AMSTERDAM ACADEMIC COUNCIL

AMSTERDAM ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Clifford Chance Amsterdam’s Academic Council brings together the firm’s specialised lawyers, professors, PhD graduates and university lecturers in order to stimulate and support the firm’s Thought Leadership culture.

Clifford Chance’s Academic Council focuses on topics that are important to many of our clients, including:

• New forms of financing

• Economic and financial supervision

• Enforcement, compliance and penalties

• Insolvency, restructurings and resolution

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Corporate governance and boardroom risk

• National and international private law issues

• FinTech developments

Clifford Chance is affiliated to the Business and Law Research Centre of the Nijmegen Radboud University and participates in a number of its research projects. Clifford Chance lawyers lecture at various educational institutes, including the Grotius Academy. Clifford Chance supports the Institute of Anglo-American Law, which is affiliated to Leiden University’s law faculty. In addition, Clifford Chance is regularly called upon by non-governmental organisations, public authorities, regulators, interest groups and other bodies to contribute ideas on draft legislation or other projects concerning the development of law.

The Academic Council initiates and promotes knowledge activities such as seminars and conferences and coordinates the publication of client briefings, consultation advice, books and other publications by our lawyers and consultants. The Academic Council also supports our clients’ efforts to innovate and to anticipate new developments.

Members of the Academic Council are authors or editors of authoritative manuals, series and journals, including:

• De Asser serie (Asser series)

• Serie Onderneming & Recht (Business & Law series)

• Kluwer Groene Serie Toezicht Financiële Markten (Kluwer Looseleaf Edition on Financial Markets Regulation)

• De Financieel Juridische Reeks (Financial Legal series)

• The Oxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series

• De SDU “Commentaren” reeks (SDU “Commentary” series – e.g. corporate, property and insolvency law)

• Rechtspraak Financieel Recht (Financial case Law)

• Jurisprudentie Onderneming & Recht (JOR) (Corporate and Financial Case Law)

• Recht en Praktijk – Insolventierecht (Law and Practice – Insolvency Law)

• Pensioen Bestuur & Management (Pension Governance & Management)

• The Business and Finance Law Series

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MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Guido BergervoetCounselLitigation & dispute resolutionT: +31 20 711 9534E: guido.bergervoet@

cliffordchance.com

Arwin LokSenior associate (notarial)Corporate and financeT: +31 20 711 9205E: arwin.lok@

cliffordchance.com

Richard NowakSenior advisorCorporateT: +31 20 711 9109E: richard.nowak@

cliffordchance.com

Pascal BorsjéSenior AdvisorTaxT: +31 20 711 9698E: pascal.borsje@ cliffordchance.com

Frank GraafOf CounselRegulatory, capital markets and derivativesT: +31 20 711 9150E: frank.graaf@

cliffordchance.com

Wijnanda RuttenCounselPensions/EmploymentT: +31 20 711 9171E: wijnanda.rutten@

cliffordchance.com

Anne Hendrikx Professional Support LawyerLitigation & dispute resolutionT: +31 20 711 9206E: anne.hendrikx@

cliffordchance.com

Prof. Rick VerhagenSenior advisor Private international law, finance and capital marketsT: +31 20 711 9290E: rick.verhagen@

cliffordchance.com

In alphabetic order:

Prof. Dennis FaberSenior advisorFinance, insolvency law & restructuringT: +31 20 711 9373E: dennis.faber@

cliffordchance.com

Robert SmitsCounsel Regulatory, capital markets and fundsT: +31 20 711 9356E: robert.smits@

cliffordchance.com

Erwin SchreuderAssociateRegulatory and capital marketsT: +31 20 711 9227E: erwin.schreuder@

cliffordchance.com

Charlotte SpieringsAssociateLitigation & dispute resolutionT: +31 20 711 9600E: charlotte.spierings@

cliffordchance.com

Sara SchermerhornSenior advisorEmploymentT: +31 20 711 9332E: sara.schermerhorn@

cliffordchance.com

Serkan ÖzelAssociate / Kandidaat-NotarisCorporateT: +31 20 711 9174E: serkan.ozel@ cliffordchance.com

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