Guido Bergervoet specialises in commercial dispute resolution, with a focus on disputes in the financial sector and related regulatory enforcement. He also has experience in insolvency related litigation and director's liability cases. Guido is part of the Academic Council of the Amsterdam office, holds a Ph.D from Radboud University Nijmegen and remains active as an author and speaker in the field of financing, security rights and insolvency. As a litigator he represents banking clients, financial investors and multinational corporations in complex disputes, often with a cross-border element.
- Advising a major global bank on its defence and communication with the regulator in relation to the alleged mis-selling of consumer loans with variable interest rates.
- Acting for an investment bank in a dispute arising out of a very large Dutch residential mortgage backed securities programme.
- Assisting in the defence against a claim for in excess of EUR800 million brought by a social housing association in relation to derivatives transactions it entered into with a major global bank.
- Successfully defending the parent company of the largest DIY retailer in the Benelux, in several litigation proceedings related to legacy (guarantee) issues in connection with the bankruptcy of Dutch iconic department store V&D.
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- Author of case note "Hoge Raad 8 januari 2021, nr. 19/05650, ECLI:NL:HR:2021:38 - Verwijzing naar schadestaatprocedure ook mogelijk bij verplichting van borg ex art. 7:854 BW", published in JOR, d.d. 12 May 2021
- Author of "Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid en cash pooling", published in TOP, d.d. 28 September 2021
- Author of case note "HR 10-07-2020, ECLI:NL:HR:2020:1274 - Van bank naar niet-bank: de overdraagbaarheid van kredietvorderingen en de overgang van zorgplicht", published in Tvl, d.d. 24 March 2021
- Author of case note to Hoge Raad "Judgment on applicable test for nullification of guarantees in matrimonial context", published in JOR d.d. 16 October 2018
- Contributor to the book "Financiering van de productieketen", published by Wolters Kluwer (2019)
- "Author of case note relating to judgment on lifting attachment guarantee", published in Jurispudentie Onderneming & Recht dated November 2019
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Career and qualifications
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University of Groningen (Private Law) 2008
- Lecturer, Radboud University Nijmegen 2008
- Legal counsel, ING Bank 2008
- Radboud University Nijmegen (PhD) 2014
- Joined Clifford Chance Amsterdam 2014
- Admitted as an advocaat to the Dutch Bar 2014
- Counsel 2019
- Partner since May 2022
Professional bodies
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Member of the Academic Council in the Amsterdam office
Awards and citations
- “Guido Bergervoet is an outstanding litigator with good commercial sense. Able to grasp difficult matters at a very quick pace. If needed comes with out-of-the-box solutions, which can make all the difference in the case.”
Legal 500 2020
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