Valérie van den Berg
Partner
Valérie represents Dutch and international (Energy) corporate clients in arbitration and litigation in their cross-border joint venture disputes and in disputes relating to international commercial contracts (for example EPC contracts for infrastructure projects). Valérie advises on ESG topics.
Valérie's experience
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Represented an international engineering group in anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunction proceedings.
- Netherlands
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a client in the consumer retail sector on their exit as a shareholder and board member of an international group of companies, also including related litigation.
- Netherlands
- Retail & Consumer
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Advised an international client in the telecommunications and media sector on a post M&A dispute (warranties, indemnities, post-acquisition obligations of management that had stayed in the target) and (at a later stage) exit from shareholder and board positions.
- The Netherlands and Turkey
- Professional & Public Services
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Acting for a global technology company in connection with an internal investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct across multiple jurisdictions. Also involved in various related litigation matters.
- Cross-Border
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a client as part of an international litigation team on cross-border dispute involving pre-contractual negotiations and sponsorship matters, successfully issuing proceedings in the Commercial Court for declaratory relief and preparing to file an anti-suit injunction application. Provided settlement advice, including intellectual property aspects and advice on Dutch law implications.
- €1bn
- Cross-border
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised a global construction, fit out and retail firm, and its directors on restructuring and rescue efforts, culminating in the appointment of administrators to key trading entities across multiple jurisdictions.
- Cross-border
- Infrastructure
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Representing various international technology and infrastructure clients in arbitration cases in relation to projects in the Netherlands (FIDIC, UAV).
- The Netherlands
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advising a former board member of an international group of companies in the agricultural sector on their exit (with related arbitration proceedings), also including sale of shares.
- The Netherlands
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Litigating a long-term joint venture dispute in an international group of companies with a Dutch Holdco active in the renewable energy sector before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
- The Netherlands
- Energy & Natural Resources
Credentials
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2023Joined Pinsent Masons
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2014Joined Baker McKenzie
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2005Joined Spigthoff
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2001Maastricht University - European Law School
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