AKD achieves top rankings in The Legal 500 EMEA 2022

 April 11, 2022 | News

The Legal 500 just published its EMEA 2022 edition. We are proud to announce that AKD again comes highly recommended in this latest edition. AKD received Top-Tier rankings in Construction, Environment and planning, Industry focus: Food, Transport and Industry focus: Retail (Belgium). The Legal 500 recognises AKD in 22 other practice areas in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Newly added to this list are Energy: Transactional, EU and competition, Employment (Belgium) and our Investment funds (Luxembourg) team.

In addition to our two partners Jos van der Velden (Environment and planning) and Haco van der Houven van Oordt (Transport), firmly enshrined in The Legal 500’s Hall of Fame, we celebrate no fewer than 71 lawyers also recommended by The Legal 500.

The following lawyers have received rankings in the specified categories:

 

Leading individuals

Nathalie van Woerkom – Corporate and M&A

Carlos Pita Cao – Corporate and M&A

Marc Wintgens – Construction

Gerrit van der Veen – Environment and planning (new)

Henk Breeman – Environment and planning

Frits Schneider – Fraud and white-collar crime

Barbara Mutsaers – Industry focus: Food

Joris Rijken – Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences (new)

Marc Wintgens – Real estate

Taco de Lange – Real estate

Frenk Huisman – Real estate

Barend de Roy van Zuidewijn – Restructuring and Insolvency

 

Next generation partners

Jeanette Luijten – Construction

Hugo Doornhof – Environment and planning

Erik Dans – Industry focus: Food

Annemieke Spijker – Transport

 

Rising stars

Pol Cools – Real estate and construction


Congratulations to all ranked lawyers on this excellent achievement. And of course, we would like to thank our clients for their continuing trust and positive feedback.

A small selection of client quotes:

AKD is a critical partner for our legal issues and is able to deploy the right person for the job’.

To-the-point and high-quality specialist advice.

Listening very carefully to understand the context first and what is needed instead of the other way around.

‘A highly skilled team of professionals, that never fail to deliver’.

‘Absolute stand out is the capability to adapt and quickly shift gear when needed, even in the most complex cases’.

 

About The Legal 500
For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions

The rankings highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

Click here to read more about how The Legal 500 research works.

 

The Legal 500 just published its EMEA 2022 edition. We are proud to announce that AKD again comes highly recommended in this latest edition. AKD received Top-Tier rankings in Construction, Environment and planning, Industry focus: Food, Transport and Industry focus: Retail (Belgium). The Legal 500 recognises AKD in 22 other practice areas in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Newly added to this list are Energy: Transactional, EU and competition, Employment (Belgium) and our Investment funds (Luxembourg) team.

In addition to our two partners Jos van der Velden (Environment and planning) and Haco van der Houven van Oordt (Transport), firmly enshrined in The Legal 500’s Hall of Fame, we celebrate no fewer than 71 lawyers also recommended by The Legal 500.

The following lawyers have received rankings in the specified categories:

 

Leading individuals

Nathalie van Woerkom – Corporate and M&A

Carlos Pita Cao – Corporate and M&A

Marc Wintgens – Construction

Gerrit van der Veen – Environment and planning (new)

Henk Breeman – Environment and planning

Frits Schneider – Fraud and white-collar crime

Barbara Mutsaers – Industry focus: Food

Joris Rijken – Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences (new)

Marc Wintgens – Real estate

Taco de Lange – Real estate

Frenk Huisman – Real estate

Barend de Roy van Zuidewijn – Restructuring and Insolvency

 

Next generation partners

Jeanette Luijten – Construction

Hugo Doornhof – Environment and planning

Erik Dans – Industry focus: Food

Annemieke Spijker – Transport

 

Rising stars

Pol Cools – Real estate and construction


Congratulations to all ranked lawyers on this excellent achievement. And of course, we would like to thank our clients for their continuing trust and positive feedback.

A small selection of client quotes:

AKD is a critical partner for our legal issues and is able to deploy the right person for the job’.

To-the-point and high-quality specialist advice.

Listening very carefully to understand the context first and what is needed instead of the other way around.

‘A highly skilled team of professionals, that never fail to deliver’.

‘Absolute stand out is the capability to adapt and quickly shift gear when needed, even in the most complex cases’.

 

About The Legal 500
For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions

The rankings highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

Click here to read more about how The Legal 500 research works.