Pjotr Heemskerk, attorney at law, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group.
He specialises in negotiating, advising and litigating with respect to commercial contracts, intellectual property rights and IT, with a particular focus on contract negotiations, transactions and e-commerce.
Jelmer Kalisvaart, attorney at law, is a member of the Corporate practice group. He specialises in equity capital markets, IPOs and public takeover bids and also advises on securities regulation and corporate governance.
Marieke Kolsters, deputy civil law notary, is a member of the Corporate/M&A practice group. She specialises in healthcare-related corporate transactional work and in governance and regulatory related assignments for healthcare institutions and - inter alia - financial institutions and entities that are active in the insurance and pension sector. She is a notarial specialist for these type of assignments and experienced in drafting the articles of association and regulations.
Maureen te Poel, attorney at law, is a member of the Employment & Benefits practice group. She specialises in employment law, with a particular focus on the employment aspects of M&A-deals and restructurings, co-determination procedures, participation structures and sector-specific regulations on remuneration, and the dismissal of managing directors and other top management.
Pjotr Heemskerk
Counsel Attorney at lawPjotr Heemskerk, attorney at law, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management Practice Group in our Rotterdam office. He specialises in advising, litigating and negotiating with respect to commercial contracts, intellectual property, licenses, e-commerce and new technologies.
T: +31 10 224 61 53 M: +31 6 10 93 90 12 E: pjotr.heemskerk@loyensloeff.comJelmer Kalisvaart
Counsel Attorney at lawJelmer Kalisvaart, attorney at law, is a member of the Corporate practice group.
T: +31 20 578 54 02 M: +31 6 53 57 36 31 E: jelmer.kalisvaart@loyensloeff.comMarieke Kolsters
Counsel Senior Deputy Civil Law NotaryMarieke Kolsters, Counsel and senior deputy civil law notary, is a member of the Corporate practice group.
T: +31 20 578 53 58 M: +31 6 51 85 36 72 E: marieke.kolsters@loyensloeff.comMaureen te Poel
Counsel Attorney at lawMaureen te Poel, attorney at law, is a member of the Employment & Benefits practice group. She has over 21 years of experience as a lawyer, of which 8 years in the M&A department. The last 13 years she has been focusing on all-round employment law, with a particular focus on the employment aspects of M&A-deals and restructurings, co-determination procedures, remuneration structures and sector-specific regulations on remuneration.
T: +31 20 578 54 64 E: maureen.te.poel@loyensloeff.com