Gerjannete Winkel

Partner

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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.

Experiência

  • SmartSD enters into strategic partnership with CobepaJones Day advised SmartSD and its longstanding stakeholders Smile Invest, co-founders and management on a strategic partnership with new majority shareholder Cobepa, a leading European private equity company.
  • State-owned company involved in post M&A arbitration proceedings relating to environmental reps and warrantiesJones Day has successfully represented a French state-owned company in an arbitration that was commenced by another company in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of claims concerning certain environmental guarantees and indemnities that were granted under a Contribution Agreement concluded with respect to a joint venture.
  • Former SNS bondholders secure full compensation 10 years after expropriationMore than a decade after the expropriation of the SNS Group by the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the Dutch Supreme Court finally ended the long-running debate as to the amount of compensation owed to investors by awarding significant compensation and costs to bondholders, including Jones Day's clients.
  • Expropriated SNS Reaal bondholders secure compensation from Dutch StateJones Day successfully assisted SNS Reaal bondholders in obtaining a judgment securing €804 million in compensation from the Dutch State for the nationalization of SNS Reaal NV and SNS Bank NV on February 1, 2013.
  • Private shareholders sell Velosophy (Babboe) to Accell GroupJones Day advised private shareholders on the sale of cargo bike specialist Velosophy (Babboe) to Accell Group.
  • TMF Netherlands litigates professional liability matterJones Day represents TMF Management BV subsidiary TMF Netherlands B.V. in a court case concerning a professional liability matter.
  • Deli Home & Garden sold to NPM CapitalJones Day advised Avedon Capital Partners on the sale by N.V. Deli Maatschappij of its stake in Deli Home & Garden to NPM Capital and management.
  • Large privately-held industrial group negotiates resolution of disputes regarding coverage for claims by bankruptcy trustee arising from merger, and costs incurred to defend governmental investigationsJones Day advises a large privately-held industrial group on negotiation resolution of disputes regarding coverage for claims by bankruptcy trustee arising from merger, and costs incurred to defend governmental investigations.
  • Former supervisory directors of Fairstar Heavy Transport B.V. defend directors' liability suitJones Day represents the former supervisory directors of Fairstar Heavy Transport B.V. in a directors' liability suit initiated by Dockwise N.V. and Fairstar.
  • Nuon Power Projects pursues damages due to negligent dredging by its CAR-insurer and BoskalisJones Day represents Nuon Power Projects I B.V. in a matter against its CAR-insurer and Boskalis N.V., a listed dredging company.
  • TMF Netherlands litigates professional liability matterJones Day represents TMF Netherlands B.V. in a court case concerning a professional liability matter.
  • Arch disputes joint venture with Riamo Holdings GmbHJones Day represents Arch Industries BV, a company belonging to the DP Holding Group, in a joint venture dispute with Riamo Holdings GmbH, concerning the Novero Group.
  • Cryo-Save defends against takeover litigation involving major shareholderJones Day represented Cryo-Save in a corporate litigation case before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal against one of its major shareholders.
    • September 28, 2017
      Client Roundtable Series: Litigation, Pensions and Employment. The legal framework and recent developments in directors' liability
    • June 1, 2017
      Course Civil Aspects of Fraud Offenses for BijzonderStrafrecht.nl Academie
    • November 17, 2016
      Class Actions Worldview: Emerging Issues Across the Globe, Association of Corporate Counsel
    • October 14, 2016
      Seminar Crisis: How to Manage?