About Sebastiaan Moolenaar
Sebastiaan Moolenaar is an attorney-at-law and partner at AKD. He specialises in international trade matters and advises and litigates on commercial contracts across the entire supply chain. His clients are internationally operating businesses with cross-border distribution or agency networks, commodity traders and foreign companies seeking to sell goods or services into Europe from the Netherlands.
Sebastiaan assists globally operating companies in meeting their obligations in the areas of trade compliance, export controls, sanctions, AML and supply chain due diligence. He also advises on disruptions in value chains, whether caused by private parties or government intervention. With a constant focus on commercial relationships and interests, he provides pragmatic advice on negotiating and drafting contracts, terminating long-term agreements and resolving commercial disputes through arbitration or court proceedings.
Sebastiaan is also International Trade Industry Lead at AKD. In this role, he helps shape the firm’s sector practice and connects multidisciplinary legal expertise with the operational reality of cross-border trade. International trade is under increasing pressure from geopolitical developments, sanctions regimes and supply chain disruptions. Sebastiaan works closely with specialists in customs, transport and logistics, insurance, competition law and intellectual property to support clients throughout the full lifecycle of international trade with practical and actionable advice.
Sebastiaan is Vice-President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA).