Jaap Winter specialises in corporate law, including corporate governance, and corporate litigation. He advises a number of corporate clients and institutional investors on matters of corporate law and corporate governance. As Chairman of the former EU High Level Group of Company Law Experts, member of the EU Corporate Governance Forum  and member of the former Dutch Corporate Governance Committee he plays a prominent role in corporate law and corporate governance developments in Europe and the Netherlands. He has advised clients in other EU jurisdictions on matters of EU corporate law.

Recent work includes advising:

• the supervisory board of Corporate Express on the public offer made for its shares by Staples
• pension fund manager Apg on its merger transaction with Cordares
• the boards of two multinational companies on board structures and practices.

Jaap is a professor of international company law at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on matters of company law and corporate governance.

Jaap is a board member of the Stichting Comité voor het Concertgebouw and a member of the supervisory board of the Mauritshuis.

The International Corporate Governance Network awarded Jaap Winter its prestigious 2004 International Corporate Governance Award.