Hendrik is a Partner in our Commercial Litigation team and co-head of the Intertional Arbitration Group.
Hendrik advises clients on a wide range of complex and high-value disputes, both in arbitration and in court.
He has extensive experience in representing entrepreneurs, family offices, companies and governments with cases ranging from M&A, joint ventures, franchising, construction, engineering, insurance, expropriation, and discrimination.
Hendrik is a leading expert on investment treaty arbitration and has published widely on this topic. He is a member of the Contractual ICSID Arbitration Working Group and a strategic advisor to a foreign government on its bilateral investment treaties.
He has acted as party representative and party-appointed arbitrator in arbitrations under various rules, such as LCIA, ICC, VIAC, SIAC, DIS, LMAA, UNCITRAL, ICSID and the ICSID Additional Facility. He also assists clients with the enforcement, appeal, annulment, and injunction of arbitral awards.
He is multilingual and qualified in four jurisdictions (both civil law and common law), which enables him to handle cross-border issues effectively. He is known for his pragmatic and assertive approach to dispute resolution and advocacy.