Smallegange is pleased to announce that Stan Putter and Lilian Meinen have joined our firm as partner, respectively associate to expand its international dispute resolution and construction practice.

Stan Putter’s practice will expand our firm’s offering with a practice focusing primarily on international dispute resolution. Many of Stan’s instructions relate to international arbitrations, arbitration related litigation and Dutch court proceedings with international aspects. In addition to taking instructions as counsel, he is also frequently appointed as international arbitrator.

Stan takes his instructions from clients that are active in the (maritime) construction, engineering, offshore energy, oil & gas, petrochemical and international trade and financial sectors. Further, Stan is often instructed as local counsel by foreign lawyers seeking to enforce foreign judgements and awards in the Netherlands, obtain interim relief, levy attachments, deploy asset recovery strategies and resolve international group structure disputes.

Stan holds various leadership positions, including positions as executive board member of the Dutch Arbitration Association, CEO of the Court of Arbitration for Art, SVAMC EMEA committee member and chairman of the Dutch Delay & Disruption Directive.