Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek

Marieke creates close working partnerships with her clients guiding them through every stage of proceedings in her specialist area of competition litigation.

In this complex field, Marieke is primarily focused on international competition litigation handling matters for many high-profile clients.

Furthermore, Marieke assists clients in litigation cases concerning claims in tort and contract, mainly as defence counsel. She also represents clients in proceedings before the European Commission and the European Court of Justice.

From 2007 until 2009, Marieke worked in Stibbe’s EU, competition and regulation practice group, moving to commercial litigation in 2009. In 2010, she practised in a London law firm in their competition litigation practice. In 2012, she was seconded to a client working as an in-house competition counsel.

Marieke has a membership with the Competition Law Association.

She has a master’s in company law from the University of Rotterdam.

Languages: Dutch, English
Admitted to the Amsterdam Bar: 2007

Experience

06.06.2017 NL law
Stibbe advises Blackstone

Experience - Stibbe has advised Blackstone on its sale of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam to Anbang.

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Team: Hans Witteveen, Paul Quist, Emile Bongers, David Meijeren, IJsbrand van Straten, Julie-Anne Siegers, Nora Offergelt, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Christien Saris
06.06.2017 NL law
Stibbe advises itelligence

Experience - Stibbe advises SAP consulting firm itelligence on the acquisition of Goldfish ICT.

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Team: Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Smits, Paul Quist, Judica Krikke, Lotte Boon, Ea Visser, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Boris Cammelbeeck
10.01.2016 NL law
Stibbe advises KLM and Martinair

Experience - Representing KLM and its subsidiary Martinair in antitrust damage litigation in what is alleged to be Europe's largest ever cartel damage claim.

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Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Christof Swaak, Rein Wesseling, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek
21.07.2014 NL law
Stibbe advises Expereo

Experience - Stibbe advises Expereo, the Global Managed Network Operator, on its agreement with global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group to take a majority stake in Expereo. The Expereo Founders will retain a significant stake in the business and will continue to serve in senior management positions in Expereo.

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Team: Egbert Vroom, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Floris ten Have
17.02.2014 NL law
Stibbe advises AkzoNobel and Eka

Experience - Representing AkzoNobel and Eka before the Amsterdam District Court in antitrust damage litigation following on from the European Commission's finding of an antitrust infringement in the sodium chlorate sector. This Amsterdam group action covers nine other European jurisdictions.

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Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Matthijs Kuijpers, Christof Swaak, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek
17.02.2014 NL law
Stibbe advises KLM and Martinair - CFI and EWD

Experience - Representing KLM and its subsidiary Martinair in antitrust damage litigation in the Amsterdam District Court, following on from the European Commission's finding of an antitrust infringement in the air cargo sector. This Amsterdam group action is run parallel to a similar action in London and to class actions in the United States. The claimants' action covers 11 jurisdictions.

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Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Rein Wesseling, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek
17.02.2014 NL law
Stibbe advises Schindler

Experience - Acting as defence counsel for Schindler Holding and its subsidiary Schindler Liften in antitrust damage litigation in both the Utrecht District Court and the Rotterdam District Court, following on from the European Commission's finding of an antitrust infringement in the elevator and escalator sector.

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Team: Job van Hooff, Jeroen Kortmann, Christof Swaak, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek
17.02.2014 NL law
Stibbe advised British Telecom

Experience - Represented British Telecom in a major contractual dispute with an internet company, an affiliate of a large insurance company. The internet company claimed damages in connection with the alleged failure of a predecessor of British Telecom to timely supply sufficient internet connection capacity.

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Team: Gertjan Boekraad, Toni van Hees, Matthijs Kuijpers, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Winfried van Hemel

Related news

15.03.2019 EU law

European Court of Justice issues landmark ruling on parental liability

Short Reads - On 14 March the European Court of Justice issued a landmark judgment in the Skanska case. In this ruling, the Court of Justice held that parent companies can be held liable for the damage caused by a competition infringement committed by their subsidiary if the parent company (that holds all the shares in the subsidiary) has dissolved the subsidiary but continued its economic activity.

06.12.2018 NL law

Dutch court rules on antitrust damages claim in gas-insulated switchgear case

Short Reads - On 28 August 2018, the Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden ruled on the appeal brought by Alstom in the gas-insulated switchgear case. The Court considered several issues commonly raised in follow on-proceedings, such as jurisdiction, applicable law and liability of group entities.

07.02.2019 NL law

Follow-on cartel damages claim dismissed: don't bury courts under paper work

Short Reads - A recent ruling by the Dutch Court of Appeal confirmed that claimants will need to sufficiently substantiate their claim that they suffered loss due to a cartel, even in follow-on cases. Despite a presumption that sales or service contracts concluded during the cartel period have been affected by the cartel, claimants will still need to provide the courts with concrete, detailed and uncluttered information showing (i) which party purchased (ii) which products from (iii) which manufacturer for (iv) which amount, preferably with copies of the relevant agreements.

01.11.2018 NL law

Rotterdam District Court rules on follow-on damages claim in relation to Dutch bitumen cartel

Short Reads - The Rotterdam District Court recently clarified that the date of news coverage of a European Commission dawn raid will not set off the limitation period for a cartel damages claim if it is not clear to the potential cartel victim that one of its suppliers was involved.

04.01.2019 NL law

Industrial plastic-bag makers lose out on EUR 800,000 at European Court of Justice

Short Reads - Companies awaiting the outcome of appeal proceedings should carefully consider whether to pay the imposed fine by bank guarantee or direct payment. The European Court of Justice recently ruled that companies cannot blame the EU for losses incurred from having to pay extra bank guarantee costs as a result of excessively long appeal proceedings.

01.10.2018 EU law

Court of Justice refers case against Infineon in relation to smart card chips cartel back to the General Court

Short Reads - On 26 September 2018, the European Court of Justice partially set aside the judgment of the General Court in the smart card chips cartel case. Infineon had argued that the General Court wrongfully assessed only five out of eleven allegedly unlawful contacts. The Court agreed with Infineon insofar as its argument related to the amount of the fine imposed. Philips had also appealed the General Court judgment but that appeal was dismissed in its entirety meaning that the Court of Justice upheld the European Commission's decision and fine.