Chambers Europe 2024 Guide: AKD Leading Firm with excellent rankings

 March 14, 2024 | News

Following the Global 2024 Guide, Chambers & Partners has now launched its Europe 2024 Guide. We are very pleased to be recognised as a Leading Firm yet again.

In this year’s edition, we maintain our top rankings across a wide range of expertise with Band 1 rankings in Corporate M&A: Mid-Market, Healthcare, Public Law, Planning and Environment, and Transport & Trade.

29 of our lawyers are individually ranked, with four of them joining AKD’s rankings for the first time since their arrival after having boasted strong individual rankings at their previous firms.

We would like to thank our clients for their positive feedback, which is invaluable in achieving these rankings. Read on for our rankings and a selection of client quotes.

Client feedback on our teams

Corporate M&A: Mid-market – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“AKD offers intense partner involvement, which makes a deal more efficient.”
“The team offers a clear and thorough analysis, is creative in problem solving and solution-oriented. The lawyers are fast learners and good listeners.”

Healthcare – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“AKD provides high-level service and responsiveness.”
“AKD lawyers are on the ball and very responsive.”

Public Law – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“They are one of the top public law firms in the Netherlands.”
“The team is capable of doing a deep dive into complex matters, while also providing a pragmatic approach and out-of-the-box solutions.”

Public Law: Planning and Environment – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“Our knowledge of environmental technical elements, for example, is strongly linked to AKD's knowledge of the environmental law components, which allows us to work together to come up with solutions. They are virtually unmatched.”
“AKD's team is able to provide advice on complex matters with high political stakes.”

Transport & Trade – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“AKD is able to step up quickly and analyse the matter at hand coming up with practical solutions.”
“AKD has experts in maritime law. They have the ability to handle very complex multinational cases.”

Real Estate: Construction – Band 2 (the Netherlands)
“AKD has excellent advisers for property, tax and corporate matters. Its service level is exceptional.”

Dispute Resolution – Band 3 (the Netherlands)
“AKD has a very strong class action litigation team and they do a very good job.”
“AKD lawyers show a tremendous understanding of the legal framework, the potential issues and conflicts and the remedies.”

Real Estate – Band 3 (the Netherlands)
“AKD lawyers share an exceptional knowledge and understanding of the law with an equal knowledge of the real estate market.”

Employment – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
“AKD are very structured and pragmatic in their approach and have a very good understanding of case law.”
“The team are very service-oriented and also very responsive. They understand complex issues and articulate their advice clearly and comprehensibly.”

Energy & Natural Resources – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
“AKD team had all the knowledge that we needed and was very professional in its conduct. All our needs were fulfilled in terms of advice on litigation.”
“They have been very pragmatic, took care of our interests and were very responsive.”

Intellectual Property General - Mostly Trade Mark/Copyright – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
“The lawyers can explain complex matter clearly to clients. As a result, we understand the situation better and AKD can help us better. In addition, they always think along with us, and do not avoid complex matters.”

Restructuring/Insolvency – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
"AKD is very concrete, the lawyers always keep an eye on the bigger picture and make the experience enjoyable."

For all individual rankings, see our page on the website of Chambers & Partners here.

About Chambers and Partners

Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. Every year, Chambers and Partners ranks leading lawyers and firms based on the feedback of clients and peers, and submitted documents.

Following the Global 2024 Guide, Chambers & Partners has now launched its Europe 2024 Guide. We are very pleased to be recognised as a Leading Firm yet again.

In this year’s edition, we maintain our top rankings across a wide range of expertise with Band 1 rankings in Corporate M&A: Mid-Market, Healthcare, Public Law, Planning and Environment, and Transport & Trade.

29 of our lawyers are individually ranked, with four of them joining AKD’s rankings for the first time since their arrival after having boasted strong individual rankings at their previous firms.

We would like to thank our clients for their positive feedback, which is invaluable in achieving these rankings. Read on for our rankings and a selection of client quotes.

Client feedback on our teams

Corporate M&A: Mid-market – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“AKD offers intense partner involvement, which makes a deal more efficient.”
“The team offers a clear and thorough analysis, is creative in problem solving and solution-oriented. The lawyers are fast learners and good listeners.”

Healthcare – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“AKD provides high-level service and responsiveness.”
“AKD lawyers are on the ball and very responsive.”

Public Law – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“They are one of the top public law firms in the Netherlands.”
“The team is capable of doing a deep dive into complex matters, while also providing a pragmatic approach and out-of-the-box solutions.”

Public Law: Planning and Environment – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“Our knowledge of environmental technical elements, for example, is strongly linked to AKD's knowledge of the environmental law components, which allows us to work together to come up with solutions. They are virtually unmatched.”
“AKD's team is able to provide advice on complex matters with high political stakes.”

Transport & Trade – Band 1 (the Netherlands)
“AKD is able to step up quickly and analyse the matter at hand coming up with practical solutions.”
“AKD has experts in maritime law. They have the ability to handle very complex multinational cases.”

Real Estate: Construction – Band 2 (the Netherlands)
“AKD has excellent advisers for property, tax and corporate matters. Its service level is exceptional.”

Dispute Resolution – Band 3 (the Netherlands)
“AKD has a very strong class action litigation team and they do a very good job.”
“AKD lawyers show a tremendous understanding of the legal framework, the potential issues and conflicts and the remedies.”

Real Estate – Band 3 (the Netherlands)
“AKD lawyers share an exceptional knowledge and understanding of the law with an equal knowledge of the real estate market.”

Employment – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
“AKD are very structured and pragmatic in their approach and have a very good understanding of case law.”
“The team are very service-oriented and also very responsive. They understand complex issues and articulate their advice clearly and comprehensibly.”

Energy & Natural Resources – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
“AKD team had all the knowledge that we needed and was very professional in its conduct. All our needs were fulfilled in terms of advice on litigation.”
“They have been very pragmatic, took care of our interests and were very responsive.”

Intellectual Property General - Mostly Trade Mark/Copyright – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
“The lawyers can explain complex matter clearly to clients. As a result, we understand the situation better and AKD can help us better. In addition, they always think along with us, and do not avoid complex matters.”

Restructuring/Insolvency – Band 4 (the Netherlands)
"AKD is very concrete, the lawyers always keep an eye on the bigger picture and make the experience enjoyable."

For all individual rankings, see our page on the website of Chambers & Partners here.

About Chambers and Partners

Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. Every year, Chambers and Partners ranks leading lawyers and firms based on the feedback of clients and peers, and submitted documents.

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