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As of today, Diederik van der Kooij joins the team at Brande & Verheij. Diederik brings with him a wealth of experience in litigation in general and collective redress in particular.

At the same time, we congratulate Hamza Zourakhti with his well-deserved promotion to associate partner.

Bas Lem

We are excited to announce that our life sciences and healthcare law experts have made a contribution to the latest edition of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide Life Sciences 2026 for the Netherlands.

The guide provides an overview of the relevant laws and regulations that govern the field of life sciences, as well as practical and valuable insights into a variety of trends and developments.

Bas Megens

Barbara van der Ven

Hamza Zourakhti

At the end of last week, on behalf of the Hotel Claims Alliance Foundation, we initiated a mass damages action against Booking.com on behalf of thousands of European hotels.

This case concerns the parity clauses imposed by Booking on hotels, Booking's abuse of its economic position and Booking's violations of the Digital Markets Act.

Theodoor Verheij

Bas Lem

This year, Brande & Verheij LLP has again written the Chambers Practice Guide for Collective Redress & Class Actions. The Practice Guide contains the most current insights in the field of collective actions. This guide is a valuable resource for lawyers, legal practitioners and companies involved in class actions.

Theodoor Verheij

We are proud to announce that Hamza Zourakhti will join Brande & Verheij as of September 1, 2024. Hamza has 9 years of experience in commercial disputes and in the field of Life Sciences & Healthcare Litigation. He will strengthen our team with his knowledge and experience in those areas.

Bas Lem

This year, Brande & Verheij LLP has again written the Chambers Practice Guide for Collective Redress & Class Actions. The Practice Guide contains the most current insights in the field of collective actions. This guide is a valuable resource for lawyers, legal practitioners and companies involved in class actions.

Theodoor Verheij

Today, 27 July 2022, the Amsterdam District Court rendered a judgment on the standing of the claimants, the applicable law and the validity of the assignments in the Trucks case.

Theodoor Verheij

On 26 November 2021, in a case which is now known as the 'Didam supermarket war', the Dutch Supreme Court gave (new) rules on the sale of real estate by government bodies. This case was prompted by the sale of municipal land in the centre of the Dutch town of Didam to a real estate developer who wanted to build a new supermarket for Coop on that spot. Another real estate developer, a franchisee of Coop's competitor Albert Heijn, was also interested in purchasing the land. However, the municipality did not provide the latter an opportunity to also make a bid for the land.

Bas Megens

Bas Lem

Today, 11 November 2021, the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) rendered an important judgment on the relationship between the public and private enforcement of competition law in case C-819/19 (Stichting Cartel Compensation and Others). Following Advocate General Bobek's opinion, the ECJ confirms that national courts are authorised to apply article 101 TFEU in cartel damages actions, which authority they derive directly from the TFEU, regardless of whether a competition authority has rendered a decision in respect of the relevant infringement (in whole or in part).

Theodoor Verheij

Today, 6 October 2021, the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) rendered an important judgment on the possibility of imputing liability for one group company's anticompetitive conduct to another group company where the first has, but the latter has not been the addressee of a Commission decision. Following Advocate General Pitruzella's opinion, the ECJ confirms this is possible if both companies constitute an economic unit (undertaking), for example because an anti-competitive agreement concluded by one group company concerns the same products as those marketed by another group company. This broadens the scope of the private enforcement of competition law infringements.

Theodoor Verheij