Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek

Marieke specialises in the area of international competition litigation with a focus on follow-on damages claims.

Furthermore, Marieke assists high-profile 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, Marieke was seconded to a client working as an in-house competition counsel.

Marieke has a membership with the Dutch Competition Law Association and the Dutch Association for European Law. She regularly publishes on competition litigation and competition law.

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

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

Experience

13.08.2019 NL law
Stibbe advises ADNOC

Experience - Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries, including amongst others the Netherlands and Belgium, with 60 million barrels of capacity. Vitol and the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund will both own a 45% interest in VTTI.

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Team: Hans Witteveen, Michael Molenaars, Pascal Vanden Borre, Sebastiaan Witkam, IJsbrand van Straten, Jan van Oosten, Muriël Rosing, Li Wee Toh, Roderik Vrolijk, Judica Krikke, Ea Visser, Anna Collignon, Jan Proesmans, Annelies Van Huffel, Reinout de Boer, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Jan Bouckaert
09.05.2018 NL law
Stibbe represents Heineken

Experience - Stibbe acts as defence counsel for Heineken and its subsidiary Athenian Brewery in an action for damages brought by Vergina, a competitor on the Greek market, before the Amsterdam District Court.

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Team: Rein Wesseling, Jeroen Kortmann, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Stijn de Jong
31.07.2017 EU law
Stibbe represents MAN

Experience - Stibbe acts as co-counsel to MAN regarding the European Commission's finding of an antitrust infringement in the truck manufacturing industry.

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Team: Christof Swaak, Jeroen Kortmann, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Roos Elemans
26.07.2017 EU law
Stibbe represents ExxonMobil

Experience - Stibbe acted as defence counsel for ExxonMobil in "follow-on" litigation initiated by 'claims vehicle' CDC. CDC seeks damages for loss allegedly suffered as a result of an antitrust infringement in the European market for paraffin wax.

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Team: Christof Swaak, Jeroen Kortmann, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek
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, IJsbrand van Straten, Nora Offergelt, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek
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 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 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 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

Related news

07.10.2021 NL law

Court of Appeal provides guidance for further course of proceedings in prestressing steel litigation

Short Reads - On 27 July 2021, the Court of Appeal of Den Bosch issued an interim judgment in the Dutch prestressing steel litigation, ruling on three issues: (i) the obligation of claimant to furnish facts; (ii) the assignment of claims; and (iii) the liability of the parent companies. In short, the Court of Appeal allowed the claimant Deutsche Bahn another opportunity to supplement the facts needed to substantiate its claims in the next phase of the proceedings.

05.08.2021 NL law

Amsterdam Court of Appeal rules on the applicable law to air freight cartel damages claims

Short Reads - On 6 July 2021, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal had to decide whether the pragmatic approach of the Amsterdam District Court, which had applied Dutch law to all air freight cartel damages claims, could be upheld. The Court of Appeal ruled that the claims relating to flights falling within the scope of the European Commission’s decision are governed by Dutch law.

05.08.2021 EU law

CJEU clarifies jurisdiction for follow-on damage claims

Short Reads - The Court of Justice of the European Union recently further clarified which courts within the EU have jurisdiction to hear follow-on damage claims. This can be either the court of the place where the claimant purchased a cartelized product, or where the claimant has its registered office (domicile), or at a centralized court designated by the EU member state for specific types of cases.

03.06.2021 NL law

First material judgment in Dutch damages proceedings in trucks infringement

Short Reads - In its judgment of 12 May 2021, the Amsterdam District Court ruled that it has not been established that it is definitively excluded that the trucks infringement led to damage to the claimants. However, this does not alter the fact that it must still be assessed for each claimant whether the threshold for referral to the damages assessment procedure has been met. For this to be the case, it must be plausible that a claimant may have suffered damage as a result of the unlawful actions of the truck manufacturers. The Amsterdam District Court has not yet ruled on this issue.

05.08.2021 NL law

Court assesses threshold for substantiating cartel damage plausibility

Short Reads - On 23 June 2021, the Rotterdam District Court rendered two (final) judgments regarding damages claims following the European Commission’s decision on an alleged elevators cartel. The first proceedings were initiated by Stichting Elevator Cartel Claim (''SECC''), while the second were initiated by Stichting de Glazen Lift (''DGL''). The claim vehicles sought a declaratory judgment that the elevator manufacturers acted unlawfully and were liable for the damage suffered as a result of the cartel infringement.

04.03.2021 NL law

Amsterdam Court of Appeal accepts jurisdiction in competition law damages case concerning Greek beer market

Short Reads - On 16 February 2021, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (the Court of Appeal) set aside a judgment of the Amsterdam District Court (the District Court) in which the District Court declined jurisdiction over the alleged claims against Athenian Brewery (AB), a Greek subsidiary of Heineken N.V. (Heineken), in a civil case brought by competitor Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB).