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Provided by Frank Peters
Frank Peters is Head of Impact & Litigation and co-founder of Rubicon Impact & Litigation. He has a strong focus on corporate litigation, class actions and ESG and acts on behalf of shareholders, companies and NGOs.
Frank has a wealth of courtroom experience at all levels and has had a long career in complex dispute resolution. He worked previously via litigation boutiques bureau Brandeis, Spigt Litigators and De Brauw, before establishing Rubicon Impact & Litigation.
Frank was closely involved in cases stemming from the bankruptcy of KPNQwest, represented hedge fund TCI in the break-up of ABN Amro and represented FossielvrijNL in the successful greenwashing case against KLM. He is currently involved in a case against Dutch shipping companies demanding equal pay for Filipino and Indonesia seafarers and in privacy class action cases against Google and Oracle.
He is a member of the “Climate and Law” committee at the Centre for Professional Legal Education at Radboud University in Nijmegen where he is developing a cutting edge law programme in relation to climate change.
Frank believes litigation can help bring about meaningful change when talk has become an excuse for inaction. His clients describe Frank as an outstanding strategist with a deep understanding of both the legal and business worlds.
In 1997, Frank Peters was admitted to the Amsterdam bar. After a career in tax an corporate law at the Dutch big law firms, he moved into litigation. First with litigation boutique Spigt Litigators and in 2014 he (co) founded bureau Brandeis, Amsterdam and then, Rubicon IMpact & Litigation.
Frank is involved in several class actions and other high stakes litigations, including in the field of climate change, representing NGO’s on the claimants’ side.
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
Co-founder and board member of the Vereniging Voor Massaschade Advocaten (VVMA, Society for Dutch Class Action Plaintiff Lawyers)
Member of the CPO / Radboud University committee for developing the legal course 'Climate and Law'.
"Investors knock on board room doors more and more", (in Dutch), Camil Driessen, NRC Handelsblad, 6 January 2016
‘The shareholders’ right to put items to the agenda and the risk for the Dutch state of being liable due to breaches of EU law’, appeared in Dutch: ‘Vrijheid van meningsuiting – Over de Europeesrechtelijke verplichting om aandeelhouders aan het woord te laten’ in Makkink e.a. (red.), Ik ben niet overtuigd, liber amicorum voor Peter Ingelse ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid als voorzitter van de Ondernemingskamer, Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri 2015 (samen met Floor Eikelboom).
‘The conflict between Boskalis and Fugro concerning the right to place items on the agenda’, appeared in Dutch: ‘De strijd over het agenderingsrecht tussen Boskalis en Fugro’, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie (WPNR), 2015/7061 (samen met Floor Eikelboom).
‘Ondernemingsrechtelijke inpassing van aandelenderivaten’, Ondernemingsrechtelijke inpassing van aandelenderivaten, in: M. Holtzer, A.F.J.A. Leijten & D.J. Oranje (red.), Geschriften vanwege de Vereniging Corporate Litigation 2010-2011, Deventer: Kluwer 2011 (samen met D.F.F.F.M. Duynstee).
‘Nut en noodzaak van art 2359d BW (verkoopprocedure na openbaar bod)’, TOP (Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk), nr. 8, December 2010.
‘Aandeelhoudersrechten en plichten bij een beurs-NV: een schema’, TOP (Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk), nr. 5, juli 2009.
‘Activistische aandeelhouders en voorwetenschap over zichzelf’, TOP (Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk), nr. 4, juni 2008.
‘Hedgefunds handelen waar stakeholders zwijgen’, Het Financieele Dagblad, 2007.
Frank Peters (1973) speaks Dutch, English, French and (conversational) Russian and German. Frank Peters studied European Studies (management, economics and French) at London University, and civil and tax law at the University of Groningen. He is married with four children and a funny but poorly behaving dog, Abbie.
The Netherlands, EU consumer, ESG and competition law
Dutch, English, French, German, Russian
Provided by Chambers
Frank Peters of Rubicon Impact & Litigation often represents claimants in class actions. He has additional experience in climate litigation.
Frank Peters of Rubicon Impact & Litigation often represents claimants in class actions. He has additional experience in climate litigation.
Provided by Chambers
What makes Frank Peters outstanding is his tactical, direct and friendly approach.
Frank Peters is an intelligent, impressive and tactical lawyer.
What makes Frank Peters outstanding is his tactical, direct and friendly approach.
Frank Peters is an intelligent, impressive and tactical lawyer.
