Eric Meijer van Gelderen is a partner at Brandeis in the Commercial & Financial Services litigation practice group.

Eric’s practice focuses on commercial disputes between companies, with a strong emphasis on complex disputes in the financial sector, including disputes concerning contracts, financial products and insurance in the broadest sense. He advises and litigates on matters such as liability claims, duty of care (claims) and insurance law, and acts in class actions concerning (among other things) financial products.

Eric has approximately 25 years of experience in litigation before the courts and the Kifid. However, Eric never loses sight of the fact that an amicable settlement is often preferable, especially if the parties wish to continue working together. Eric completed his three law degrees (Dutch law, corporate law and notarial law) at VU University Amsterdam in 1996, all three with honours.

He then obtained an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, also cum laude, and subsequently worked there for another year as a visiting researcher.

Eric then worked for eight years in the commercial and financial litigation practice(s) of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. He then moved to Rabobank (head office), where he worked for eight years as an in-house solicitor in the financial litigation practice. As head of business litigation at Rabobank, Eric handled many contractual disputes, liability claims and duty of care claims by and against companies, including those relating to financing, (complex) investment products, insurance, fraud (including bank helpdesk fraud, boiler room fraud, termination of customer relationships) and special management cases. Eric has also worked on individual and collective actions concerning (among other things) interest rate derivatives and manipulation of Libor and Euribor rates. Eric also led projects within the bank, supervising many internal and external lawyers. At Rabobank, Eric learned a great deal about dealing with internal and external stakeholders (such as the AFM, DNB, media), where there are many major interests at stake and a good strategy is important.

After Rabobank, Eric continued as an independent entrepreneur (self-employed). His (law) practice then also focused on advising and litigating on (complex) commercial/financial disputes in a broad sense. Eric has worked at Baker McKenzie, Hoyng Rokh Monegier, Norton Rose Fulbright, ABN AMRO Bank and Van Traa Advocaten. Recently, he has also handled collective actions concerning cartel damage (WAMCA cases) at an American law firm.

Memberships

Eric is a member of:

– VEMCA – Association for Mass Damage and Collective Action

– VVMA – Association for Mass Damage Lawyers.