Mark Goorts

Mark is a partner in our Dispute & Investigations team. He specialises in dispute resolution with a strong focus on corporate disputes and corporate litigation. Mark also has considerable experience in international commercial dispute resolution, including in arbitration.

Mark has over a decade of experience in various types of litigation and dispute resolution, including shareholders’ disputes, directors’ and supervisors’ liability and post M&A discussions. He also advised on a wide variety of international commercial disputes (including in arbitration), and regularly advises management boards, supervisory boards and shareholders regarding rights, obligations and strategy in contentious situations. Mark furthermore focuses on ESG-related litigation as well as collective actions.

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Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2015-2023 Lawyer, Taylor Wessing

2011 - 2015 Lawyer, Banning N.V. in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Carrière

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2015-2023 Lawyer, Taylor Wessing

2011 - 2015 Lawyer, Banning N.V. in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Formation

2018 Grotius Academy (post LLM) Corporate and Business law (Grotius specialisatie-opleiding (post LLM) Vennootschap en Onderneming)

2014 Dutch Bar Professional Education

2011 LLM European Law, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome

Publications

Artikel 6:166 BW: onbekend maakt onbemind? (co-author): AV&S, 2012, 2012/21
De Europese stichting: terug naar de tekentafel (co-author): NtEr, 2013, 2013/3

Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk 224. Skanska: de opmars van het ondernemingsbegrip in de civiele procespraktijk, 2019/4 SDU

Langues étrangères

Experience

Conseil d’Invesco Real Estate dans le cadre d’un partenariat international majeur avec Westmont

Nous avons conseillé Invesco Real Estate (Invesco), le gestionnaire mondial de placements immobiliers, dans le cadre de son nouveau partenariat stratégique à long terme avec Westmont, l’un des plus importants propriétaires et exploitants d’hôtels privés avec environ 400 hôtels en Europe, en Amérique du Nord, en Afrique et en Asie. Westmont exploitera et co-investira dans le portefeuille de 13 hôtels IHG situés dans des villes clés en Allemagne et aux Pays-Bas.

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Mark Rajbenbach

Victoria Butcher

Dr. Jan Riebeling

Dr. Adrian Birnbach, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Ralf van der Pas

Vera Jurgens

Mark Goorts

Paul Orij