Practice areas 

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek specialises in providing clients with premium full-service legal advice in their business transactions, commercial litigation and compliance issues. Ever since the firm was founded in 1871, we have focused on providing top quality legal services and on developing outstanding lawyers.

De Brauw has been named "Netherlands Law Firm of the Year 2012" by Chambers and Partners for the fourth time in five years. The Chambers Europe 2012 edition ranks De Brauw in the highest category for 12 practice groups, and identifies 40 partners as “leaders in their field”. Our position includes number one rankings for Competition, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, TMT: IT & IT Outsourcing, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Investment Funds, Private Equity and Aviation Advisory. Chambers and Partners continue to praise our firm, strongly recommending Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Real Estate and Tax.

The areas of law in which we advise include: