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 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, Janna van Olst, Ea Visser, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Boris Cammelbeeck
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
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

02.01.2018 EU law

Court of The Hague confirms that the ACM can copy mobile phones during an inspection

Short Reads - On 22 November 2017, the District Court of The Hague dismissed a legal challenge that was brought against the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in preliminary relief proceedings.

01.12.2017 EU law

Court of Justice rules on the application of competition law to agricultural producer organisations

Short Reads - On 14 November 2017, the European Court of Justice rendered its judgment on a request for a preliminary ruling from the French Supreme Court. The Court clarified the conditions under which competition rules must be applied to agricultural producer organisations (POs). POs are established to pursue the objectives of the common agricultural policy and may – if certain criteria are met – be exempted from the competition rules.

01.12.2017 EU law

National courts may declare that a practice infringes competition law after it was the subject of a commitment decision

Short Reads - On 23 November 2017, the European Court of Justice delivered its judgment on a request for a preliminary ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court regarding the legal consequences of an European Commission commitment decision. The Spanish court sought guidance as to whether an EU commitment decision concerning long-term exclusive supply agreements between Spain's leading oil and gas company Repsol and its service station tenants, prevented the Spanish court from declaring that the agreements infringed competition law.

01.11.2017 EU law

General Court annuls UPC/Ziggo merger decision

Short Reads - On 26 October 2017, the General Court (GC) annulled the Commission's 2014 decision approving the merger between cable companies UPC Nederland B.V. (UPC) and Ziggo N.V. (Ziggo) following an appeal brought by KPN. The GC found that the Commission had failed to properly assess the vertical effects of the merger on a potential market for premium pay TV sports channels. Although merger decisions are rarely annulled by the EU courts, this judgment marks the second time it has happened this year.

01.12.2017 EU law

Court of Justice dismisses appeal of British Airways in Air Cargo case

Short Reads - On 14 November 2017, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal by British Airways (BA) and upheld the fine for its participation in an infringement in the air cargo sector. It ruled that the General Court (GC) had been correct in not granting a full annulment of the infringement decision, as BA had only sought a partial annulment before the GC.

01.11.2017 EU law

KLM and Amsterdam Schiphol airport offer commitments to reduce competition concerns

Short Reads - On 12 October 2017, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) published a draft decision accepting the commitments of Dutch airline KLM (KLM) and Amsterdam Schiphol airport (Schiphol). The commitments are aimed at eliminating the competition concerns identified by the ACM on the basis of a four-year investigation into interactions between KLM and Schiphol about growth opportunities of other airlines at Schiphol and airport capacity.