Gerjannete Winkel

Gerjanne te Winkel has more than 30 years of experience in civil litigation and arbitration. She is widely recognized as one of the leading corporate litigation lawyers in the Netherlands. She has represented clients in several well publicized landmark cases before the Enterprise Division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals, including Delta Lloyd, ABN AMRO, Versatel, Getronics, Cryo-Save, Novero, and SNS Reaal.

Gerjanne frequently acts as lead counsel in international commercial arbitration cases, which includes a major international arbitration case before the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) concerning a claim under guarantees in a takeover dispute. Prior to joining Jones Day, Gerjanne successfully defended Joint Services International N.V. in a one and a half billion euro arbitration case instituted by O'Neill, Inc. before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

In addition to her extensive corporate litigation and arbitration track record, Gerjanne has broad experience in directors' liability. Gerjanne is representing the former directors of one of the largest biofuel companies in Europe in a directors liability case against a major accountancy firm that led to the largest professional liability settlement in Dutch litigation and climate change history.

Gerjanne regularly publishes and lectures on civil law and corporate governance topics at educational institutions and for the Dutch Corporate Litigation Association. She also teaches at a law academy for young lawyers and was a committee member of the Dutch Bar Association education program.