Dirk-Jan Duynstee
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Band 2 : Dispute Resolution
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About
Provided by Dirk-Jan Duynstee
Practice Areas
Dirk-Jan Duynstee heads the Litigation Department of Clifford Chance in Amsterdam. Dirk-Jan specialises in corporate and securities litigation, including directors' liability, governance issues, public take-over disputes, shareholder disputes and squeeze out proceeding. Dirk-Jan also has vast experience in banking and finance litigation.
Dirk-Jan often acts before the Enterprise Chamber and is a member of our global risk leadership team.
Career
University of Utrecht (Law) 2000
VNU/AC Nielsen, management/sales functions 2003
Admitted as an advocaat in Netherlands 2003
Joined Clifford Chance 2003
Spigthoff 2006
Partner at Spigt Litigators (formerly Spigthoff) 2010
Grotius Academy (post academic Company & Liability) 2010
Rejoined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2012
Chambers Review
Europe
Dirk-Jan Duynstee acts in both commercial and financial litigation, including bankruptcy proceedings and shareholder disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dirk-Jan is an excellent litigator, whose commercial awareness and sense of what a dispute actually means within a complex layer of stakeholders is unparalleled."
"He is top-notch, always calm, pragmatic and, above all, a pleasure to around with Dirk-Jan."
"Dirk-Jan is an excellent litigator, whose commercial awareness and sense of what a dispute actually means within a complex layer of stakeholders is unparalleled."
"He is top-notch, always calm, pragmatic and, above all, a pleasure to around with Dirk-Jan."
