Aalt Colenbrander
Expertise
Before joining the Amsterdam office, Aalt worked in the NautaDutilh New York office for one year where he advised clients on Dutch corporate law as well as in a wide range of finance transactions.
Aalt is admitted to the Amsterdam bar and to the Supreme Court bar.
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Work highlights
Aalt has advised clients before the Dutch courts in factual instances, the Dutch Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice. Clients he has worked for include, amongst others, ABN Amro, Deutsche Bank, GVB, Nobian, Rabobank and Shell. Other notable experience includes:
- Representing claimants before the Supreme Court in proceedings concerning the opening up of same-sex marriage on Aruba and Curacao;
- Representing Blackstone before the Supreme Court in buyout proceedings following its public offer on NIBC;
- Representing the former Yukos shareholders before the Supreme Court in proceedings concerning an attachment on wodka trademarks;
- Representing several Ukrainian investors in three setting aside proceedings in relation to UNCITRAL arbitral awards rendered against the Russian Federation in investment arbitrations;
- Representing Moldovan investors in enforcement proceedings in relation to an SCC arbitral award rendered against Kazakhstan in investment arbitration;
- A post takeover dispute in arbitration under the ICC Rules;
- A post takeover dispute in emergency arbitration under the NAI Rules;
- A joint venture dispute in an arbitration under the SIAC Rules;
- Acting for the Dutch football club ADO Den Haag in a dispute with its shareholder.
Prior to joining NautaDutilh’s Dispute Resolution team, Aalt was part of the Corporate M&A team, where he worked on a variety of public and private transactions, amongst which were the management buy-out of the Blokker retail chains and the public offer on BinckBank by Saxo Bank.
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Qualifications
Profession
Admitted to the Amsterdam Bar in 2017. Admitted to the Supreme Court bar in 2024.
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Education
Aalt graduated cum laude from Utrecht University with a Legal Research Master in 2016. He joined NautaDutilh in the same year. Aalt regularly publishes in legal journals and is part of the editorial board of the corporate law journal Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht.