Mark Huijzen

Advocaat | Lawyer, first admitted to the Dutch Bar in 2010

M +31 6 1277 3063
E mark@huijzen.nl

Mark represents his clients in national and international commercial disputes before the Dutch courts and in arbitration, advises them on dispute strategy, and negotiates settlements on their behalf. He also drafts, negotiates and advises on commercial contracts and is backed by more than ten years of legal experience gained within both leading international law firms and major listed companies.

Mark has a masters degree in civil law (cum laude) from the Radboud University in Nijmegen and has completed the post graduate Grotius Academy on corporate and business law. He has extensive experience in many different industries and many different fields of law, including contract law, tort law, directors and officers liability, insurance law and civil procedural law. 

Mark has acted as (interim) legal counsel for various (subsidiaries of) US listed corporations, in which roles he focused on many different types of commercial contracts.

Litigation work includes:

  • Representing a global solar power company in a dispute relating to the development of solar fields
  • Representing a US listed gaming company in a dispute relating to the outsourcing of employees
  • Representing a US listed food-tech company in a post-acquisition dispute
  • Representing a US listed risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory company in a dispute regarding advice regarding the restructuring of a pension fund
  • Advising several D&O insurers regarding the impact of the nationalization of the SNS Bank
  • Representing a major European oil company in a post-acquisition dispute
  • Advising an international insurance company on all insurance aspects of a case relating to a multi-billion dollar construction project in Australia
  • Representing a housing corporation in a dispute relating to a major internal fraud
  • Representing an African state-owned oil company in a fraud related dispute
  • Representing one of the world's largest independent commodities trading houses in a dispute regarding the acquisition of a oil refinery
  • Representing one of the Netherlands' largest engineering companies in a dispute about the expansion of a harbor in the Middle East
  • Representing a leading Dutch contractor in a dispute relating to the realization of a major infrastructure project
  • Representing multiple parties in various disputes relating to the bankruptcy of Russian oil company Yukos and the aftermath thereof
  • Representing a Middle-Eastern state-owned oil company in relation to the enforcement of a judgment awarding damages in a fraud case
  • Representing a US listed chemical company in a dispute about an industrial accident

Mark has registered the following principal legal practice area in the Dutch Bar Association's register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister): general practice - civil law. Based on this registration, he is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in relation to that practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Dutch Bar Association.