Derk Christiaans
Biography
Derk Christiaans is a legal director in Baker McKenzie's Amsterdam office and advises (multi)national companies on trade compliance, competition and EU law matters in various industries, including healthcare and life sciences, technology, energy and infrastructure, and consumer goods and retail.
Practice Focus
Derk advises clients on a wide variety of trade compliance, regulatory and competition law matters. He advises and assists clients with respect to compliance and enforcement issues relating to EU and Dutch sanctions, export controls, anti-boycott laws and trade compliance. In addition, he acts in matters involving merger control, cartels and vertical agreement issues. Derk has further acted for clients in various compliance investigations, both internally and involving government authorities.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
- Dutch Competition Law Association
Derk has registered 'general legal practice' as his principal legal practice area in the Netherlands Bar's register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister). Based on this registration, he is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.
Admissions
- Amsterdam (2015)
Education
- Radboud University of Nijmegen (LL.M. International & European Law) (2014)
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Visiting student) (2014)
- Radboud University of Nijmegen (LL.B. European Law School) (2012)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
Previous Offices
- London
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.