Peter Sprietsma
Associate - Attorney at Law
Peter Sprietsma, attorney at law, is based in our Amsterdam office and provides counsel on class actions, corporate and commercial litigation.
Peter has extensive experience with class action litigation and broader corporate and commercial disputes. He advises and represents clients inside and outside of court. This includes experience litigating in English before the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC). Peter regularly publishes on class actions in Dutch academic legal journals. Peter previously supported clients in the investment funds sector.
Recent matters Peter has worked on include representing:
• A group of car dealers in various Dutch class actions against multiple claim organisations relating to diesel emission devices in cars;
• The former CEO of Airbus SE in a Dutch class action regarding shareholders’ claims;
• A contract research organisation in a suit brought by a pharmaceutical company regarding data management in a clinical trial (in English before the NCC and NCCA).
Work highlights
Contributions
Memberships
Dutch Bar association, 2019
The Dutch Corporate Litigation Association (VCL), 2021
Qualifications
LL.M. Public International Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands, 2018 (with honours & cum laude)
LL.B. Dutch Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands, 2018
BA Liberal Arts & Sciences: Global Challenges, Leiden University, the Netherlands, 2015 (with honours & cum laude)
Publications
District Court of Midden-Nederland, 8 January 2025, ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2025:10, JOR 2025/101, annotation P.E. Sprietsma
Public Interest Litigation in the Netherlands: Developments on admissibility in class actions, 7 January 2025, Mass Claims Journal, M.J. Bosselaar, I.C.C. Bloemen and P.E. Sprietsma
District Court of The Hague, 15 November 2023, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2023:17145, JBPr 2024/29, annotation I.C.C. Bloemen and P.E. Sprietsma
Court of Appeal of The Hague, 20 December 2022, ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2022:2429, JBPr 2023/43, annotation M.J. Bosselaar and P.E. Sprietsma
District Court of Amsterdam, 9 November 2022, ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2022:6488, JOR 2023/43, annotation M.J. Bosselaar and P.E. Sprietsma
District Court of Amsterdam, 7 December 2022, C/13/719848/HA ZA, JBPr 2023/32, annotation M.J. Bosselaar and P.E. Sprietsma
Peter Sprietsma
Associate - Attorney at Law
Peter.Sprietsma@loyensloeff.com
Amsterdam
Dutch, English
<p>Peter Sprietsma, attorney at law, is based in our Amsterdam office and provides counsel on class actions, corporate and commercial litigation.</p>
Peter has extensive experience with class action litigation and broader corporate and commercial disputes. He advises and represents clients inside and outside of court. This includes experience litigating in English before the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC). Peter regularly publishes on class actions in Dutch academic legal journals. Peter previously supported clients in the investment funds sector.
Recent matters Peter has worked on include representing:
• A group of car dealers in various Dutch class actions against multiple claim organisations relating to diesel emission devices in cars;
• The former CEO of Airbus SE in a Dutch class action regarding shareholders’ claims;
• A contract research organisation in a suit brought by a pharmaceutical company regarding data management in a clinical trial (in English before the NCC and NCCA).